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US Ambassador to Russia Visits WSJ Reporter in Moscow Jail

United States Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy (Credit:  statenewswire.com) By Gary  Raynaldo    –  DIPLOMATIC  TIMES WASHINGTON    DC  –   US ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy visited detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in Moscow Monday calling for his immediate release. Russia’s Federal Security

Burkina Faso’s Military Regime Expels French Ambassador From W. Africa Nation

Luc Hallade, Ambassador of France to Burkina Faso (bf.ambafrance.org) By  Gary  Raynaldo    –  DIPLOMATIC  TIMES Burkina Faso’s military regime  has  expelled France’s ambassador amid growing anti-French sentiment.  Burkin Faso government spokesman Jean-Emmanuel Ouedraogo confirmed to The Associated Press that Ambassador Luc Hallade had been

U.S. Basketball Star Brittney Griner Released From RUSSIA Jail

U.S. Basketball player Brittney Yevette Griner (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary   Raynaldo      –    DIPLOMATIC   TIMES WASHINGTON   DC   –  U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner  has been released Thursday by Russia from a penal colony in a negotiated prisoner-release deal, the State Department announced. Griner,

PENTAGON Announces $400 MILLION In New Military Aid To UKRAINE

U.S. to finance upgrade of dozens of Soviet-era T-72  tanks  for Ukraine war effort.   (Credit: Wikipedia) By  Gary   Raynaldo      –    DIPLOMATIC  TIMES WASHINGTON  DC  –   The Pentagon announced Thursday the U.S. is sending $400 million in new military assistance to Ukraine.  The

U.S. Congressional Members Condemn Military Coup in BURKINA FASO

U.S. House of  Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY)  / (Credit: meeks.house.gov) By  Gary  Raynaldo   –  DIPLOMATIC  TIMES U.S. Congressional members Thursday  condemned the recent military coup in Burkina Faso, saying it is part of a larger, “more alarming picture of anti-democratic movements”  in West Africa.