German-made Leopard 2A7 tank (KMW) at NATO Days 2022. (Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES PENTAGON – WASHINGTON DC – President Joe Biden announced today that the United States will provide Ukraine with 31 M1 Abrams tanks. Biden said the tanks are
The M1 Abrams is a modern main battle tank used by the United States (Credit: Wikipedia/ U.S. Army) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES PENTAGON – WASHINGTON DC – The Pentagon is not confirming news reports that the Biden administration is poised
Boris Pistorius, an interior minister of Lower Saxony State, is Germany’s new defense minister (Credit: Olaf Kosinsky, Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday appointed Boris Pistorius, an interior minister, as the country’s new defense boss. Pistorius will replace
Christine Lambrecht ,Minister of Defence, Germany, gives opening remarks at meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence – Brussels, Belgium Oct. 13, 2022 (Credit: NATO.int) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Germany’s Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has resigned amid dwindling confidence in her abilities
German peacekeeping operations in Mali under the United Nation’s MINUSMA mission (Photo: Bundeswehr/Guido Ritter) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Germany has halted peacekeeping operations in Mali under the United Nation’s MINUSMA mission amid concerns over the safety of soldiers. German Defense Minister Christine
Germany is stepping up its support for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), by deploying 300 additional soldiers for a total of 1,400 in the troubled west African nation as France pulls its forces out. (Credit: Photo: Michael Kappeler /dpabundesregierung.de) By
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts German Federal Minister of Defense Christine Lambrecht, for a meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., March 30, 2022. (DoD Photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Wheeler) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC
Annalena Baerbock (GRÜNE), Germany’s Foreign Minister, Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages bei einer Plenarsitzung des Deutschen Bundestages am 30. Oktober 2020 in Berlin. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock put Russia on notice Wednesday that its aggression in Ukraine will come with a
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF REPORT NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that ”a strong Germany at the heart of a strong NATO is as important as ever to keep us safe in an uncertain world.” The NATO chief made the remarks
France’s counter-terrorist Operation Barkhane in the Sahel region of Africa ( Credit: http://foreignlegion.info) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A month after announcing France will pull soldiers out of its military counter-terror operation in Mali, French President Macron has apparently changed his mind. France said