SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea's top diplomat said her country is "ready to greet" Russian President Vladimir Putin, state media reported Sunday, in the latest sign of deepening ties between the two authoritarian states. Traditional allies Russia and North Korea have recently boosted ties, with...
ANKARA, Turkey - Hamas's Qatar-based chief Ismail Haniyeh has held a meeting with the Turkish foreign minister, diplomatic sources said Sunday, in the first official contact between the two for more than three months. Hamas's Qatar-based chief Ismail Haniyeh (AFP/KARIM JAAFAR) Foreign Minister...
YANSHANPU, China - Authorities in central China's Henan Province were on Sunday looking into the cause of a night-time fire that killed 13 schoolchildren as they slept in a dormitory. Police stand outside a school where 13 people died in a fire in Yanshanpu, in China’s central Henan province on...
MOSCOW, Russia - A Russian plane believed to be carrying six people has crashed in mountainous northeastern Afghanistan, the air transport agency Rosaviatsia announced Sunday. The Falcon 10 "disappeared from the radar" and communication was lost on Saturday evening, the federal agency said....
MOSCOW, Russia - A Ukrainian strike on a market in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine left at least 18 people dead and 13 more wounded on Sunday, said the head of the Russian-controlledregion. Denis Pushilin, the Moscow-installed Donetsk region leader, said on Telegram that "at present, there are 18 dead...
MOSCOW, Russia - A blaze at a natural gas terminal in the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga on Sunday was caused by an "external factor", said Novatek, Russia's biggest exporter of liquified natural gas. This handout photograph published on the official Telegram account of the governor of the Leningrad...
Around 7,000 Child Jesus devotees participated in the 23rd Bambino Grand Festival in Pasig City on Sunday, Jan. 21, the city's Traffic Parking Management Office (TPMO) said. Delegates from Barangay San Antonio, Pasig (BSA), led by Chairman Raymond Lising, accompany the float carrying the...
Two men and a barangay tanod were killed, while a bystander was also wounded in a shooting incident in the province of Bulacan on Saturday evening, Jan. 20. In a report submitted to Col. Relly B. Arnedo, Bulacan police director, Meycauayan City police promptly responded to the Bahay Pare...
Operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Bulacan Provincial Police Office (BPPO) dismantled a suspected drug den and collared four suspects in Barangay Muzon, City of San Jose Del Monte (CSJDM) , Bulacan on Saturday night, Jan. 20. Agents of the Bulacan Philippine...
A fire broke out in an industrial building Barangay Mapulang Lupa, Valenzuela City on Sunday morning, Jan. 21. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire at the building of Raymar Trading was raised to first alarm at around 11:05 a.m. The fire status went up to second alarm at 11:29...
The Quezon City government said on Saturday, Jan. 20, that the number of urban farms established in the city increased from 754 in June to 1,026 in December 2023. “This is a most welcome development, especially in addressing food security in our communities,” Quezon City Mayor Joy...
YANSHANPU, China - Thirteen schoolchildren died in a dormitory fire in central China's Henan province, the official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. Police stand outside a school where 13 people died in a fire in Yanshanpu in China’s central Henan province on January 20, 2024. Thirteen...
