Former secretaries of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of National Defense (DND) are among four Filipino recipients of Japanese government awards in the 2023 Spring Conferment of Japanese Decorations, as announced by t he Embassy of Japan in the Philippines on Saturday,...
LONDON, United Kingdom- King Charles III became heir to the throne at the age of just three and waited seven long decades to succeed Queen Elizabeth II. Born on November 14, 1948, his course in life was plotted for him when his grandfather King George VI died, making his mother queen. In 1958,...
MOSCOW, Russia- Five Russian villages on the border with Ukraine were without power as a result of Ukrainian shelling, the governor of Russia's south-western Belgorod region that borders Ukraine said Saturday. The region has been hit by attacks throughout Moscow's more than year-long offensive in...
KHARTOUM, Sudan- Warplanes on bombing raids drew heavy anti-aircraft fire over Khartoum on Saturday as fierce fighting between Sudan's army and paramilitaries entered a third week, violating a renewed truce. More than 500 people have been killed since battles erupted on April 15 between the forces...
GALLABAT, Sudan- An interminable row of minibuses lines the road that separates Sudan's southeastern city of Gedaref from the Ethiopian border, slowly bringing people fleeing Sudan's war closer to safety. There, families have been "sleeping on the ground out in the open", said Oktay Oglu, a Turkish...
MADRID, Spain- Spain will invest 1.3 billion euros ($1.43 billion) in vocational training to fight youth unemployment, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Saturday. The measure will create 824 new training centres for digital skills, 45,000 vocational training places and 1,500 classrooms for...
WASHINGTON, United States- Washington's political and media elites observe their annual truce -- of a few hours -- Saturday at the White House Correspondents Association dinner, where President Joe Biden will find himself the butt of jokes and hit back with his own. The ritual is a landmark on the...
BUDAPEST, Hungary- Pope Francis called for a recovery of the European spirit and a rejection of "adolescent belligerence" amid rising nationalism and war in Ukraine, during his visit to Budapest Friday. The pontiff's three-day trip started with a meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Three Pakistani soldiers and seven militants were killed in multiple clashes in the country's restive northwest, the military said on Friday. The clashes occurred in the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which shares a border with Afghanistan. In one...
UMAN, Ukraine - Russian strikes battered cities across Ukraine early Friday, killing at least 19 people as Kyiv said preparations for a highly anticipated offensive against Moscow's forces were nearly complete. The barrage of almost two dozen missiles overnight ended a weeks-long pause following...
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso - A human rights group in Burkina Faso reported Friday that the toll from a village massacre carried out by men in army uniform was more than double the official figure of 60 dead. Armed men dressed in the fatigues of the country's armed forces slaughtered villagers at...
KINSHASA- DR Congo's spending auditor has pointed to massive public payroll fraud, with tens of thousands of apparently fictitious employees costing the country an estimated $794 million a year. In a statement dated Thursday, the Inspection Generale des Finances (IGF), the official spending...
