BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will visit Egypt and Jordan, her spokesman said Wednesday, amid fighting between Israel and Hamas that has raged for more than five weeks. The EU chief will on Saturday meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi...
ANKARA, Turkey - More than two dozen Palestinian cancer patients, who had crossed from Gaza into Egypt, arrived in Turkey for treatment in the early hours of Thursday, Turkey's Anadolu agency reported. Two planes carrying the patients, many of them children, landed at Ankara airport...
MADRID, Spain - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday urged Israel to end the "indiscriminate killing of Palestinians" in Gaza, in his sharpest criticism of Israel since war against Hamas broke out over a month ago. Spanish acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez listens as Partido...
PARIS , France - The joint China-US climate declaration is "a significant moment" in the build-up to COP28, the climate summit's president said Wednesday, but some experts criticised the lack of concrete commitments. "The consensus reached between the US and China is a significant moment ahead...
KYIV, Ukraine -Ukraine said Wednesday that two rescue workers were killed and seven people were injured by Russian shelling in the southeast region of Zaporizhzhia. "The Russians shelled civilian infrastructure once again. A fire broke out," Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said on social...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The EU's executive has proposed banning the import of Russian diamonds and liquefied petroleum gases in a new round of sanctions over the war in Ukraine, according to a document seen by AFP Wednesday. The package of sanctions -- which needs to be approved unanimously...
MOSCOW, Russia - A Russian woman accused of killing military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, pleaded partially guilty during a court hearing on Wednesday. Russian investigators say Darya Trepova, 26, assassinated Tatarsky under orders from Ukraine and working with the help of anti-Kremlin activists,...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg on Wednesday denied a public order offence, after she was arrested at a demonstration against the energy industry in central London. The 20-year-old activist -- a key face of the movement to fight climate change -- was among 26 people...
The Parañaque city government distributed livelihood assistance to 151 beneficiaries of "Tulong Pangkabuhayan" program on Tuesday, Nov. 14. Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez said the distribution of assistance to 151 beneficiaries from the city’s 16 barangays was held at the Treasury Lounge at...
The Southern Police District (SPD) seized suspected shabu worth P374,000 from a 16-year-old boy and two cohorts during a buy-bust operation in Makati City on Tuesday, Nov. 14. The SPD-Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) identified two of the arrested suspects as “Kim”, 21, female, and...
The Navotas City Police Station (NCPS) arrested on Tuesday, Nov. 14, a man who allegedly stabbed and killed a 17-year-old boy in Barangay Daanghari, Navotas City on Monday evening, Nov. 13. Police identified the suspect as alias "Jerome," 21, a resident of Bldg. 2 Unit 213, Leongson St., Brgy. San...
The Bulacan Medical Center has received a new computed tomography (CT) scan machine from the Department of Health (DOH), Central Luzon Center for Health Development, and United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) under the Asian Development Bank-Funded Health System Enhancement. The...
