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Hardships mount in Indonesia, Sri Lanka as flood tolls rise to 950

JAKARTA – Officials in flood-hit parts of Indonesia reported shortages of food, shelter, and medicine as the death toll reached 950 Monday following weeks...

Letdown in Indonesia, Sri Lanka as flood survivors await assistance

TUKKA, Indonesia – Officials in Indonesia and Sri Lanka battled Wednesday to reach survivors of deadly flooding in remote, cut-off regions as the toll...

Floods kill 33 in Thailand

BANGKOK – The death toll from days of widespread flooding in southern Thailand rose to 33 on Wednesday, with tens of thousands displaced in...

Afghan quake kills over 20, injures 320

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan – A strong earthquake killed more than 20 people in northern Afghanistan, authorities said Monday, just months after another deadly tremor that...

Myanmar air strikes force youthinto bunker schools

THABEIKKYIN, Myanmar – Before a Myanmar student descends into a classroom entombed in a concrete bunker, she prays for compassion and her community’s safety,...

Starvation Catastrophe

A young girl reacts as displaced Palestinians elbow their way in front of a community kitchen in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip....

Israel bombards Gaza City, army says four soldiers killed

GAZA CITY – Israeli tanks and jets pounded Gaza City, the target of a major ground offensive, on Thursday prompting Palestinians to flee south,...

Israel hits new Gaza high-rise as troops push major offensive

GAZA CITY – Israel’s army said it bombed a Gaza City residential tower Sunday after issuing evacuation orders, just hours after Prime Minister Benjamin...

Coffee table book, photo exhibits recall Marawi siege

FAMILIES of people still missing due to the 2017 Marawi siege gathered on Aug. 26 in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte for the launch of...

Powerful quake aftershocks cause more deaths, injuries in Afghanistan

JALALABAD, Afghanistan – A series of strong aftershocks from a deadly earthquake that hit eastern Afghanistan at the weekend injured at least another 10...

Hope dwindles for survivors days after deadly Afghan quake

JALALABAD, Afghanistan – Hope faded Wednesday of finding survivors in the rubble of homes devastated by the weekend’s powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, as...

UN: Afghan quake toll over900 could impact ‘thousands’

GENEVA – The UN on Tuesday said the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that has killed more than 900 people could impact “hundreds of thousands,”...

Israeli force on Gaza as Trump talks post-war plan

GAZA CITY – The Israeli military pressed operations around Gaza City on Wednesday as US President Donald Trump hosted a meeting on post-war plans...

Palestinian Embassy echoes DFA call for Gaza ceasefire

The Palestine Embassy in the Philippines echoed the Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFA) urgent call to address the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza. In a...
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