PARIS, France - Members of the Iranian security forces raped and used other forms of sexual violence against women and men detained in the crackdown on nationwide protests that erupted from September 2022, Amnesty International said Wednesday. Amnesty said in a report it had documented 45 such...
PARIS, France - Humanity faces an "unprecedented" risk from tipping points that could unleash a domino effect of irreversible catastrophes across the planet, researchers warned Wednesday. Activists protest against fossil fuels on the sidelines of the COP28 United Nations climate summit in Dubai on...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Foreign minister David Cameron heads to Washington on Wednesday to stress the importance of the UK-US relationship in his first visit to the United States since his shock return to frontline politics. The former prime minister will also pledge the UK's "unwavering support...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The United States unveiled sanctions on Tuesday against the head of the Belarus Red Cross, accusing him of being complicit in the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia. Since its invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Russia has been accused of forcibly...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- Countries need to increase their taxes on alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, saying too few states were using tax to incentivise healthier behaviours. After studying taxation rates, the WHO said the average global tax rate on...
BERLIN, Germany -- Snow and ice in winter-gripped Germany triggered several road accidents across the country on Tuesday, killing at least four people, police said, while traffic at Munich's airport remained disrupted. Two men died when their car crashed into a lorry on a slick stretch of autobahn...
The Manila Police District (MPD) said that no bombs were found in the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) building in Intramuros, Manila, after an alleged bomb threat on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 5. The MPD-District Explosive and Canine Unit (DECU) said that the area was cleared and there was...
Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan, Quezon City Police District (QCPD) director, announced that the number of crime incidents in the city dropped by 65.15 percent from September to December this year. The QCPD recorded 23 incidents of eight focus crimes -- murder, homicide, physical injury, rape, theft,...
Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan administered the oath of office of the newly-elected Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) leaders from the capital city’s 897 barangays. Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna Pangan administers the oath of office to the newly-elected Sangguniang Kabataan leaders from the city’s 897...
The Parañaque city government turned over 10 motorcycle units and one tow truck to Traffic Parking Management Office (TPMO) on Monday, Dec. 4. Parañaque City Administrator Voltaire Dela Cruz, representing Mayor Eric Olivarez, led the turnover of 10 motorcycles and a tow truck to TPMO under...
The Bulacan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) Bulacan advised the Bulakenyos to always take precautions, follow safety tips, listen and obey instructions from authority after the 5.9-magnitude earthquake in Occidental Mindoro was felt in the province on Tuesday, Dec....
Local officials of Quezon, Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, and Valenzuela Cities advised the public to take extra precautions and stay alert after an earthquake was felt in Metro Manila on Tuesday, Dec. 5. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Philvocs) recorded a magnitude 5.9...
