U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions Thursday on the International Bank of Yemen Y.S.C (IBY) for its financial support of the Iran-backed Houthi militant group. In addition, the
By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of State Marco Rubio assured skeptical NATO allies in Brussels this week that the U.S. supports the military alliance. Rubio traveled to Brussels Thursday to attended meeting of foreign ministers a day after President Trump imposed sweeping
International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Hungary announced on Thursday that it would be withdrawing from the International Criminal Court as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest. Netanyahu, who is accused
From left, Niger Foreign Minister Bakary Yaou Sangore, Mali’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean Marie Traore, at joint press conference following meeting of foreign ministers of the Alliance of Sahel States in Moscow, Russia
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). (Credit: UN/MINUSCA) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES A UN peacekeeper from Kenya was killed Friday in an ambush of a MINUSCA Force patrol in the east of the Central African
Leo Brent Bozell III. (Photo by Gage Skidmore) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES President Trump named Leo Brent Bozell III, a right-wing media critic, to be the next United States ambassador to South Africa amid rising tensions between to the two countries. Bozell is
Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte (Credit: Wikipedia ) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is in The Hague facing war crime charges including murder stemming from his infamous “war on drugs” in which thousands of Filipinos were killed. Duterte,
Cuban doctors arrive in Italy to help fight COVID-19. / Credit/ theconversation.com /Matteo Bazzi/EPA By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Cuba says it provides urgently needed medical care to impoverished people by dispatching doctors in overseas missions. The U.S. Trump Administration, however, accuses Cuba of
International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan (Credit: icc-cpi.int) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan called on armed groups in the DR Congo to abide by international law as violence escalates in the country. Conditions in eastern DR Congo
UN Security Council Adopts Resolution on Democratic Republic of Congo that demands the immediate cessation of further military advances by the M23 and calls for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire at Feb. 21, 2024 meeting. By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The UN Security