There are no recommendations yet by the Philippine embassies in Israel and Iran to raise the alert level there following the missile attack launched by Iran against Israel over the weekend, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Tuesday, April 16. Israeli Iron Dome air defense...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) believes that the four Filipino crewmen of Portuguese-flagged container ship MSC Aries will soon be released by the Iranian government. DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Eduardo de Vega said during the Bagong Pilipinas briefing that the...
Israel's diplomat in Manila said Monday, April 15, assured that Filipinos are safe in Israel as he justified Tel Aviv's rights to take defensive actions against attacks. Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss said he is "happy to enter into a dialogue" with Filipino officials to...
The Philippines has expressed concern over developments in the Middle East as Iran launched a retaliatory attack on Israel amid the latter’s ongoing war with Hamas militants in Gaza. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday, April 15, said it is urging all parties to refrain from...
The Middle East is now "on the brink" of confronting a "full-scale conflict," United Nations General Secretary Antonio Guterres on Monday, April 15, warned after Iran launched a retaliatory attack on Israel. In a series of post on X, Guterres said that the people in the region are confronting "a...
There will be new wave of consumer frustrations at the domestic pumps this week because of the fresh wave of oil price hikes enforced by the oil companies across all fuel commodities. Based on the price adjustment advisories of the industry players, the price of diesel products will rise by P0.95...
Nine Filipino seafarers from an oil tanker seized by Iran’s Navy arrived in the Philippines on Sunday, March 10, while two more are expected to arrive within this week. A map showing the region around the Gulf of Oman where the oil tanker St. Nikolas was seized by the Iranian Navy. (Kevin...
H.E. Amb. Yousef Esmaeil Zadeh of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Philippines delivers his welcome message. H.E. Ambassador Yousef Esmael-Zadeh of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Philippines led the celebration of the National Day of the Islamic Republic of Iran on Feb. 8, 2024, at...
PARIS, France -- French President Emmanuel Macron denounced on Thursday the "headlong rush" of Iran's nuclear programme after talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was in Paris to seek a stronger European stance against Tehran. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and...
TEHRAN, Iran - A gunman stormed Azerbaijan's embassy in Tehran on Friday, killing the mission's head of security in an attack Iran said was motivated by personal reasons but Baku labelled an act of "terrorism". Azerbaijan's foreign ministry said "responsibility" for the shooting, which also wounded...
TEHRAN, Iran - An Iranian man has been jailed for more than eight years after decapitating his wife and displaying her head in public, in a case that shocked the country, the judiciary said Wednesday. Mona Heidari, 17, was killed in February 2022 by her husband and brother-in-law in Ahvaz, capital...
TEHRAN, Iran - A son of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been freed after serving more than seven years of a 10-year jail sentence for fraud, Iranian media reported Wednesday. Mehdi Hashemi, 53, left Tehran's Evin prison late Tuesday, his lawyer Vahid Abolmaali said, quoted by...
