ROME (AP) — A court in Sicily is expected to announce its verdict Friday on whether Italy's vice premier, Matteo Salvini, was guilty of illegally detaining 100 migrants aboard a humanitarian rescue ship when he was interior minister. Italy's deputy premier, Matteo Salvini, arrives at the...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An ailing French national on death row for drug offenses has made a last-ditch plea to be returned home, Indonesian authorities said Friday, as the new administration of President Prabowo Subianto planned to give pardon to 44,000 inmates nationwide. FILE - Drug...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv early Friday killed at least one person and injured nine others, officials said. Moscow claimed it was in response to a Ukrainian strike on Russian soil using American-made weapons. In this photo provided by...
A journalists' association says two reporters working for Kurdish media outlets have been killed in clashes between Syrian Kurdish militia and Turkish-backed fighters in northern Syria. Fighting in parts of Syria continues despite the fall of President Bashar Assad. A worker sets up a Syrian...
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A 7-year-old girl died and a teacher and five other students were wounded in a knife attack at a school in the Croatian capital, Zagreb, on Friday, police said. They said the attack happened at 9:50 a.m. at the Precko Elementary School in the neighborhood of the same...
A decade after approving its loan for the Cebu bus rapid transit (BRT) project, the World Bank lamented sluggish implementation and warned it may remain unfinished when the financing ends two years from now. In a Dec. 19 implementation status and results report, the Washington-based...
US President-elect Donald J. Trump's plan to mass deport America's illegal migrants won't dent remittance flows to countries reliant on these cash transfers, according to a World Bank official. This, as the Washington-based multilateral lender expects the Philippines to remain as the world's...
Due to project implementation delays, the Philippines is seeking the extension of two loans obtained by the previous Duterte administration from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank. Documents showed that the Department of Finance (DOF), on behalf of the Philippine government, asked...
K-pop boy band BOYNEXTDOOR will be meeting Filipino fans next year in their first concert since their debut. BOYNEXTDOOR will hold their tour “Knock on Vo. 1” in Manila on March 22 next year at Araneta Coliseum, according to promoter Pulp Live World. They launched the tour in South Korea...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s two stuck astronauts just got their space mission extended again. That means they won’t be back on Earth until spring, 10 months after rocketing into orbit on Boeing’s Starliner capsule . This image made from a NASA live stream shows NASA astronauts Suni...
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An overcrowded boat capsized on a river in central Congo on Tuesday, killing at least 25 people, including children, and leaving dozens missing, officials and local residents said. A vessel believed to be overcrowded capsized as it made its way along the Fimi River, the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have unveiled a stopgap spending bill that will keep the federal government funded through March 14 and provide more than $100 billion in emergency aid to help states and local communities recover from Hurricanes Helene and Milton and other natural...
