Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts Somali President Hassan Sheikh for a meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – Secretary of
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo /©Diplomatic Times) 25-year-old Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate, appointed as the newest UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, speaks to reporters at UN world headquarters in New York Sept. 15, 2022) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Twenty-Five-year-old
Western nations have yet to provide the African continent with a single vaccine dose to combat the monkeypox virus, according to African health officials (Credit: Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – While a vaccine is readily available in the
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Democratic lawmakers in Congress sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken Wednesday urging the Administration to withhold some $300 million in military assistance to Egypt pending on the country improving its human rights record. House Foreign
Csaba Kőrösi (at podium and on screens), President of the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly, addresses the first plenary meeting of the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN world headquarters in New York, Sept. 13, 2022. (UN Photo/Evan
(OCHA/Saviano Abreu) The M/V Razoni sails from the port of Odesa following the authorization of the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC), established under the Black Sea Grain Initiative Aug 10, 2022) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The
Four 105mm Howitzers and 36,000 105mm artillery rounds are included in latest US military package worth $2.8 billion to Ukraine (Credit: Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Thursday the U.S. has pledged an additional $2.8 billion in military
The European Union officially opened its new office in San Francisco Sept. 1, 2022 to liaise with tech companies based in the US (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES SAN FRANCISCO, California – The European Union this month officially opened its new office in San Francisco, California,
U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Mike Hammer By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa (SEHOA) Mike Hammer is traveling to Ethiopia and the region this week to press for an immediate cessation
Desirée Cormier Smith is the Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice at the United States Department of State (Credit: Twitter ) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. diplomat Desirée Cormier Smith is ambitious and passionate in her effort to fight systemic racial discrimination