KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian drones hit more Russian oil facilities and set two oil tankers ablaze in the Sea of Azov on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to grant Kyiv a license to manufacture the Patriot air defense systems to protect its cities. A top Ukrainian...
The Philippines will continue asserting its sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) without abandoning its commitment to peace while confronting new security threats such as disinformation, cyberattacks, and artificial intelligence-driven manipulation, Executive Secretary Ralph Recto...
CAVITE – The Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) warned that fake or anonymous social media accounts will not shield users from liability after authorities arrested a suspect behind an online bomb threat targeting several schools in Bacoor City on Wednesday, July 8. In a statement on Thursday,...
NARA (Jiji Press) -- As Wednesday (July 8) marked four years since the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the western Japan city of Nara, about 1,000 visitors paid their respects to him at a floral tribute stand at the shooting site. The stand was set up in front of Kintetsu...
ANKARA (Jiji Press) -- Defense chiefs from Japan, Australia and New Zealand on Wednesday affirmed the importance of the three nations ' cooperation for the stability of the Indo-Pacific region. At their meeting held in Turkey on the sidelines of a NATO summit, Japan 's Defense Minister...
In response to the growing number of squirrels in villages and several barangays in Makati, the city government, in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources–Biodiversity Management Bureau (DENR‑BMB), held a training on squirrel population management in Barangay...
First Lady Louise “Liza” Araneta‑Marcos, alongside Mayor Edwin Olivarez, spearheaded the distribution of 10 kilos of rice each to 2,579 vulnerable residents of Barangay San Antonio on Thursday, July 9, under the national government’s food assistance program. The second tranche of the...
Makati City Mayor Nancy Binay on Thursday, July 9, announced that the city has been named a Global Winner in the developing countries category of the 2026 edition of the World Wide Fund for Nature 's (WWF) One Planet City Challenge (OPCC). The One Planet City Challenge is the world 's...
A 25-year-old e-bike driver was arrested after allegedly robbing a Dutch woman of her mobile phone in Pasay City on Tuesday, July 8, while his two companions escaped. Pasay City Police chief Col. Joselito De Sesto identified the suspect only as “Kenji,” who was apprehended at the corner of Gil...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by hitting Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar in crossfire that again threatened an interim deal intended to help end the war in the Persian Gulf. The strikes came hours after...
The Las Piñas City government suspended classes at all levels in both public and private schools on Thursday, July 9, as the southwest monsoon (habagat), intensified by Super Typhoon Inday, continued to bring heavy rains over Metro Manila. Mayor April Aguilar announced the class suspension as a...
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are rising, and stock markets are falling worldwide Wednesday after President Donald Trump raised doubts about the temporary truce in the war with Iran. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% after Trump said the agreement to pause fighting was "over," though he added that he would...
