By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Accused Central African Republic warlord Alfred Yekatom (AKA ‘Rambo’) appeared before Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (“ICC ) today in The Hague, Netherlands. Authorities of the Central African Republic (CAR) surrendered Yekatom to the ICC last
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES NEW YORK -Despite growing pressure on the United Nations to establish an independent investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the international body has not done so yet. Turkey’s foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, on behalf of the Istanbul
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES With billions of dollars of Saudi Arabian investments on the line, President Trump declared Tuesday he is standing with the Kingdom despite a recent CIA report implicating the country’s crown prince in the murder of journalist Jamal
By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES What gives!? Most of us know the former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is fluent in Russian, and is a classically trained pianist. But an NFL football coach?! Yes, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, who reported that the
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Alfred Yekatom (AKA ‘Rambo’) was surrendered to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague Saturday by authorities of the Central African Republic (“CAR”). The former militia leader will face trial for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICC had
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Pressure is mounting on President Trump and Saudi Arabia after a damning CIA report implicated the Kingdom’s Crown Prince in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. According to the Washington Post, the CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Trump administration Thursday announced sanctions against 17 Saudis for their alleged roles in the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Among those being sanctioned are Saud al-Qahtani, a former top aide to Saudi
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES At least 53 persons were killed when suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a hotel last Friday in the Somalia capital city Mogadishu. Attacks were reported on the popular Sahafi Hotel, near the country’s criminal investigations department as two car
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES United Nations experts have pointed to possible war crimes by parties to the ongoing armed conflict in Yemen. The UN is warning the Saudi-led assault is contributing to the death of a young child every 10 minutes in Yemen, a country at the southern
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan warned U.S. President Donald Trump not to pull “the trigger of war in the Middle East at the insistence of Israel,” speaking November 8 while on a visit to Iran. Farrakhan’s visit to