UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe / UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the General Debate of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly Sept. 22, 2020 By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday appealed for global solidarity
Credit: Linkedin / María José Espinosa has been selected as Interim President of Engage Cuba! DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF María José Espinosa has been selected as Interim President of Engage Cuba! Espinosa will be replacing James Williams who left as President of Engage Cuba as July
Navid Afkari was an Iranian citizen executed by hanging by the regime of the Islamic Republic Sept. 12, 2020. (Credit: Wikipedia ) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari, 27, was executed by hanging earlier this month for murder, the
Headquarters of The Hague, Netherlands-based EUROPOL DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF An unprecedented international operation involving judicial and law enforcement authorities in 10 countries has resulted in the complete takedown of the Albanian-speaking ‘KOMPANIA BELLO’ criminal group, one of the most active cocaine-trafficking networks in Europe. In
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the media on Iran Snapback Sanctions, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 21, 2020. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The decision by the Trump
Baimadajie Angwang, 33, a New York City Police Department officer and United States Army reservist, was arrested for allegedly spying on fellow Tibetans for China. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES NEW YORK – New York City Police Department Officer Baimadajie Angwang was arrested
Credit: Wikipedia / Bolivarian Government of Venezuela By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Declaring it is concerned over the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, the United States announced it is giving an additional $348 million in aid to the economically struggling Latin American nation. “The
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES MEPs called for new presidential elections in Belarus and urged the European Union to sanction President Lukashenko. Backing Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the EPP Group joined with other political forces Thursday in the European Parliament in a virtual
Mohamed Hussein Roble has been appointed the new Prime Minister of Somalia / Image credit : twitter.com/MohamedHRoble By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has appointed a new prime minister and announced plans for national elections in the horn-of-Africa nation. President
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES DENVER – A suspected arson fire swept through a home in the Green Valley Ranch neighborhood in Denver last month killing a Senegalese family of five including a 3-year-old. Despite a $40,000 award being offered by Colorado authorities,