The Pasay City government joined the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority 's (MMDA) launch of the "Yes to Ayos" campaign on Thursday, July 16, reaffirming its commitment to promoting public discipline as a key component of environmental protection and flood prevention. The campaign, which...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States expanded its airstrike campaign against Iran early Friday by increasingly hitting bridges, part of President Donald Trump 's threats to start striking infrastructure to pressure Tehran to ease its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz....
The Mandaluyong City Police Station confirmed on Friday, July 17, that no hazardous explosive device was found in any school in the city after social media posts alleged bomb threats against several campuses. Authorities said they immediately conducted validation, security inspections, and...
GENOA, Italy (AP) — An Italian court on Thursday convicted the former CEO of Italy 's main highway operator and 31 others in the 2018 Genoa highway bridge collapse that sent vehicles plunging and killed 43 people, a disaster that exposed serious lapses in the maintenance of Italian...
PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers were continuing to search on Thursday for 24 people missing after a passenger boat sank off Indonesia, authorities said. At least one person is known to have died after the KM Nurul Salsa experienced engine failure and sank about 43 nautical miles (79 kilometers)...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament enacted Friday a historic revision to the 19th-century Imperial House Law by insisting only paternal-lineage men can become emperor, sparking fear that it could doom the already shrinking imperial family. The revisions include adoption of distant male relatives...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-its-kind pill that can drastically reduce cholesterol in a way that 's previously only been available with expensive, injectable drugs. The drug from Merck was OK 'd on Thursday for patients with artery-clogging...
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Catastrophic flash floods in Texas have killed two people and forced hundreds of rescues in areas still reeling from devastating floods a year ago, Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday. Rescuers aboard boats and helicopters have saved more than 200 people, including stranded...
CAIRO (AP) — The leader of Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said Thursday that his group was ready to escalate its conflict with Saudi Arabia, after the two sides exchanged strikes on each other 's airports. In the most significant confrontation since a 2022 truce, Saudi warplanes struck...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fighting between the U.S. and Iran has intensified over control of the Strait of Hormuz, but hopes for a possible diplomatic solution have shown stubborn signs of life. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday rejected suggestions that Islamabad had abandoned efforts to bring...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States intensified its strikes against Iran on Thursday, hitting targets farther north and firing into a ship the U.S. accused of trying to break its naval blockade on the Islamic Republic. Iran retaliated by launching missiles and drones at U.S....
CAVITE – Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of a man initially believed to be a victim of a hit-and-run found along Davilan Road in Barangay Lantic, Carmona City. A report from the Cavite Police Provincial Office dated July 16 said that investigators first...
