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: U.S-Philippines Relations
February 25, 2020
U.S. Philippines Relations
Once a reliable military ally, the Philippines appears poised to turn its back on a long standing military agreement with the United States.Earlier this month, Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte announcing his decision to end the Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States. That agreement, the VFA, allows American soldiers visa-free access to train at military bases in the Philippines. Top American military officials say this decision is a major misstep in US Philippine relations