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Security Challenge

This handout video grab recorded during the weekend and released Monday by the French Army shows a French Air Force Dassault Rafale B fighter...

Philippines backs UN resolution on 2-state plan

The Philippine government has voted in favor of a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution backing the implementation of the two-state solution to the...

The Filipino spirit cannot be negotiated away

"Sovereignty is non-negotiable, and the world must respect it" WHAT is the worth of a nation if it cannot defend its own dignity? This is...

UN General Assembly to voteon a Hamas-free Palestinian state

UNITED NATIONS, New York – The UN General Assembly will vote on Friday (Saturday Manila time) whether to back the “New York Declaration,” a...

Oil firms forecast mixed price movements next week

CONSUMERS can expect a mixed oil price movement next week with diesel increasing by up to P0.50 per liter and gasoline with a possible...

China’s man-o’-war ‘sailed through Strait’

BeIJING – China said Friday its third and newest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, recently sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait to carry out “scientific...

Iran: Enriched nuclear material ‘under rubble’

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday (Friday Manila time) that enriched nuclear material remained “under the rubble” of facilities damaged during...

Russia, Belarus to stage military drills as West watches warily

MOSCOW – Russia and its key ally Belarus are to start major joint military drills on Friday, putting NATO on edge days after Poland...

Denmark to boostits air defense system

COPENHAGEN – Denmark will invest some 58 billion kroner ($9.1 billion) in European-made air and missile defense systems, its defense ministry said Friday, citing...

Allies bolster Poland airspace security

WARSAW – France and Germany moved to bolster defense of Polish airspace Thursday as the UN Security Council called an emergency meeting to discuss...

China ‘unstoppable,’ says Xi

BEIJING – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia’s Vladimir Putin flanked Xi Jinping at a massive parade in Beijing on Wednesday, capping...

Trump thumbs nose at decades of India courtship

WASHINGTON, DC – India once united US policymakers like few issues. For nearly three decades, US presidents of both parties courted New Delhi as...

China to bolster non-Western alliances at summit, parade

BEIJING – China’s President Xi Jinping will host world leaders including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and India’s Narendra Modi from Sunday for a summit before...

Oil companies set to increase fuel prices today

The country’s oil companies will implement an increase of up to P0.70 per liter effective 6 a.m. Tuesday to reflect higher global oil prices. Separate...
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