Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius speak to members of the press during a joint briefing at the Ministry of Defense in Berlin, Jan 19, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders) By Gary
Boris Pistorius, an interior minister of Lower Saxony State, is Germany’s new defense minister (Credit: Olaf Kosinsky, Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday appointed Boris Pistorius, an interior minister, as the country’s new defense boss. Pistorius will replace
Christine Lambrecht ,Minister of Defence, Germany, gives opening remarks at meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence – Brussels, Belgium Oct. 13, 2022 (Credit: NATO.int) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Germany’s Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has resigned amid dwindling confidence in her abilities
Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-seventh session at UN headquarters in New York Sept. 21, 2022. (Photo by: UN Photo/Cia Pak) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS
Somali Minister of Defense Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur Jama at ceremony Jan. 8, 2023 during which the U.S. presented the Somalia National Army with $9 million in military aid. (Credit: US Embassy in Somalia) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. is providing $9
Embassy of Venezuela in Washington, D.C. United States (Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Venezuela embassy in Washington DC has shuttered operations after the ouster of opposition leader Juan Guaido, according to a press release to the media. “We inform the Venezuelan
By Atwiine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA- UGANDA – Uganda is seeking to boost its wildlife tourism as the East African nation recovers from the devastation caused by the COVID pandemic. Uganda’s tourism sector was the hardest hit by the coronavirus as the
Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir (Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – A controversial visit by Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, to a sensitive holy site in Jerusalem, has sparked international condemnation. The United
Luc Hallade, Ambassador of France to Burkina Faso (bf.ambafrance.org) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Burkina Faso’s military regime has expelled France’s ambassador amid growing anti-French sentiment. Burkin Faso government spokesman Jean-Emmanuel Ouedraogo confirmed to The Associated Press that Ambassador Luc Hallade had been
Norwegian Breakaway in Saint Petersburg (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES A Federal judge ordered that Norwegian Cruise Line must pay $110 million in damages for use of a port that Cuba’s government confiscated in 1960. U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom made