USNS Carson City (T-EPF-7) at Baltimore (USA) on 12 October 2016 (credit: Wikipedia / U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Ernest R. Scott) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A U.S. Naval ship (USNS Carson City) arrived at Port Sudan harbour on
The Pentagon, headquarters of the US Department of Defense, Arlington, VA (credit Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. conducted retaliatory airstrikes Thursday at an Iranian-backed militia in Syria that launched rocket attacks against U.S. bases in Iraq, the Pentagon confirmed.
(UNwebTV) Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, following her presentation of credentials to the United Nations Secretary-General at UN headquarters in New York Feb. 25, 2021. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Linda Thomas-Greenfield presented
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images Monica Orisadare, Obafemi Awolowo University Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has become the first woman and the first African to be chosen as director general of the World Trade Organisation. The Conversation Africa’s Wale Fatade asks Dr Monica Orisadare,
(credit: twitter.comVP/ U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris administers the oath as Linda Thomas-Greenfield gets sworn in as the new American Ambassador to the United Nations Feb. 24, 2021 in Washington D.C. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Linda Thomas-Greenfield was sworn in Wednesday as
Seal of the United States Department of State By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. Department of State has created a new Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer (CDIO) position at Foggy Bottom. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, who announced the CDIO position on
(credit: U.S. DOJ FBI Criminal Complaint) Youtube screen shot from video taken outside U.S. Capital Jan. 6, 2021 of former NYPD cop Thomas Webster allegedly yelling “Send more patriots. We need some help” By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A retired New York Police Department
European Union Ambassador to Venezuela Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa (credit: eeas.europa.eu) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Venezuela’s National Assembly called Tuesday for the government to expel the European Union’s ambassador to Caracas, in reaction to new EU sanctions against 19 Venezuelan officials. Isabel Brilhante
Special Representative and Head of the UN Assistance Mission (UNSOM) James Swan addresses UN Security Council on situation in Somalia via videoconference Feb. 22, 2021. (credit: UN) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – “Growing political tensions threaten Somalia’s State-building
(credit: U.S. Department of State) Linda Thomas-Greenfield is a career diplomat who will serve as President Biden’s U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The Senate today confirmed career diplomat Linda Thomas-Greenfield as US ambassador