Credit: Wikipedia / Susan E. Rice, former United Nations Ambassador and US National Security Advisor By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Former national security adviser and ambassador Susan Rice was very diplomatic in “warmly” congratulating Senator Kamala Harris on her selection Tuesday as Joe Biden’s Vice
Wikipedia Commons / Isabel dos Santos, daughter of former Angola president José Eduardo dos Santos By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Angolan businesswoman Isabel dos Santos on Tuesday announced that she is to step down from the board of Unitel, the country’s largest telecommunications operator, in which
Credit: interpol.int / INTERPOL is deploying a specialized Incident Response Team (IRT) to Beirut following the explosion that resulted in the death of more than 150 people DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF The International Criminal Police Organization INTERPOL has deployed a specialized Incident Response Team (IRT) to
Credit: Wikipedia / Belarus Opposition challenger Svetlana Tikhanovskaya By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Belarus main opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has fled the country in the aftermath of Sunday’s disputed presidential elections. Tikhanovskaya reportedly left Belarus and is in Lithuania after she asserted that
Stock photo / Diplomatic relations between the European Union and Venezuela have been strained recently. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Venezuela government of President Nicholas Maduro issued the European Union an invitation to deploy an “election accompanying mission” for the legislative elections scheduled to
A new report published in South African newspaper The Mail and Guardian has shed light on the opaque world of the American military presence in Africa. Last year, elite U.S. Special Operations forces were active in 22 African countries. This accounts for 14 percent of all
Jihadist violence in spreading rapidly in the African SAHEL region By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Six French aid workers and two locals were killed Sunday in ambush in Niger wildlife park in the West African nation. The group was apparently attacked in a giraffe
Credit: europe-diplomatic.eu/ Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko, President of Belarus By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell sharply criticized Sunday’s presidential elections in Belarus for the “disproportionate and unacceptable state violence against peaceful protesters”. According to a preliminary
European Union External Action Service welcomed conclusion of five-month standoff in Guyana Elections. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The EU Saturday welcomed the” peaceful and democratic conclusion” of the electoral process in Guyana and congratulated President Irfaan Ali on his swearing-in. Five months
Credit: Wikipedia / Central African Republic (CAR) flag By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States Treasury Department Friday sanctioned Bi Sidi Souleymane, a notorious leader of a murderous group that has committed numerous human rights abuses and displaced thousands of people in the