Credit: Wikipedia Commons / President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Bashar Al-Assad By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on the son of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, under the so-called Caesar Act. The State Department and Treasury Department
Credit: U.S. Navy / Adm. Robert P. Burke is the new commander of the Naples, Italy-based U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Adm. Robert P. Burke has relieved Adm. James G. Foggo III as commander of both U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (CNE-CNA)
Source: Wikipedia Commons / American drones such as the remotely piloted General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, have been used primarily by the United States Air Force for counter-terror airstrikes in the Horn-of-African nation Somalia. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Pentagon has acknowledged that
Credit: Wikipedia / UN Security Council July 28, 2020 discussed the deteriorating security and humanitarian situation in the Sahel and the Lake Chad Basin, as well as the challenging security situation in West Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW
Credit: ecowas.int/ The Economic Community of West African States, also known as ECOWAS, is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES West African leaders urged Mali’s opposition groups to join the country’s
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, accused Somalia’s Parliament of a “serious disrespect for the constitutional foundations of the country”
Credit: china.usembassy / The United States Consulate General at Chengdu, China By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES China closed the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu Monday in retaliation for an American order to shut down the Chinese consulate in Houston. The U.S. Consulate General at
Credit: europol.europa.eu / Top-of-the-range cars stolen in Germany dismantled and sold for parts. DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF German and Polish law enforcement authorities, supported by Europol, dismantled a network of thieves stealing expensive cars equipped with KEYLESS GO systems. On the action day, 16 July 2020,
Credit: unminusma / Mahamat Saleh Annadif , Special Representative and head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) was expected to address UN Security Council meeting on situation in Mali July 27, 2020. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Somalia’s Prime Minister, Hassan Ali Khaire, speaks during a meeting with AU delegation led by the Chairperson of the African Union Peace and Security Council, Ambassador Ndumiso Ntshinga. The delegation is on a day working visit in Mogadishu, Somalia, on March