The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has dismissed concerns that the United States might withdraw its military hardware from the country to support the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Rear Adm. Roy Vincent Trinidad, AFP spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea (WPS), made the...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump issued a new threat online to Iran, writing: “Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today.” Trump made the post Friday on his Truth Social website, saying that “Iran’s Navy is gone, their Air Force is no longer,...
Malacañang has urged Filipinos living in California to stay alert and remain vigilant over a possible retaliatory strike by Iran on the State. This, after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) informed police departments in California that Iran had attempted to launch unmanned aerial vehicles...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s secretive new leader issued his first public statements Thursday, resolving to keep fighting, promising more pain for Gulf Arab states and threatening to open “other fronts” in a war that has already disrupted world energy supplies, the global...
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Iran war threatens some of the world 's most critical oil and gas infrastructure — the pipelines, refineries, and shipping terminals that keep energy flowing from the countries around the Persian Gulf to the global economy. Strikes by Iranian drones have...
Israel 's military has no plans of deliberately prolonging its attacks on Iran as it bared that its next operations against the Islamic Republic are already in place. Ben Cohen, deputy spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), told Manila Bulletin "nobody wants a long war," but stressed...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Unrelenting Iranian attacks on shipping traffic and energy infrastructure pushed oil above $100 a barrel on Thursday, as American and Israeli strikes pounded the Islamic Republic with no sign of an end to the war in sight. Iran hit a container ship off the...
Iran 's top diplomat in Manila said Thursday, March 12, that Tehran respects the territorial integrity and political independence of its neighboring nations amid fears of nationals from other countries, such as the Philippines, of being dragged into the conflict. Iranian Ambassador to...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. said it took out more than a dozen mine-laying Iranian vessels Tuesday, and the Islamic Republic vowed to block the region 's oil exports, saying it would not allow “even a single liter” to be shipped to its enemies. As concerns grew about the...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran launched new attacks Tuesday at Gulf Arab countries as it keeps up pressure on the region, while five pro-Iranian militants were killed by an airstrike in northern Iraq. Incoming missile sirens sounded early in the morning in Dubai in the United Arab...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the war against Iran could be short-lived, but he left open the possibility of an escalation in fighting if global oil supplies are disrupted by the Islamic Republic, which chose a new hardline supreme leader. Oil...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran 's late supreme leader, has been named his successor, Iranian state TV announced early Monday, as the war that began a little over a week ago with his father 's killing took a dramatic turn. The younger Khamenei, who...