WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of Hezbollah-affiliated parliamentarians, state security officials, and allies of the militant group were hit with U.S. sanctions Thursday, for allegedly seeking to preserve the Iran-backed group 's influence over Lebanese state institutions and obstruct...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli government on Thursday released and deported hundreds of flotilla activists who attempted to breach Israel 's naval blockade of Gaza. Outrage abroad over the activists ' treatment prompted several countries to summon Israeli envoys to hear their...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans struggled Thursday to find the votes to dismiss legislation that would compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran, delaying planned votes on the matter into June. The House had scheduled a vote on a war powers resolution, brought by Democrats,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans abruptly left Washington on Thursday without voting on a roughly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies, frustrated with the White House and at an impasse over whether to try to block a new $1.776 billion settlement fund to compensate Trump...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The official overseeing the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza urged the U.N. Security Council on Thursday to use “every means at its disposal” to press Hamas to disarm, warning that every act of violence in the Palestinian territory risks “unraveling” the agreement....
A total of 89 entries advanced to the 3-cock semifinal round of the second edition of the 2026 World Slasher Cup 2 9-Cock Invitational Derby at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Those who survived the Pintakasi of Champions-hosted two-cock elimination rounds last Tuesday night, May 19, were Boyet...
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Anxious healthcare workers in eastern Congo said Wednesday they are underprotected and undertrained in a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak of a rare type of the virus in one of the world’s most remote and vulnerable places. Long the scene of attacks by an array of armed...
President Marcos has commended Guinness World Record holder Claro “Lito” De Veterbo, the fastest person to cross the Philippines on foot. Marcos welcomed De Veterbo at Malacañan Palace on May 20. During the courtesy call, the President recognized De Veterbo 's remarkable achievement as...
The Philippine government has asked the World Bank to restructure and partially cancel over $2.34 million in unused proceeds from a Duterte-era loan supporting the country’s flagship Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), even as the Washington-based multilateral lender cited the project’s...
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro with ordering the 1996 shootdown of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles in 1996 off the coast of the Caribbean island, a major escalation of pressure by the Trump administration on the socialist government. The...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel 's national security minister drew a sharp rebuke from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and triggered a backlash abroad Wednesday, after releasing videos taunting detained flotilla activists who tried to breach Israel 's blockade of Gaza, telling them they...
Recently, I found myself back in QC again, this time inside World Kitchens at Gateway Mall 2, where World Cellar has added another layer to the district’s growing and reinvigorated food scene. Wine bars and wine appreciation events are hardly new in Metro Manila, but what makes World Cellar...
