Police arrested two individuals posing as employees of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) after allegedly attempting to extort money from a customer in Pasay City. Col. Joselito De Sesto, Pasay City Police chief, identified the suspects as John, 20, of Sta. Mesa, Manila, and JR, 25, of...
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing imposed sanctions on Friday against 20 U.S. defense-related companies and 10 executives, a week after Washington announced large-scale arms sales to Taiwan . The sanctions entail freezing the companies’ assets in China and banning individuals and organizations from...
TOKYO (AP) — A man was arrested after stabbing eight people and injuring seven others with what was believed to be bleach at a tire factory in central Japan on Friday, officials said. There was no immediate explanation of his motive. Eight people were taken to hospitals after being stabbed by the...
JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian attacker rammed his car into a man and then stabbed a young woman in northern Israel on Friday afternoon, killing both, police said. The Israeli military swiftly launched an operation in the assailant 's hometown in the occupied West Bank . The attack...
IDLIB, Syria (AP) — A bombing at a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs during Friday prayers killed at least eight people and wounded 18 others, authorities said, as long-standing sectarian, ethnic and political fault lines continue to destabilize the country, even as large-scale fighting has...
WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Powerful winter storms brought the wettest Christmas season to Southern California in years, sending mud and debris sliding and half-filling homes with mud. There was still a risk of more flash flooding and mudslides Friday despite slackening rain around Los Angeles, the...
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Imprisoned former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was convicted Friday following a corruption trial tied to multibillion-dollar looting of the 1MDB state investment fund. The nation 's High Court found Najib, 72, guilty on four counts of abuse of power and 21...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea 's government said it plans to end its waning foreign adoptions of Korean children, while United Nations investigators voiced "serious concern" over what they described as Seoul 's failure to ensure truth-finding and reparations for widespread human...
BEIRUT (AP) — A bombing at a mosque located in the Syrian city of Homs during Friday prayers killed at least six people and wounded 21 others, authorities said. Images released by Syria 's state-run Arab News Agency showed blood on the mosque 's carpets, holes in the walls, shattered...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An independent counsel on Friday demanded a 10-year prison term for South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol in the first of seven criminal cases related to his ill-fated attempt to impose martial law in 2024 and other allegations stemming from his time in...
A fire broke out in a residential area in Barangay Nangka, Marikina City on Friday night, Dec. 26 The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire was raised to first alarm at 6:45 p.m. and escalated to a second alarm at 6:58 p.m. Firefighters are now working to extinguish the blaze. This is a...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump will happen “in the near future,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday, signaling progress in talks to end the nearly four-year war between Russia and Ukraine . “We are not losing a single day. We have agreed...
