WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to host Iraq’s leader this week for talks that come as tensions across the Middle East have soared over the war in Gaza and Iran's unprecedented weekend attack on Israel in retaliation for an Israeli military strike against an Iranian facility in Syria....
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military renewed warnings on Monday for Palestinians in Gaza not to return to the embattled territory’s north, a day after Gaza hospital officials said five people were killed as throngs of displaced residents tried to reach their homes in the war-torn...
NEW YORK — Donald Trump arrived Monday at a New York court for the start of jury selection in his hush money trial, marking a singular moment in American history as the former president and current White House hopeful answers to criminal charges. Former President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower...
SINGAPORE — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Monday that he will step down on May 15 after two decades at the helm, and hand power to his deputy Lawrence Wong. Lee, 72, will formally advise the city-state's president to appoint Wong, who is currently deputy prime minister and finance...
The Caloocan City government offered the “Alalay sa Mananakay” free ride service due to transport strike on Monday, April 15. Mayor Dale Gonzalo " Along" Malapitan assured the general public that the city government is ready to render assistance. A total of 50 rescue units, including two buses,...
Mayor Eric Olivarez's memorandum (Photo courtesy of Para ñaque PIO) Para ñaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez ordered the early suspension of work for local employees due to the nationwide transport strike being staged by transport groups Manibela and Piston on Monday, April 15. Olivarez...
The Marikina City local government announced the suspension of classes in all levels on Tuesday, April 16, in celebration of the city's 394th founding anniversary. Mayor Marcy Teodoro "In celebration of the founding anniversary of Marikina City, pursuant to Republic Act No. 10788, I am pleased to...
The Rizal provincial government is fully prepared to assist commuters who may be stranded due to the two-day transport strike spearheaded by transport groups Manibela and Piston on Monday, April 15, and Tuesday, April 16, according to Governor Nina Ynares. "Huwag pong mag-alala ang mga Rizalenyo...
TANA TORAJA, Indonesia — Torrential rains triggered landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 14 people and leaving three others missing, officials said Sunday. Mud fell from surrounding hills onto four houses just before midnight Saturday in the Tana Toraja district of South...
HUEHUETENANGO, Guatemala — As more than 100 men carrying an elaborate float of Jesus halted before him, Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini lost no time in calling for social justice — the hallmark of the Catholic bishop’s decades-long frontline ministry. “Let’s hope that this procession may...
SYDNEY — A police officer and several bystanders are being hailed for running “towards danger” to confront the attacker who stabbed and killed six people at a suburban Sydney shopping center. A note is left with flower tributes near a crime scene at Bondi Junction in Sydney, Sunday, April 14,...
Around P757,316 worth of illegal drugs were confiscated from two construction workers in a buy-bust operation in Binangonan, Rizal on Saturday, April 13. Photo from Governor Nina Ynares/MANILA BULLETIN The Rizal Provincial Police Office identified the suspects as alias...
