The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense located in Arlington VA. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – PENTAGON – The Pentagon is placing some 8,500 U.S.-based troops on heightened alert for possible deployment to Europe as
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times) Vintage American car in Havana, Cuba. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States announced Thursday the State Department imposed visa restrictions on eight Cuban officials in the aftermath of the government’s crackdown on demonstrators last July.
Annalena Baerbock (GRÜNE), Germany’s Foreign Minister, Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages bei einer Plenarsitzung des Deutschen Bundestages am 30. Oktober 2020 in Berlin. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock put Russia on notice Wednesday that its aggression in Ukraine will come with a
Dmitry Polyanskiy, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Great Lakes region at UN world headquarters in New York Oct. 3, 2019 (UN Photo Laura Jarriel) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo ©Diplomatic Times) A cuban in Old Havana, Cuba sits outside home under poster of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States announced Tuesday the State Department imposed visa restrictions on nine Cuban officials following
President Nicolás Maduro Moros of the Republic of Venezuela (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMTIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro accused the United States and its allies of waging a “fierce campaign” of ongoing economic persecution and
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at meeting of the North Atlantic Council Tuesday (17 August 2021) in Brussels, Belgium to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. (Credit: nato.int) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES NATO’s priority is to ensure the safe departure of personnel from Allied
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III meets with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 21, 2021. (credit: Lisa Ferdinando, DOD) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan this weekend as the
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, (NATO) also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 European and North American countries. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Alliance defense ministers have agreed to raise the number of troops for the NATO Mission
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday suggested that Alliance troops may stay in Afghanistan a while longer than a May 1 deadline for international troops to leave the country. A peace deal made last year between the Taliban