Headlines- Sheik Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, will visit Tehran on Thursday and meet with several Iranian officials to discuss ways to de-escalate tensions.
- According to a notice on a Treasury Department website, the US has imposed sanctions on the Palestine Action group and designated it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
- A huge flash flood in Nepal ravaged villages, killing at least 160 people and leaving hundreds more missing for.
- At least one person was killed and over a dozen people were injured on Wednesday when a person crashed a car into a crowd in the northwest French city of Caen.
- Wildfires that sweft through several Algerian provinces claimed the lives of twelve people..
Tag: Philippines
Death Toll in Southern Philippine Landslide...
Search-and-recovery personnel kept digging through the mud to recover more bodies from a landslide that struck a southern Philippine mining village last week, as the death toll reached at least 68 with 51 more people still missing, officials said Monday.
Hopes Dim for Finding Survivors Trapped...
Hopes of finding more survivors are fading two days after a mudslide engulfed buses carrying dozens of miners in a gold-mining community in the southern Philippines, with unstable ground posing an added danger for rescuers.
Philippine Senate Summons Duterte Spiritual Adviser...
The Philippine Senate has summoned former President Rodrigo Duterte’s spiritual adviser, a televangelist preacher wanted in the United States on suspicion of sexual trafficking and fraud, to testify in response to allegations of sexual abuse, according to a senatorial aide
Filipino Former Hamas Hostage Reunites With...
A Filipino caregiver and ex-hostage, who had been held captive for nearly seven weeks by Hamas militants in Gaza, arrived home to the Philippines on Monday to a tearful reunion with his family.
Deadly Philippine Bombing Exposes Weakness in...
A deadly bombing of a Catholic Mass in southern Marawi city this week has exposed the Philippine military’s weakness in intelligence gathering, officials said Thursday, after identifying two Filipinos as main suspects in the attack claimed by Islamic State extremists.
Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa Acquitted of...
On Tuesday, a Philippine court acquitted Maria Ressa and her news website Rappler in a tax case. The Nobel laureate currently faces two more challenges.
Rights Group Slams Philippine Govt for...
The Philippines’ leading human rights alliance lashed out at the government Tuesday for designating four leftist activists as terrorists and said the move was nothing but a “virtual hit list.”
Islamic State Leader for Southeast Asia...
The Islamic State group’s emir for Southeast Asia was one of two suspected militants killed during a pre-dawn raid in the south of the Philippines on Wednesday, the country’s military said.
Philippines Raises Alert Level on Mayon...
The Philippines raised the alert level for one of its most active volcanoes on Thursday, warning of potentially explosive activity within days or weeks and urging evacuations of villages surrounding the mountain.
Philippine Supporters of Duterte Critic De...
Supporters of a former senator who is a fierce critic of ex-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday they hoped she could be released on bail “very, very soon,” after judges previously dismissed two of the three drug-related complaints against her.