KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Sunday that "war" was coming to Russia after three Ukrainian drones were downed over Moscow. "Gradually, the war is returning to the territory of Russia -- to its symbolic centres and military bases, and this is an inevitable, natural...
ABUJA, Nigeria -- African leaders on Sunday gave the junta in Niger one week to cede power or face the possible use of force, and slapped financial sanctions on the putschists, after the latest coup in the jihadist-plagued Sahel region raised alarm on the continent and in the West. In the third coup...
Haji Ghulam Ali (2nd R), governor of KP province greets an injured man in a hospital in Peshawar on July 30, 2023, after at least 44 people were killed and dozens more wounded by a suicide bombing at a political gathering of a leading Islamic party in northwest Pakistan. (Photo by Abdul Majeed AFP...
Photo shows (middle) ACT-CIS Partylist Rep. Erwin Tulfo in a posterity shot after attending the MACHRA Balitaan along with his chief of staff (left) Jerico Javier. At Tulfo's right and left are MACHRA President Itchie Cabayan and Vice President Andi Garcia. Prisoners who were convicted of heinous...
Some 276 families in Valenzuela City temporarily took shelter in the city’s evacuation centers on Sunday, July 30, as some villages were affected by floods and heavy rains caused by the southwest monsoon enhanced by severe tropical storm (STS) “Falcon.” According to the city government, the...
The Pasig local government activated the“red alert” across the city as it prepares for the effects of Severe Tropical Storm (STS) Falcon. The alert was first announced by the city’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) at 9 p.m. on Saturday, July 29, due to the heavy downpour...
The municipality of Calumpit in the province of Bulacan has been placed under a “state of calamity” after 29 barangays experienced massive flooding due to south west monsoon enhanced by typhoon “Egay.” Based on the Municipal Resolution No.133-2023, a resolution declaring the municipality of...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Three Ukrainian drones were downed over Moscow early Sunday, Russia's defence ministry said, in an attack that briefly shut an international airport. While one of the drones was shot down on the city's outskirts, two others were "suppressed by electronic warfare" and smashed into...
Nearly 300 families have preemptively evacuated their homes on Saturday night, July 29, after the Marikina River water level rose to 16 meters, triggering the 2nd alarm. As of 9 a.m. on Sunday morning, July 30, 208 families remain in the city's evacuation centers, said Marikina Mayor Marcelino...
France and China have agreed to work together on improving the regulatory environment surrounding cosmetics to protect both market access and product safety. Both countries will set up a working group that will hold its first meeting in France before the end of the year and try to harmonize...
People look at the aftermath of destroyed homes after an explosion ripped through a firework warehouse, killing nine people and injuring more than 100, in Sungai Kolok district in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat on July 29, 2023. (Photo by Madaree TOHLALA / AFP) BANGKOK, Thailand -- The...
MOSCOW, Russia -- President Vladimir Putin on Saturday defended an unprecedented crackdown on dissenting voices in Russia at a time of "armed conflict" with Ukraine, urging everyone to follow "certain rules." "It's the year 2023, and Russia is engaged in an armed conflict with a neighbour. And I...
