PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Nine people, including two off-duty army personnel, were killed when gunmen opened fire on a bus travelling through northern Pakistan, causing it to crash into an oncoming truck and catch fire, officials said Sunday. The bus was attacked at around 6:30 pm local time (1330 GMT)...
The Parañaque City Health Office (CHO)- Social Hygiene Clinic and Wellness Center conducted “ Battle of the Brains” in celebration of World AIDS Day at SM Sucat on Friday, Dec. 1 According to Parañaque Mayor Eric Olivarez, the “Battle of the Brains” activity was participated by 40...
The Parañaque city government started the distribution of Christmas gift packs and certificates to persons with disabilities on disabilities (PWDs) on Saturday, Dec. 2. Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez said around 250,000 Parañaqueños will receive Christmas gift packs containing...
The Pasay City government celebrated its 160 th founding anniversary on Saturday, Dec. 2 with a colorful parade of light and a street dance competition. Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the celebration of the city’s 160 th founding anniversary with the theme “Be the Light,” the city...
PARIS, France -- French prosecutors have launched an investigation into a "terrorist plot" after a man known to the authorities as a radical Islamist with mental health troubles stabbed a tourist to death and wounded two other people in central Paris at the weekend before being arrested. A forensic...
SOUL, South Korea -- The office operating North Korea's newly launched spy satellite will run as a military intelligence organisation, state media said Sunday. Pyongyang successfully put a military spy satellite into orbit last month and has since claimed it was providing images of major US and...
Israel carried out deadly bombardments in Gaza on Sunday as international calls mounted for greater protection of civilians and the renewal of an expired truce with Palestinian militant group Hamas. An Israeli strike lights the sky above Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip as battles resumed...
The Quezon City local government announced on Saturday, Dec. 2, that the city was named by the non-profit organization CDP as one of the 119 cities in the world that served as trailblazers in developing initiatives that address the climate crisis. The city government said that in the following...
Three persons were arrested inside a makeshift drug den in Barangay South Muzon, City of San Jose Del Monte (CSJDM), Bulacan during a buy-bust operation that also yielded P102,000 worth of alleged shabu on Saturday, Dec.2. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Bulacan Provincial...
TRIPOLI, Libya -- Ahmed Zouiten, representative and head of mission of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Libya, confirmed on Saturday that WHO plans to work with the Libyan health authorities to fight against AIDS. Zouiten made his remarks during an event to mark World AIDS Day held in the...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- French President Emmanuel Macron warned Saturday that Israel's aim of eliminating the Palestinian militant group Hamas risked unleashing a decade of war. "I think we're at a point where the Israeli authorities are going to have to define their objective and desired...
KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territories -- At almost exactly the same time Israeli negotiators pulled out of deadlocked truce talks in Qatar on Saturday, Israeli jets sent a prestige Doha-funded housing development in the Gaza Strip up in smoke. Hamad City is named for the former emir of the Gulf...
