U.S. Basketball player Brittney Yevette Griner (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has been released Thursday by Russia from a penal colony in a negotiated prisoner-release deal, the State Department announced. Griner,
By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The legacy of Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, one of the greatest peacemakers in contemporary history, is sadly forgotten. As an African American, Bunche’s accomplishments in the world of peace are mind boggling. In
Wikipedia Commons / Isabel dos Santos, daughter of former Angola president José Eduardo dos Santos By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The international police agency INTERPOL is seeking the arrest of Isabel dos Santos, an Angolan tycoon who was formerly Africa’s richest woman. Interpol has
Woman working in a gold mine, Siguiri Prefecture, Guinea, West Africa (Credit: USAID) By Atwiine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORESSPONDENT KASESE, Western UGANDA – I walk near the River Nyamwamba in Kasese district of Western Uganda for my reporting on the environmental hazard caused by
(Credit: thedig.howard.edu) Darion K. Akins, a career Foreign Service Officer, is the new DC Metro Diplomat-in Residence at Howard University DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF WASHINGTON – Howard University’s Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center announced the appointment of career Foreign Service Officer Darion K. Akins as its
United States House Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has been a lightning rod for Republicans ever since she was elected to congress in 2019. The Somali American Muslim lawmaker has been unjustly accused of
U.S. Soldiers assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF), deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, prepare to depart for Libreville, Gabon, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 2, 2019. (Credit: U.S. Army) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON
Kyiv after Russian missile strikes on 10 October 2022. Crossroad of Volodymyrska Street and Taras Shevchenko Boulevard. (Source: Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES PENTAGON – WASHINGTON DC – The U.S. Department of Defense is investigating
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, the 24th Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel and Secretary of the Veterans Administration, Denis McDonough at the Veterans Day Observance at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., on the 40th anniversary of the memorial’s dedication, Nov. 11,
U.S. to finance upgrade of dozens of Soviet-era T-72 tanks for Ukraine war effort. (Credit: Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – The Pentagon announced Thursday the U.S. is sending $400 million in new military assistance to Ukraine. The