Credit: Wikipedia / Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Gina Haspel. Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES CIA Director Gina Haspel’s absence from a closed-door briefing Wednesday on the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi sparked controversy with some lawmakers accusing the Trump
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES President Donald Trump has told advisers that Heather Nauert, the State Department spokeswoman, is his leading choice to become US ambassador to the United Nations and he could offer the post as soon as this week, according to sources. Nauert
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES President Trump is set to unleash on Monday the “toughest” economic sanctions the U.S. has ever imposed on the Republic of Iran. The Trump administration is reinstating all sanctions removed under the 2015 nuclear deal, targeting both Iran
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES President Trump’s top diplomat Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was all smiles with a look of determination on his face as he met with members of Saudi Arabia’s leadership Tuesday. Pompeo was dispatched to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Tuesday in Riyadh to discuss the disappearance of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi. President Trump dispatched Pompeo to Saudi Arabia’s
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES In an apparent effort to keep U.S.-Saudi relations intact, President Trump Monday backed away from statements he made over the weekend threatening Riyadh with “severe punishment” if the Kingdom were found to be involved in the killing
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Saudi Arabia is in a diplomatic nightmare as it scrambles to explain to the world what happened to missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The situation is also stretching diplomatic relations between the Kingdom and the United States to the
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES NATO is set to show the world the military alliance is ready to respond to any threat from any direction, particularly Russia, by conducting the largest exercises in decades. UK troops landed at Rotterdam in The Netherlands this week
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Wednesday accused his nemesis Senator Bob Menendez and the Democrats of “putting our nation at risk” by delaying confirmation of nominees to key diplomatic posts.“In order to conduct U.S. foreign policy, the State Department