JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia is overhauling its trade policies for key commodities in a sudden move that some experts liken to a hostile takeover of major industries in the resource-rich nation, with global implications. The new regulation announced to parliament Wednesday by Indonesian...
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a witness and a senior police officer said, as fear and anger grow over a health crisis that doctors...
The Pasig City government announced that the westbound lane of Shaw Boulevard in Barangay San Antonio is temporarily impassable due to clearing operations after a flour-laden trailer truck overturned on Friday, May 22. It advised motorists to turn left towards Pioneer Street as an alternate route....
The City of Malabon University (CMU) has received institutional recognition from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), 33 years after the university was established. Mayor Jeannie Sandoval said on Friday, May 22, that the recognition marks a major milestone for the city and its students, as...
The local government of Makati and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to strengthen support for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families. On Wednesday, May 20, Makati Mayor Nancy Binay, OWWA Administrator PY Caunan, and OWWA...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United Nations expressed “grave concern” on Thursday about a new law issued by Afghanistan’s Taliban government on separation in marriage which includes provisions on child marriage, saying the code further entrenches discrimination against women and girls....
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González pledged Thursday during her annual address to boost the amount of electric energy available to power the U.S. territory as chronic outages persist, angering and frustrating many across the island. She said a bidding process to...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday said the U.S. will send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, stirring confusion following weeks of changing statements from Trump and his administration about reducing — not increasing — the American military footprint in Europe. The...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of Hezbollah-affiliated parliamentarians, state security officials, and allies of the militant group were hit with U.S. sanctions Thursday, for allegedly seeking to preserve the Iran-backed group 's influence over Lebanese state institutions and obstruct...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli government on Thursday released and deported hundreds of flotilla activists who attempted to breach Israel 's naval blockade of Gaza. Outrage abroad over the activists ' treatment prompted several countries to summon Israeli envoys to hear their...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans struggled Thursday to find the votes to dismiss legislation that would compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran, delaying planned votes on the matter into June. The House had scheduled a vote on a war powers resolution, brought by Democrats,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans abruptly left Washington on Thursday without voting on a roughly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies, frustrated with the White House and at an impasse over whether to try to block a new $1.776 billion settlement fund to compensate Trump...
