Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin and Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz speak to reporters following a meeting at the Israeli Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 11, 2021. (Credit: Matty Stern, U.S. Embassy Israel) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON –
Retired U.S. Army lieutenant general Michael Flynn at a campaign rally for Donald Trump at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona Oct. 29. 2016. (Credit: Gage Skidmore / Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIME WASHINGTON DC – Trump’s former national security adviser Michael
Rocco Morabito is one of Italy’s most wanted fugitives, convicted of drug trafficking and with links to the ‘Ndrangheta mafia, according to INTERPOL By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A convicted fugitive Italian drug lord linked to the mafia has been arrested in Brazil under
The Economic Community of West African States, known as ECOWAS, is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Leaders of the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) suspended Mali from its regional
Minnesota Democratic U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba. Photo courtesy of Klobuchar’s congressional office. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced major bipartisan legislation to lift the Cuba
Inside Mali’s coup within a coup Boubacar Haidara, Université Bordeaux Montaigne On the afternoon of May 24, the Malian transitional president, Bah Ndaw, and his prime minister, Moctar Ouane, were arrested by members of the armed forces and taken to the Soundiata Keïta military facility in
United Nations Security Council at UN world headquarters in New York City, NY By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UN Security Council met behind closed doors on Wednesday to discuss the derailing of Mali’s transitional government following the apparent
The national flag of The Republic of Mali (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United Nations, EU, U.S. and the African Union have strongly denounced the “kidnapping” of Mali’s civilian leadership. Military officers detained the west African nation’s president and prime minister
U.S. Airmen and Soldiers with the Alaska National Guard assist local authorities with security near the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2021. At least 25,000 National Guard men and women have been authorized to conduct security, communication and logistical
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III today told the graduating class of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York that the academy’s lessons will equip them well to face new challenges and adversity in a