© UNICEF/Hassan Islyeh / The Al-Rimal neighbourhood in the north of Gaza devastated by airstrikes. By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Israel’s warfare in Gaza with mass civilian casualties is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, a new UN Special Committee report released Thursday said.
By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed Monday that North Korea has dispatched troops to Russia to help Moscow in its war with Ukraine. Rutte, speaking at a press briefing in Brussels, said North Korean military units have been deployed
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / United Nations world headquarters in New York By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES The UN human rights office called for an independent probe into an Israeli airstrike that hit an apartment block in northern Lebanon on Monday, killing at least
The flag of Sudan (Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. imposed sanctions Tuesday on a senior leader of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for his role in obtaining weapons and war atrocities against civilians. Algoney Hamdan Daglo Musa was sanctioned for his
Ilwad Elman from the Elman Peace & Human Rights Centre, briefs the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in Somalia at UN headquarters in New York Oct. 3, 2024. (UN Photo by: Eskinder Debebe) By Gary Raynaldo -DIPLOMATIC TIMES “We cannot afford to
John T. Godfrey, is new U.S. Ambassador to Sudan (Credit: Department of State) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Ambassador John T. Godfrey has concluded his tenure as the first American Ambassador to Sudan in a quarter century. Former Ambassador Daniel Rubinstein has assumed charge.
The United Nations Security Council By Gary Raynaldo -DIPLOMATIC TIMES Earlier this month, the UN Security Council voted to terminate the mandate of its political mission in war-torn Sudan effective December 3. The action came after Khartoum authorities requested the immediate withdrawal of the UN
(Credit: ©WHO) Al Shifa hospital is being used as shelter for displaced families in Gaza. By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Senior UN officials said on Saturday said there could be no justification
The International Criminal Court (ICC) headquartered in the Hague Netherlands. By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The International Criminal Court (ICC) has opened a field office in Kyiv that is the largest outside its Hague headquarters in the Netherlands to probe war crimes, Ukraine Prosecutor
Molly Catherine Phee, a career diplomat, is President Biden’s nominee to become his U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. (Credit USIP.org) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee conducted meetings in Addis Ababa this week that