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
(credit: un photo) United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at UN world headquarters in New York By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Israel announced Wednesday it has declared UN Secretary General António Guterres persona non grata, banning him from entering the country. The Israeli government said
Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Hezbollah group (Credit: Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli air strike Saturday in Lebanon’s capital city Beirut. The Lebanese terror group and Israeli’s military both confirmed his death. Israel’s
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. . (Credit: U.S. Airforce) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. arrived this weekend on an unannounced visit to
The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Georgia (SSGN 729) (Credit: U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James Kimber) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is sending a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and accelerating transit of the USS Abraham
The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense in Washington DC By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. forces in Iraq conducted a “self-defense” airstrike Thursday that killed Mushtaq Jawad Kazim al-Jawari, a leader of an Iran-backed militia group, the
The Ohio-class guided missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) makes her way through Cumberland Sound to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in the southeastern corner of Coastal Georgia, just north of the Florida border Apr. 11, 2006. (U.S. Navy/Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Lynn Friant) By
The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense located in Arlington, VA. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – The Defense Department assesses that Iranians have been in Ukraine to assist Russia with the drone operation there, a
Salman Rushdie at the Vanity Fair party for the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival 01 May 2012 (Source: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Iranian state institutions have “incited violence” against Salman Rushdie for generations, while
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III greeted the Crown Prince of Bahrain, Salman bin Hamad, in Manama, Bahrain, Sept. 7, 2021 to thank Bahrain and regional partners for their cooperation with the United States during the evacuation of Americans, Afghans and citizens from other