Two Philippine universities entered the global Top 100 in the 2026 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject, according to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). The University of the Philippines (UP) and Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) both placed in the 51–100 band...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Australia’s most decorated living veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, did not apply for bail when the war crime murder charges against him were listed in a Sydney court Wednesday. Roberts-Smith was awarded both the Victoria Cross and Medal of Gallantry for his service in...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea Wednesday in its second launch event in two days, South Korea’s military said, hours after a senior North Korean official released crude insults against Seoul’s hopes for warmer relations. South...
So close, yet so far. Carlo Biado came up short in his bid to capture the only world title missing from his collection, bowing out in the quarterfinals of the WPA World 8-Ball Championship in St. Louis, Missouri on Tuesday, April 7. The world 9-ball and 10-ball champion fought hard against Wiktor...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel backed the U.S. ceasefire with Iran but that the deal doesn 't cover fighting against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Netanyahu 's office said in the statement Wednesday that Israel supported U.S. President Donald Trump...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired several ballistic missiles toward the sea Wednesday in its second launch event in two days, South Korea 's military said, hours after a senior North Korean official released crude insults against Seoul 's hopes for warmer relations. South...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump 's recent statements of intent about his administration 's plans for Iran — some laced with profanity, some threatening deeply destructive, nation-shattering actions — have raised questions about international law. Here 's a short...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump 's threat to destroy Iranian civilization was "truly unacceptable" and said any attacks on civilian infrastructure violate international law. In some of his strongest comments yet against the war, the American pope urged...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz that had been repeatedly watered down in hopes those two countries would abstain. The vote — 11-2, with two abstentions from Pakistan and Colombia — took place...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump pulled back on his threats to launch devastating strikes on Iran late Tuesday, swerving to deescalate the war less than two hours before the deadline he set for Tehran to capitulate or else a “whole civilization will die.” Trump said he...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Airstrikes hit two bridges and a train station in Iran on Tuesday, and Iranian officials urged young people to form human chains to protect power plants, as U.S. President Donald Trump warned that a "whole civilization will die tonight" if Tehran does not meet his latest...
Carlo Biado emerged as the last Filipino standing in the WPA World 8-Ball Championship after advancing to the Last 16 on Monday, April 6, in St. Louis, Missouri. The 42-year-old seasoned cue artist -- who is in the hunt for the only world title he hasn’t won yet after already clinching the world...
