Source: Wikipedia Commons / American drones such as the remotely piloted General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, have been used primarily by the United States Air Force for counter-terror airstrikes in the Horn-of-African nation Somalia. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A U.S. airstrike against Al Shabaab killed
France Army Operation Barkhane Master Corporal Maxime Blasco, 34, was killed died in a battle with a terrorist group in West Africa Mali Sept. 24, 2021. ( Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES France announced that
Haiti President Jovenel Moïse (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S President Joe Biden condemned the shocking assassination of Haitian leader Jovenel Moïse. President Moïse was murdered early Wednesday by unknown armed assailants in his residence in the capital, Port-au-Prince. Moïse’s
(Photo credit: Gary Raynaldo ©Diplomatic Times) Police Officer William “Billy” Evans on Tuesday was laid in honor Tuesday Apr. 13, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol, where he served for 18 years and lost his life in the line of duty earlier this month. By
(credit: icc.int) International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Biden administration is strongly opposing the decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate alleged war crimes committed by Israel in Palestine. The ICC’s chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda confirmed
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
Seal of the United States Department of State By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. Foreign Service definitely remained overwhelmingly “pale, male, and Yale” under four years of former president Trump’s administration. “The country can no longer afford a State Department that is pale, male, and
(credit: twitter.com/DeptofDefense) President Joe Biden’s incoming Secretary Of Defense Lloyd Austin III By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES It’s official! The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted Friday to confirm retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to become America’s first Black defense secretary in charge of the behemoth Pentagon.
General Lloyd Austin III, US CENTRAL COMMAND UNITED STATES ARMY (credit: Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES President-elect Joe Biden plans to name Lloyd Austin, a retired U.S. Army four-star general, as his pick for secretary of defense, who would
(credit: U.S. Department of State) Linda Thomas-Greenfield is a career diplomat who has previously served as an ambassador to Liberia and the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 2013-2017 Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – President-elect Joe Biden