BEIRUT, Lebanon - Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warned Wednesday that the threat of the Gaza war spreading would grow unless a truce between Israel and Hamas lasts, in an interview as he visited Beirut. "If this ceasefire starts tomorrow, if it does not continue... the...
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Icelandic authorities on Wednesday said they were considering pumping water onto any lava that spews out if a volcanic eruption threatens the evacuated town of Grindavik. Authorities would use the water to cool and divert the flow of lava to protect the fishing port of...
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Thursday it was suspending a five-year-old accord reached with South Korea to reduce military tensions -- the latest retaliatory fallout over Pyongyang's spy satellite launch. (Photo from AFP) The angry statement from the nuclear-armed North's defence...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged China's population to "follow measures to reduce the risk of respiratory illness" and asked authorities for more information about a reported spike in cases among children in the north of the country. World Health...
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement said Thursday that five of its fighters, including the son of a senior lawmaker, had been killed, amid skirmishes at the Israel-Lebanon border since the Israel-Hamas war began. Abbas Raad, son of the head of Hezbollah's parliamentary...
Around P300,000 worth of plastic toys was reportedly damaged in a fire that hit a warehouse in Binondo, Manila, on Wednesday night, Nov. 22. Photo courtesy of Arranque Volunteer Fire Brigade Inc. /MANILA BULLETIN The fire reportedly started at the second floor of the five-story...
A 42-year-old woman was arrested by barangay officials and officers of the Binangonan Rizal Police on Tuesday, Nov. 21, for stealing her sister-in-law's piggy bank containing over P700,000 cash. According to the police report, the suspect identified as "Ona" was arrested after her sister-in-law's...
Vice-Mayor April Aguilar with the senior participants to the dance competition. (Photo from Las Piñas PIO) The Las Piñas City government celebrated the Elderly Filipino Week with a thanksgiving mass and seniors' night on Nov. 16 at the Verdant covered court in Pamplona Tres. According to...
A court in Quezon City has denied the admission of all the documents in two motions filed by the prosecution in the reckless imprudence cases against former Health Secretary Janette Garin and nine other individuals in relation to the issue of the Dengvaxia (anti-dengue) vaccine. In Quezon City...
Officials of the National Bureau of Investigation-Cebu District Office present the two Koreans who were arrested for their alleged involvement in an online streaming of sexual activities. (Contributed photo) CEBU CITY—Two Korean nationals were arrested they were caught engaging in...
The P3.4 million shabu seized from the couple in Cavite. (Photo from PDEA) PAMPANGA -- A couple involved in the bulk distribution of shabu in Metro Manila and nearby towns of Bulacan was arrested after they yielded some P3,400,000 worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Hugo...
The arrested suspects/Photo from Pasay City police Members of the Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) arrested three drug suspects, one of them a female, during a buy-bust operation on Tuesday, Nov. 21, in Pasay City. The Southern Police District (SPD) said the suspects were...
