WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has proposed boosting defense spending to $1.5 trillion in his 2027 budget released Friday, the largest such request in decades, reflecting his emphasis on U.S. military investments over domestic programs. The sizable increase for the Pentagon, some...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Artemis II astronauts have captured our blue planet’s brilliant beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon . NASA released the crew’s first downlinked images Friday, 1 1/2 days into the first astronaut moonshot in more than half a century ....
WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran shot down two U.S. military planes in separate attacks Friday, with one service member rescued and at least one missing, in a dramatic escalation since the war began nearly five weeks ago. It was the first time U.S. aircraft have been downed in the conflict and came...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV carried a wooden cross for all of the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff, marking the first time in decades that a pope carried the cross to every station. “I think it will be an important sign because of...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian strikes killed at least eight people across Ukraine on Friday, including in a “massive” missile and drone attack near the capital, local authorities reported. Ukrainian officials claim the Kremlin is changing its tactics to increase civilian suffering, shifting to...
BEIJING (AP) — Peace talks between Afghanistan 's Taliban government and Pakistan are advancing, China 's government said Friday, two days after those countries resumed conversations following weeks of fighting that have killed hundreds. “The consultation process is being steadily...
Churches and other religious sites were filled with devotees as Good Friday became a day of prayer and reflection in Tanay, Rizal. Residents crowd the streets of Tanay as they joined the Good Friday procession, observing age-old traditions of Filipinos during the Holy Week. Antique religious...
The Manila Police District (MPD) said on Friday, April 3, that the Good Friday procession of the Jesus Nazareno ended peacefully, with no major incidents reported. MPD chief Brig. Gen. Arnold Abad thanked police personnel and partner agencies for ensuring the orderly conduct of the event. “To...
More than 4,000 faithful flocked to the Padre Pio Mountain of Healing in Barangay Paradise III, City of San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan, on Good Friday, April 3, seeking reflection and communion with God through prayer. Pilgrims endured a five- to six-kilometer uphill walk before reaching the...
A total of 517,650 devotees joined the Good Friday procession of the Jesus Nazarene as part of the Holy Week observance in Manila. The annual procession began earlier than scheduled, with the image leaving the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazarene in Quiapo at around 11:35 p.m. on...
More than six million devotees flocked to Antipolo City for the traditional penitential walk, or “Alay Lakad,” to the International Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage from Holy Thursday to Good Friday. The Rizal Police Provincial Office (PPO) said a total of 6,660,155 devotees were...
The Navotas City Police have filed charges of frustrated murder and violation of the Anti-Child Abuse Law against a suspect who allegedly attacked a five-year-old boy. The suspect, a 20-year-old man, was identified and arrested through CCTV footage and witness accounts, police said. The incident...
