Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Rosneft Trading S.A., a Swiss-incorporated, Russian-owned oil brokerage firm. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. Trump administration continued to tighten the economic noose around Venezuela, slapping sanctions on a subsidiary of Russian oil firm Rosneft it said is
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / U.S. Department Of State building in Washington D.C. By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON – The U.S. State Department has banned Cuban Interior Minister Julio Cesar Gandarilla Bermejo from entering the country over his involvement, “by command responsibility,” in gross human
Credit: Youtube.com / Indian businessmen, Ajay Gupta and younger brother Atul Gupta in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2011. The two men, along with their brother Rajesh, are wanted for charges of corruption in South Africa. By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. Department of
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / 2008. President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe listens as Prof. Alpha Oumar Konare, chairman of the Commission of the African Union, addresses attendees at the opening ceremony of the 10th Ordinary Session of the Assembly during the African Union Summit in Addis
Former President of Cuba Raul Castro By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States Thursday slapped sanctions on Cuba’s Raul Castro and his children as it seeks to sever all lifelines helping Venezuela’s Nicholas Maduro remain in power. “The Department is publicly designating
Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe / Kacou Houadja Léon Adom (at podium), Permanent Representative of Côte d’Ivoire to the UN, briefs press on the situation in the Sudan at UN world headquarters in New York Sep. 10, 2019. Behind him at second from left is Jerry
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / Cubans buying meats and eggs in a shop located in Old Havana, Cuba. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Trump administration tightened sanctions on Cuba Friday by limiting the amount of money that Cuban Americans can send to their
MINUSMA Inaugurates Force Centre in Mopti / Egyptian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) take part in an official ceremony to launch a new MINUSMA Force Centre in Mopti, in order to better protect civilians June 24, 2019.
Former Presidential Guard commander and Zimbabwe’s ambassador-designate to Tanzania Anselem Nhamo Sanyatwe By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. Department of State has sanctioned Anselem Nhamo Sanyatwe, former Commander of the Zimbabwe National Army’s Presidential Guard Brigade and current Ambassador to Tanzania, for his alleged
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / Diplomatic Times / Anatolio Ndong Mba , Ambassador for United Nations in Equatorial Guinea, speaks with press outside Security Council chamber. Equatorial Guinea, along with South Africa, and Ivory Coast refused to support continued sanctions on South Sudan during May 30,