BOGOTA, Colombia — Police in Haiti have arrested a former senator who has been charged with conspiring against the state and financing criminal organizations. Nenel Cassy was arrested on Saturday while he was at a restaurant in Petionville, a wealthy district of the capital, Port-au Prince,...
BEIRUT — New outbreaks of violence overnight into Sunday rocked Syria at two distinct flashpoints, straining a fragile ceasefire and calling into question the ability of the transitional government to exert its authority across the whole country. In the north, government-affiliated fighters...
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies said they had uncovered a major graft scheme involving inflated military procurement contracts, just two days after Ukraine’s parliament voted to restore the agencies’ independence. In a joint statement published Saturday on social media,...
San Juan City Mayor and Metro Manila Council (MMC) president Francis Zamora on Sunday, Aug. 3, said that the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) are set to finalize a new drainage master plan to ease worsening floods in Metro...
San Juan City Mayor and re-elected Metro Manila Council (MMC) president Francis Zamora said that a total ban on street parking may face challenges, following the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) proposal to prohibit parking on all public streets to help ease traffic...
The Quezon City government has warned residents over the increasing number of leptospirosis cases recorded in the city from July 24 to 31. According to the data from the Quezon City Epidemiology and Surveillance Division (QCESD), a total of 178 leptospirosis cases were recorded from January to...
A fire broke out in a residential area on Sagani street, Libis Baesa, Barangay 160 in Caloocan City on Saturday night, August 2. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire was raised to the first alarm at 10:49 p.m. and escalated to the second alarm at 11:06 p.m. The blaze was...
Authorities confiscated around P680,000 worth of shabu from two suspected drug pushers, including a 68-year-old tagged as a high-value individual (HVI), during a buy-bust operation in Cainta, Rizal, on Saturday, August 2. The Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) identified the suspects as...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces opened fire near two aid distribution sites run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as crowds of hungry Palestinians again sought food, killing at least 10 people, witnesses and health workers said Saturday. The violence came a day...
NEW DELHI (AP) — India has indicated that it would continue buying oil from Russia despite threats by U.S. President Donald Trump. The Indian foreign ministry said its relationship with Russia was "steady and time-tested," and should not be seen through the prism of a third country. Addressing a...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV urged hundreds of thousands of young people on Saturday to have the courage to make radical choices to do good, as he presided over his first big encounter with the next generation of Catholics during the highlight of the Vatican 's 2025 Holy Year. Leo encountered a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — For all of President Donald Trump 's promises of an economic "golden age," a spate of weak indicators this week told a potentially worrisome story as the impacts of his policies are coming into focus. Job gains are dwindling. Inflation is ticking upward. Growth has slowed...
