WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said that U.S. negotiators will head to Pakistan on Monday for talks with Iran, lifting hopes of extending a ceasefire set to expire this week even as Washington and Tehran remain locked in a standoff over the Strait of Hormuz. The prospect of talks on...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United States and Iran concluded a third round of historic, face-to-face negotiations before dawn Sunday in Pakistan, days after a fragile, two-week ceasefire was announced, as the war that has killed thousands of people and shaken global markets entered its seventh week. Two...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday, April 8, said the Philippine government has expressed “cautious optimism” over the planned peace talks between the United States and Iran, which will be facilitated by Pakistan. In a statement, the DFA said it is hopeful that the...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan on Thursday confirmed it was holding peace talks with Afghanistan 's Taliban government in China, where Beijing is mediating to broker a lasting ceasefire after weeks of fighting that have killed hundreds, disrupting trade and cross-border travel. The confirmation...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan accused Pakistan of killing at least 400 people in an airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in the Afghan capital late Monday. It marked a dramatic escalation of a conflict that began late last month and has seen repeated cross-border clashes as well...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan and Pakistan, embroiled in more than a week of fighting that has killed dozens of people and injured hundreds, have agreed to an immediate ceasefire, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday. It is the deadliest crisis between the two countries in several years. The...
BUNER, Pakistan (AP) — Rescue workers in northwestern Pakistan expanded relief operations Sunday after flash floods killed more than 220 people in a single district, officials said. Buner, a mountainous district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, was struck by cloudbursts and torrential monsoon...
A president of an Indian-Filipino business group condemned on Saturday, May 10, the attacks executed by the Pakistani Army on the Jammu and Kashmir districts amid heightened tensions and retaliatory measures over the past week. Local residents and members of the media examine a building damaged by...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Wednesday, May 7, that there are no reports of Filipino casualties in the airstrikes launched by India on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Local residents and members of the media examine a building damaged by a suspected Indian missile...
The Philippine Embassy in Islamabad has cancelled a scheduled consular and overseas voting mission in Lahore in the province of Punjab in Pakistan, citing security concerns amid the ongoing tensions in the India-Pakistan border. A relative wails during the funeral procession of Adil Hussain Shah,...
Minority Leader 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan (Facebook) The Department of Justice (DOJ) must step up in order to identify and prosecute the masterminds behind the P2.7-billion "shabu" shipment from Karachi, Pakistan, that...
NEW DELHI (AFP) -- India may be forced to forfeit a Davis Cup playoff hosted by rival Pakistan, with the local tennis association saying on Thursday, Dec. 28, the team was waiting on New Delhi's approval to travel. The nuclear-armed neighbors have fought several wars since winning independence from...
