TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A man with at least one knife and smoke grenades attacked crowds indiscriminately in Taiwan 's capital on Friday evening, killing at least three people and injuring nine others, according to the national news agency and the city government. The suspect later fell...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided with immigration judges on Friday, rebuffing the Trump administration for now in a case with possible implications for federal workers as the justices weigh expanding presidential firing power. The decision is a technical step in a long-running...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It’s been a grim week at the end of a tough year for the United Nations : Six U.N. peacekeepers were killed in a drone attack in Sudan. A U.N. interpreter died while in the custody of South Sudan 's security personnel. And 10 more U.N. staff were detained by...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department released thousands of files Friday from its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein even as it acknowledged that its documents disclosure about the wealthy financier, known for his connections to President Donald Trump and other...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops fired over the ceasefire line in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday, killing at least five Palestinians, including a baby, according to a local hospital that received the casualties. The killings came as the tenuous Israel-Hamas truce has...
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s government and its allies on Friday welcomed the final lifting of the most draconian sanctions imposed on the country in recent decades. The U.S. Congress imposed the so-called Caesar Act sanctions on Syria’s government and financial system in 2019 to punish...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The spread of famine has been averted in Gaza yet the situation remains critical with the entire strip still facing starvation, the world 's leading authority on food crises said Friday. The new report by The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC,...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow’s troops were advancing across the battlefield in Ukraine, voicing confidence that the Kremlin 's military goals would be achieved nearly four years after he ordered troops into the neighboring country. Speaking...
The Manila city government will begin the release of the long-delayed Health Emergency Allowance (HEA) to COVID-19 contact tracers on Saturday, Dec. 20. Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno" Domagoso announced the move and ordered immediate distribution of the allowance upon his return to office. A total...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) on Thursday, Dec. 18, provided clothing to residents affected by a fire at Machaca Compound in Barangay Culiat. The blaze displaced a total of 406 individuals from 93 families. QCPD distributed clothing assistance to fire victims at the Barangay Culiat Covered...
Marikina City Mayor Maan Teodoro on Friday, Dec. 19, ordered the allocation of P15 million as an initial payment for Barangay Tumana 's outstanding debt to Manila Water, amounting to more than P37 million, to restore the barangay 's water services before Christmas. Teodoro said she had...
CAVITE – Authorities arrested a high-value individual in a drug buy-bust operation in Dasmariñas City on Thursday, Dec. 18. The Cavite Police Provincial Office (Cavite PPO) identified the male suspect as alias Nanz, a resident of Dasmariñas. Confiscated during the operation coordinated with the...
