DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran launched a new wave of attacks Thursday morning at Israeli and American bases and threatened that the United States would “bitterly regret” torpedoing an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean and a religious leader called for “Trump 's blood,”...
Lee Lipton, businessman-turned-diplomat, has been nominated once again to become the next United States Ambassador to the Philippines, and his formal appointment is set to be confirmed on Thursday, March 5. The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee is set to hear Lipton 's nomination at 10 am...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran launched new strikes against Israel and U.S. military bases in the Middle East as aerial attacks resumed early Thursday after an American submarine sank an Iranian warship and Iran threatened the destruction of military and economic infrastructure across...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Explosions sounded in Iran 's capital city Wednesday as its war with the U.S. and Israel entered a fifth day following earlier strikes on an Iranian nuclear site and retaliatory strikes by the Islamic Republic across the Gulf region. The explosions around...
President Marcos has called for restraint among countries involved in the Middle East conflict to bring the war to a close as "quickly as possible." Expressing that the Philippines is "only involved tangentially" in the US-Iran conflict, Marcos have appealed for restraint from all parties while...
Israel 's envoy in Manila does not see the Philippines being dragged into the Middle East conflict, which has now spiraled into a regional conflict among Arab states. Israeli Ambassador Dana Kursh said "it 's too hypothetical" to assume that the Philippines, where US militaries also have...
More than 1,400 Filipinos across the Middle East have requested for repatriation amid the ongoing conflict in the region, President Marcos said. In a press conference at Malacañan on Tuesday, March 3, Marcos announced that the number of Filipinos who have expressed to be sent back home had reached...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Tuesday, March 3, dismissed fears that the Philippines could be pulled into a burgeoning conflict between the United States, a treaty ally of Manila, and Iran. In an interview, Teodoro labeled such concerns as “unfounded”...
The National Security Council (NSC) clarified that there are no American military bases in the Philippines amid heightened tensions in the Middle East and threats by Iran to strike United States military installations abroad. In a statement read by Presidential Communications Office (PCO)...
The Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO), foreign embassies, and historical institutions gathered on Feb. 21, 2026 at the Memorare Manila 1945 Memorial in Intramuros to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the Battle of Manila and honor more than 100,000 civilians killed during the month-long...
Top defense and security officials on Monday, March 2, dismissed fears that the nine Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) sites in the country could become targets following the escalating conflict in the Middle East. The Department of National Defense (DND), the Armed Forces of the...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and Iranian-backed militias fired missiles at Israel and Arab states and Israel and the United States pounded targets in Iran as the war expanded Monday with statements of defiance and warnings of more U.S. casualties. As the American and Israeli...
