UNITED NATIONS (AP) — After weeks of escalating tension, U.S. and Iranian officials faced each other Thursday at the U.N. Security Council, where America 's envoy renewed threats against the Islamic Republic despite President Donald Trump 's efforts to lower the temperature between the...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran closed its airspace to commercial flights for hours without explanation early Thursday as tensions remained high with the United States over Tehran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests. The closure ran for over four hours, according to pilot...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranians could call abroad on mobile phones Tuesday for the first time since communications were halted during a crackdown on nationwide protests in which activists said at least 646 people have been killed. Several people in Tehran were able to call The...
The Philippine Embassy in Tehran has reported no affected Filipino in the escalating deadly protests in the Islamic state. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), there are around 823 Filipinos in Iran, and the majority of them are permanent residents, being spouses or children of...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran wants to negotiate with Washington after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic over its bloody crackdown on protesters, a move coming as activists said Monday the death toll in the nationwide demonstrations rose to at...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocracy saw protesters flood the streets in the country’s capital and its second-largest city into Sunday, crossing the two-week mark as violence surrounding the demonstrations has killed at least 116 people,...
The Philippine government is monitoring the situation of Filipinos in Iran after a deadly protest erupted in the Islamic Republic. Through the Philippine Embassy in Tehran, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday, Jan. 2, said it is monitoring the conditions of around 800 Filipinos in...
The body of a Filipina caregiver who died in Israel after sustaining serious multiple injuries from an Iranian missile attack last month arrived in the Philippines on Wednesday, July 23. Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss and Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Cacdac...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has lowered the alert level in Iran from level 3 to 2. It brings the alert level from voluntary repatriation to restriction phase. "In view of the positive developments in the security situation in Iran, the Department of Foreign Affairs lowers the Alert...
The Filipina caregiver who was injured during an Iranian missile attack in Israel died on Sunday, July 13, the Philippine Embassy in Israel announced. Leah Mosquera, a 49-year-old Filipina caregiver from Negros Occidental, succumbed to the injuries she sustained when an Iranian missile struck her...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Iran had agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire” soon after Iran launched a limited missile attack Monday on a U.S. military base in Qatar, retaliating for the American bombing of its nuclear sites....
Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have welcomed the June 24 ceasefire between Israel and Iran and called on all parties to respect the truce to avoid further escalation of conflict in the Middle East. “We urge all parties to respect the ceasefire and avoid...
