SURIN, Thailand (AP) — Tens of thousands of people sought refuge on Friday as border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia entered a second day, heightening fears of a broader conflict. The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting on the crisis later Friday in New York,...
NEW DELHI (AP) — The roof of a government middle school building collapsed Friday in India 's western state of Rajasthan, killing 7 children and injuring at least 21, a senior police official said. The collapse occurred soon after the students had reached their classrooms and were about to...
The United States will be providing about P13.8 million funding intended to help the Philippines in its response efforts amid the severe rains and flooding caused by consecutive storms and the enhanced southwest monsoon. The US Embassy in Manila announced on Friday, July 25, that the US government...
The World Bank Group’s (WBG) International Finance Corp. (IFC) is considering another round of investment financing support for Ayala Land Inc. (ALI), including for the property giant’s ongoing renovation and expansion of its flagship malls to make them “greener.” A World Bank document seen...
HONG KONG — A Hong Kong judge on Wednesday ruled to strike down regulations criminalizing the use of bathrooms designated for the opposite sex, ruling in favor of transgender individuals ' rights to access public toilets matching their identity. Judge Russell Coleman approved the judicial...
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian authorities arrested 44 people suspected of starting some of the forest and peatland fires that are spreading health-damaging haze in the region, officials said Wednesday. Forest and peat fires are an annual problem in Indonesia that strain relations with...
NEW DELHI — Indian police have arrested a man accused of running a bogus embassy from a rented residential building near the capital, New Delhi, and recovered cars with fake diplomatic plates. The suspect impersonated an ambassador and allegedly duped people for money by promising overseas...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Syria’s interim government has requested Turkey’s support to strengthen its defense capabilities, Turkish officials said, following sectarian violence over the past two weeks that increased tensions in Syria and drew Israeli intervention. The defense ministry officials,...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The top United Nations court has opened a hearing to deliver an advisory opinion in a landmark case about nations’ obligations to tackle climate change and consequences they may face if they don’t. The president of the International Court of Justice is expected to...
TOKYO — Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday vowed to remain in power to oversee the implementation of a new Japan-U.S. tariff agreement, despite media speculation and growing calls for him to resign after a historic defeat of his governing party. Ishiba met with heavyweights from his...
A fishing boat carrying 11 fishermen and 40,000 liters of oil sank off the coast of Lian, Batangas on Wednesday, July 23, amid the bad weather caused by southwest monsoon (habagat), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. Fishing vessel “Unity World” sank at 2 a.m. around 2.25 nautical miles...
The World Bank considers liberalized rice trade as a boost to the Philippine agriculture sector, even as the Marcos Jr. administration is moving to reinstate the National Food Authority’s (NFA) old regulatory powers. “Strategic shifts are underway to reinvigorate transformation of the...
