AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN WASHINGTON, United States–President Joe Biden will speak with US Jewish community leaders at the White House on Wednesday about the war between Israel and Hamas, officials said. Biden will "deliver remarks on his unwavering support for Israel following the Hamas...
Israeli soldiers are positioned alongside their armoured vehicles near the border with Gaza on October 11, 2023. Israel appeared to be readying for a possible ground invasion of Gaza, but faces the threat of a multi-front war after also coming under rocket attack from militant groups in...
In this image obtained from the US Department of Defense and courtesy of the US National Transportation Safety Board, US Coast Guard marine safety engineers assigned to the Marine Safety Center in Washington DC, working for the Marine Board of Investigation for the Titan submersible case, conduct a...
Ukrainian Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko (L) and Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic (C) attend an International Donors' Conference on humanitarian demining in Ukraine in Zagreb on October 11, 2023. ZAGREB, Croatia– Ukraine on Wednesday called for greater global support to help...
MADRID, Spain - Four minors have died in a fire in Vigo, a coastal city in northwestern Spain, emergency services said on Wednesday. A police officer walks next to a building where four minors were killed in a fire in Vigo on October 11, 2023. Four minors have died in a fire in Vigo, a coastal city...
BEIJING, China - China is seeking to work with Egypt to help ease the Israel-Hamas war that erupted after a deadly attack by the Palestinian militant group, its Middle East envoy has said as he urged a ceasefire. Zhai Jun spoke by phone on Tuesday with Egypt's assistant minister for the Palestinian...
PARIS, France - Dozens of foreigners have been killed, injured or taken hostage during a surprise attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Many of the missing foreigners were at an electronic music festival in the southern Israeli desert, at which scores of revellers were killed....
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - People aged 65 and older will outnumber under-15s in Europe by 2024, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, warning of new social, economic and health challenges. Europe is decades ahead of the global shift, which is expected to take place 60 years later, around 2064,...
AFP / MANILA BULLETIN VATICAN CITY, Holy See– Pope Francis has twice called the priest who leads Gaza's tiny Catholic community to offer his prayers following fighting sparked by a Hamas attack on Israel, the Vatican said Tuesday. "The pope called me a few minutes ago... he expressed...
(Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) BRUSSELS, Belgium–The US decision to step up military support for Israel after the surprise assault by Hamas will not harm Washington's ability to keep arming Ukraine, its NATO envoy said on Tuesday. "On the question of whether or not US support for Israel...
US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns (centre R) speaks next to US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (centre L) during a press roundtable with the Senate delegation at the residence of the US Ambassador to China in Beijing on October 10, 2023. (Photo by Andy Wong / POOL / AFP)...
Smoke billows from the Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt during an Israeli airstrike on October 10, 2023. Gaza's border crossing with Egypt, its only one that bypasses Israel, was hit by an Israeli air strike on October 10, 2023 for the second time in 24 hours, witnesses and a rights group...
