ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV began a summer vacation on Sunday, capping a whirlwind finale to the first half of 2026 in which he emerged as a powerful global statesman on issues from artificial intelligence to war and flexed decisive papal muscle to govern internal church problems. Leo is spending...
One person was killed in a Ukrainian attack on Russian-occupied Crimea, Moscow-installed officials said in the early hours of Sunday, as Russian and Ukrainian leaders held separate calls with U.S. President Donald Trump on ending the war, now in its fifth year. Two others were injured in the...
BEIJING (AP) — Heavy rains have left five people dead in northern China while a tropical storm toppled trees and submerged cars in the nation 's south, state media reported Sunday. Two villagers died in a mountain flash flood Saturday evening in the eastern part of China 's Inner...
The Makati City Police Station on Saturday, July 4, said it had identified the individual linked to the recent online threat against one of the city 's schools and reaffirmed that the safety of students, teachers, and school personnel remains its top priority. Police withheld the...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) highlighted the country 's strong trade momentum and rising capital inflows as the primary engines behind the Philippines officially hitting Upper Middle-Income Country (UMIC) status. With Gross National Income (GNI) per capita breaching the critical...
Ranking solons have reiterated the House of Representatives ' appeal to Filipinos to watch and follow Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial themselves instead of relying on social media commentaries for updates. Deputy Speaker La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A performer at the funeral for Iran 's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people Sunday in the capital, Tehran. The comment represents the first, direct call for Trump...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Since he started work as NATO secretary-general almost two years ago, Mark Rutte has spent much of his time trying to keep the United States anchored to the world 's biggest military alliance, employing outright flattery to dissuade U.S. President Donald Trump from...
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Residents at the epicenter of Congo 's Ebola outbreak are pinning their hopes on experimental treatments after researchers began a highly anticipated study in early July of two possible Ebola treatments in hopes of fighting the still-growing outbreak. At the Ebola...
Authorities are investigating an alleged case of contaminated bottled mineral water after a 63-year-old store owner and a 20-year-old customer were hospitalized following its consumption in Antipolo City. The Antipolo Component City Police Station (Antipolo CCPS) said the incident occurred on the...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised tests of a nuclear-capable cruise missile and other weapons aboard a new 5,000-ton destroyer, the Kang Kon, repaired after being damaged in a failed launch ceremony last year, state media said Sunday, in the latest military...
A Ukrainian drone attack struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg on Saturday, Russian officials said, as Kyiv presses on with bombardment of Russia 's oil infrastructure. Almost daily long-range attacks on Russian oil facilities have created a fuel crisis and heaped political pressure on the...
