By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Central African Republic militia leader Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona was arrested today in France pursuant to an International Criminal Court warrant for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes, the ICC reported. The Hague-based war tribunal submitted a request to French authorities
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Today is International Human Rights Day as the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights turns 70. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a ground breaking historic document that was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its third session on 10 December
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The cause of a two-alarm fire at the Serbian Mission to the United Nations Sunday in Manhattan’s Upper East Side was “accidental, electrical wiring,” according to the Fire Department. Three civilians and one fire fighter were taken to Lenox Hill Hospital
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Ambassador to Israel David M. Friedman stated Monday that “the US stands with Israel against terrorists even if others won’t.” Ambassador Freidman was reacting to a reported “terror attack” near Ofra in which the militant Palestine Hamas group allegedly
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Major Jewish groups are upset over the failure of the UN General Assembly to adopt the U.S.-sponsored resolution last Thursday condemning Palestinian militant organization Hamas. The resolution condemned Hamas for “repeatedly firing rockets into Israel and for inciting violence, thereby
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Throughout President Donald Trump’s two-year-old administration, he has rewarded those who are loyal and trustworthy with plum cabinet positions despite a lack of experience. The president’s selection for his new U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations is no exception to this
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES If United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley was seeking to go out with a bang before leaving her post this month by pushing a U.S.-sponsored resolution to condemn the activities of the militant Hamas organization, she may now very well
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES (UNITED NATIONS -NEW YORK) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a ground breaking historic document that was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its third session on 10 December 1948 as Resolution 217 at the
Credit: Wikipedia Public Domain / The crew of Super 64 a month before the Battle of Mogadishu 1993. From left: Winn Mahuron, Tommy Field, Bill Cleveland, Ray Frank and Mike Durant. By Gary Raynaldo Diplomatic Times The United States has re-established a “permanent diplomatic presence”