Ukraine will welcome any assistance from the Philippines in terms of its expertise in forensic and international law. Denys Mykhailiuk, Charges d'Affaires of Ukraine Embassy in Manila, said that the war-torn country needs experts from such fields as they are now looking at the liberated territories...
NEW DELHI, India - The United States and Russia met to air their differences in their highest one-to-one contact since the invasion of Ukraine last year on the sidelines of a G20 meeting dominated by divisions over the conflict. US Secretary of State and Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The United States said Tuesday that Russia was not complying with New START, the last remaining arms control treaty between the world's two main nuclear powers, as tensions soar over the Ukraine war. Responding to a request from Congress, the State Department faulted...
MOSCOW, Russia - The Russian military on Tuesday claimed to have captured the village of Blagodatne north of the eastern Ukrainian town of Bakhmut that has been the epicentre of heavy fighting. The defence ministry said that "as a result of successful offensive actions" its forces "liberated the...
GENEVA, Switzerland - UN rights chief Volker Turk on Friday slammed the human cost of Russia's "senseless" year-old war in Ukraine and urged greater efforts to ensure justice for victims. Turk said the civilian toll was "unbearable", with his office verifying that at least 8,006 civilians had been...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- Pressure ratcheted up on President Vladimir Putin as his decision to send reservists to Ukraine triggered spreading protests and hundreds of arrests at home, and Western leaders tore into the Russian leader at the United Nations. Protestesters hold up a...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The United States on Friday announced "severe" new sanctions on Russia in response to what President Joe Biden called Moscow's "fraudulent" claim to have annexed four Ukrainian regions. "The United States is imposing swift and severe costs on Russia," the White House...
UNITED NATIONS, United States – The United Nations voted overwhelmingly Thursday to demand Russia "immediately" and "unconditionally" withdraw its troops from Ukraine, marking the one-year anniversary of the war with a call for a "just and lasting" peace. In the UN General Assembly, 141...
Ukraine soldiers take language lessons By Robbie Corey-Boulet LIFE LESSONS Ukrainian servicemen Igor Soldatenko (left) and Yuriy Kalmutskiy (right) attend an English lesson with teacher Olena Chekryzhova at a military facility in Kyiv, Dec. 21, 2022 (Photo: Genya Savilov | AFP) When Olena...
MUNICH, Germany -- US Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday accused Russia of committing "crimes against humanity" in Ukraine, saying Moscow's forces had conducted "widespread and systemic" attacks on the country's civilian population. She made the comments at the Munich Security Conference,...
Gasoline, diesel price hike set next week By Myrna M. Velasco Prices at fuel pumps will be on a reverse course by Tuesday, Feb. 21) temporarily ending the streak of rollbacks that somehow eased consumers’ pockets in recent weeks. Based on calculation by oil companies, the price of gasoline will...
MOSCOW, Russia - President Vladimir Putin lashed out Friday against "direct attempts" to hinder work of Russian gas giant Gazprom, at the centre of deteriorating ties between Moscow and Europe over the Ukraine conflict. European countries were heavily reliant on the company for natural gas supplies...
