Satellite image, showing the damage to at least five structures at Ain al-Assad air base in Iraq in a series of precision missile strikes launched by Iran 8 January 2020 (wikipedia / © 2020 Planet Labs, Inc. cc-by-sa 4.0) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES At
(Wikipedia / Mitya Aleshkovsky) Russia opposition activist Alexei Navalny DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF REPORT UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Russia is responsible for the poisoning and attempted killing of jailed opposition figure Alexei Navalny, two independent UN rights experts said on Monday, issuing an “open
(UN News/Elizabeth Scaffidi) Young woman wears earbuds while working on her laptop. DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF REPORT UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – By 2050, around one-in-four people will be living with some degree of hearing loss, the UN health agency warned on Tuesday, in its
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Pentagon on Monday announced a $125 million aid package for Ukraine that includes training and equipment, and advisory efforts to help the Eastern Europe nation preserve its territorial integrity amid Russian aggression. The military aid package reaffirms the U.S.
(UNwebTV) Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, following her presentation of credentials to the United Nations Secretary-General at UN headquarters in New York Feb. 25, 2021. Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield will serve as the President of the UN Security Council for the month
U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, wrapped up a three-day West African visit Feb. 22-25 with a stop in Nigeria to meet with the nation’s leaders and further the long-standing partnership and security cooperation between the two nations. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Just into office as President of the United States a little over a month, Joe Biden flexed the administration’s military muscle with a surprise airstrike on Iranian-backed militia facilities in Syria. The Pentagon said the U.S. conducted retaliatory
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Ten months deployment sailing on an U.S. aircraft carrier is not easy being cut off from the world. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin paid a visit Thursday to sailors aboard the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier sailing off the coast
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Defense Department announced Friday that Lynn Rosenthal will head an independent review commission on sexual assault in the U.S. military, the Pentagon press secretary said. Lynn Rosenthal, formerly the first-ever White House adviser on violence against women and
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES NATO said Human Security is a priority in efforts in the protection of civilians; children and armed conflict; countering trafficking in human beings. On 25 February 2021, at a high-level online conference, NATO discussed how to enhance its human