Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a two-day trip to Beijing next week, the Kremlin said Saturday. The announcement comes less than 24 hours after U.S. President Donald Trump finished his own state visit to China, where he also met Xi to discuss trade and...
Recent comments by U.S. President Donald Trump that arms sales to Taiwan are a "very good negotiating chip" in the United States ' dealings with China are heightening anxieties on the island democracy that Beijing claims as its own. Trump made the comment in a Fox News interview with Bret...
A 32-year-old Iranian national was arrested after allegedly selling fake gold bars worth P18,660,000 in Barangay Poblacion, Makati City. The Southern Police District (SPD) said the suspect, identified only as “Saeid,” is a gold and watch seller. He was arrested inside a hotel during a...
PARIS (AP) — France 's Pasteur Institute said it has fully sequenced the Andes virus detected in a French passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship and found that it matched viruses already known in South America, with no evidence so far of new characteristics that would make it more...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — A Rwandan suspect charged in connection with the 1994 genocide died in a hospital while in custody in The Hague, Netherlands, a U.N. court said Saturday, three years after the court declared him unfit to continue standing trial. Félicien Kabuga, 91, was accused of...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed the leader of Hamas ' military wing who was one of the last surviving architects of the attacks that triggered the war in late 2023, the Israeli military said Saturday. Hamas confirmed the death. Izz al-Din al-Haddad was killed on...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — One of four Canadians who returned home from a cruise ship where there was a hantavirus outbreak received a "presumptive positive" test result for the virus, Canadian officials said Saturday. Results from the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg to confirm the...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths. In a post on X, the World Health Organization said the...
Actress Kim Chiu was quick to fire back at bashers who criticized her for speaking out on issues concerning the country recently. In a post on X, the actress admitted feeling saddened by the reactions she received after voicing her opinions on social issues. “Nakakalungkot. That’s what...
Members of the Eastern Police District (EPD) arrested the No. 2 most wanted person of the Marikina City Police Station during a manhunt operation conducted on Thursday, May 14. Authorities identified the suspect as alias “Erni,” 51, a resident of Barangay Malanday, Marikina City. The suspect...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon is drawing down thousands of troops in Europe by canceling deployments to Poland and Germany as opposed to yanking forces already stationed there, US officials say, as President Donald Trump has tussled with allies over the Iran war and called for changes. Several...
Pasay City Police chief Col. Joselito De Sesto clarified on Friday, May 15, that the white police mobile seen leaving the Senate premises alongside a black van was not part of any convoy or escort operation linked to Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa in the early hours of May 14. De Sesto...
