CAIRO (AP) — More than 10 civilians, including a 4-year-old child, were injured in Saudi Arabia on Thursday after a series of attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, according to the Saudi military. The attacks, which took place in the southern region of Najran, near the Yemeni border, came hours...
Iran says it 's in the final stage of drafting an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz waterway with Oman, while two Israeli soldiers have been killed in Lebanon. Here’s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and the wider Middle East on Thursday. Full coverage can be found here....
Maintaining that the Senate impeachment proceedings against her were already mired in controversy due to what she described as repeated instances of "bending the law," Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday, Aug. 6, dismissed suggestions that reported developments involving Senator Ronald "Bato"...
Barangay San Rafael in Montalban, Rizal, urged residents and those from neighboring barangays to observe the temporary restriction on crossing spillways after a man was swept away by strong currents on Thursday, Aug. 6. CCTV footage showed two individuals crossing the spillway from Barangay San...
PARIS (AP) — France next week will ban unsolicited telemarketing calls under a new law aimed at protecting consumers from intrusive sales pitches and shielding vulnerable people from fraudulent commercial practices. The law backed by President Emmanuel Macron 's government enters into force...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police raided the headquarters of Starbucks’ local operation as part of an investigation into a controversial marketing campaign that was perceived as defaming 1980s ' pro-democracy movements. Investigators searched the Starbucks headquarters in...
CAIRO (AP) — Iran said Wednesday it is in the “final stage” of drafting an agreement with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz, and U.S. President Donald Trump has said a deal could be announced this week. That could potentially reopen the critical waterway, ease pressure on the world economy and...
BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar’s military-backed government arrived in Thailand on Thursday for an official visit that could serve as a major stepping stone in his effort to win political legitimacy more than five years after seizing power from an elected civilian government. President Min...
BERLIN (AP) — A drone with explosives was found at Germany 's Leipzig/Halle Airport and the device was defused, authorities said Wednesday, in an incident that the country 's top security official said posed a “new quality of danger.” Both the runways at the major freight hub were...
HIROSHIMA, Aug. 6 (Jiji Press) -- Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui called on policymakers around the world to show determination and implement policies for nuclear abolition, in an annual peace declaration Thursday, the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city. Noting...
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The world’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than efforts to fight it, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday during a visit to Congo where some health workers are striking over a lack of pay. Nearly three months into the outbreak,...
Two siblings, aged 22 and 20, were killed after a boulder struck them while they were cooking lunch at the store where they worked during a rockslide in Sitio Wawa, Barangay San Rafael, Rodriguez, Rizal, on Wednesday, Aug. 5. On Thursday, Aug. 6, Barangay Captain Judith Cruz told the Manila...
