Credit: Wikipedia / Belarus Opposition challenger Svetlana Tikhanovskaya By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Belarusian opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya urged the United Nations to impose sanctions on individuals in the Belarus government of President Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko amid the
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Allies on Friday condemned the assassination attempt on Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny. A well-known Kremlin critic and corruption investigator, Navalnh fell ill on a flight to Moscow on Aug. 20 and was
Credit: Forces Armées Maliennestwitter.com / Les Forces Armées Maliennes (FAMa) sont responsables de la défense de l’intégrité territoriale et la souveraineté du Mali. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES At least 10 Malian soldiers were killed Thursday in an attack by Islamic extremists in an
Credit: Wikipedia / China remains the world’s only major importer of Iranian oil despite US sanctions. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on five entities for allegedly facilitating Iran’s exports of petrochemicals to support terrorist groups in the Middle
Credit: avrupa.info.tr / Joseph Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Joseph Borrell, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, says the EU stands solidly behind the International Criminal Court after the U.S. slapped
Credit: icc.int / International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES In a move that has sparked shock and outrage in the global humanitarian community, the Trump administration on Wednesday imposed economic sanctions on the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal
Credit: menendez.senate.gov / Robert Menendez is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from New Jersey, By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Senator Bob Menendez, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is urging President Donald Trump to withdraw his nominee for
abidjanpress.com / Exiled Ivory Coast opposition leader Guillaume Soro By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Ivory Coast opposition leader Guillaume Soro has declared his candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections in the west African nation. Soro, a former rebel leader who has also been barred
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times / Herman Portocarero, former European Union ambassador to Cuba, speaks on future of the socialist nation at Columbia University, New York political forum Nov. 12, 2019. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES “WHERE IS BLACK LEADERSHIP?” European Union career
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The United States is deeply concerned about the recent developments in Mali following a military coup that forced out the President of the west African nation and is calling for a return to