Christian Turner, a career diplomat, is Britain’s newest ambassador to the United States. (Credit Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United Kingdom named career diplomat Christian Turner as its new ambassador to the United States. Turner will replace Peter Mandelson who
Nuuk – capital of Greenland (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo -DIPLOMATIC TIMES A diplomatic row has erupted between Denmark and the United States over Greenland. Denmark summoned the US Ambassador on Thursday after reports the Trump administration intends to escalate spying operations on Greenland.
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
The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense in Washington DC By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES A U.S. airstrike against ISIS in Northeast Somalia Sunday killed two militants, Africa Command said. The military action was conducted in coordination
Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, briefs the media on Afghanistan, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Aug. 18, 2021. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – The Biden Pentagon is defending the Chairman
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: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) “The culmination of years of talks resulted in this handshake between the President and Cuban President Raúl Castro during the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama” Apr. 11, 2015. By Gary Raynaldo
(credit: leahy.senate.gov) U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-V) is among several lawmakers demanding Secretary of State Michael Pompeo answer on the out-going Trump administration’s designating Cuba a sponsor of terrorism on Monday. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Democrat Senators are demanding answers from the U.S.
(photo credit: Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times) Vintage American cars in Havana, Cuba By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The outgoing Trump administration designated Cuba as a state sponsor of terror on Monday, effectively reversing an Obama-era action that removed the Latin American country