WASHINGTON (AP) – After months of campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize, President Donald Trump sent a sharply different message on Friday when he signed an executive order aimed at rebranding the Department of Defense as the Department of War. Trump said the switch was intended to signal to the...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has officially announced the schedule and activities for the 2025 National Teachers’ Month (NTM), National Teachers’ Day (NTD), and World Teachers’ Day (WTD) celebrations, in coordination with the National Teachers’ Day Coordinating Council (NTDCC) and...
TOKYO (AP) — Kim Jong Un put on a command performance this week at a gathering of some two dozen world leaders in China, striding with confidence and a broad grin across one of the biggest international stages of his 14-year career as North Korea 's leader. As Kim returns home Friday, his...
CHICAGO (AP) — At a Catholic school in Pope Leo XIV 's hometown, fifth graders read comic books about Carlo Acutis ' life titled "Digital Disciple." They draw pictures of what the teenage Italian computer whiz might have had as his cellphone wallpaper. They discuss the miracles that...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that any foreign troops deployed to Ukraine, particularly while its invasion was still ongoing, would be considered "legitimate targets" by Moscow 's forces. Putin 's comments came hours after European leaders repledged their commitment to a...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel struck a high-rise building in Gaza City on Friday after warning residents to evacuate, as the military stepped up operations aimed at seizing control of the city of some 1 million Palestinians that experts say is experiencing famine. The military accused...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Authorities in Pakistan 's southern Sindh province have evacuated more than 100,000 people from low-lying areas along the Indus river, a government spokesman said on Friday, after neighboring India warned of cross-border flooding from dam release. The evacuations come as...
DAKAR, Senegal — A new Ebola outbreak in Congo is suspected of causing 15 deaths among 28 people with symptoms, the health ministry in the central African country said Thursday. It 's the 16th outbreak of Ebola in Congo, and Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba said the fatality rate,...
United States Ambassador to Manila MaryKay Carlson looked back at the friendship forged between Manila and Washington when they stood as allies and emerged victorious after the World War 2. Leading the ceremony commemorating the 80th Victory Day with Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong at the US...
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Thousands of soldiers from Indonesia and the United States concluded annual joint military drills with a live-fire exercise on Wednesday together with forces from a dozen other countries. The Garuda Shield exercise began on Aug. 24 in the capital Jakarta, with activities also...
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A rescue team on Wednesday reached the site of a helicopter crash on Borneo, recovering one body, authorities said. Seven people remain unaccounted for. The discovery in the tropical island 's forests came after three days of searching for the helicopter, which went down...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. has carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela and was operated by the Tren de Aragua gang. The president said in a social media posting that 11 people were killed in the rare...
