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US names Vico to list of 12 ‘anticorruption champions’

The US State Department has named Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto to a list of 12 persons honoring the world’s anti-corruption champions. The 31-year-old mayor...

Biden, al-Kadhemi discuss embassy rocket strikes

US President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi spoke about this week's rocket strikes on the US embassy in Baghdad, the White...

Biden faces ‘serious dilemma’ in Afghanistan

US President Joe Biden faces “serious dilemmas” in Afghanistan as a deadline to withdraw troops nears and the Taliban show no sign of ending...

Huthi rebels resume offensive vs. Yemen gov’t

Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels have resumed an offensive to seize the government’s last northern stronghold of Marib, a government source said Monday, with dozens...

China-funded exchanges with US terminated

Washington—The US State Department said Friday it was terminating five Chinese-funded exchange programs with the United States, calling them propaganda tools for Beijing. Secretary of...

China to sanction US firms over Taiwan arms sales

China on Monday said it will impose sanctions on Lockheed Martin, a Boeing division, and other US firms involved in arm sales to Taiwan,...

US Democrats launch probe into ouster of State Department watchdog

Congressional Democrats on Saturday launched a probe into President Donald Trump's "politically-motivated" dismissal of a government watchdog believed to have been investigating Secretary of...

Duterte not bothered by Trump’s ban on Leila case

President Rodrigo Duterte is not bothered that US President Trump signed a law banning entry to those involved in the “wrongful detention” of Senator...

Brains in Jolo Church blast tagged ‘global terrorist’

The US State Department has declared Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan, the Abu Sayyaf leader tagged as the brains behind the Jolo Cathedral suicide bombing in...

US OKs sale of fighters to Taiwan

Washington"•The US State Department on Tuesday approved the sale of 66 F-16 fighters to Taiwan, in a move expected to anger Beijing. Taiwan will get...

US upgrades HK travel warning

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Potential sale of arms to Taiwan okayed

Washington—The US State Department has approved the potential sale to Taiwan of $2.2 billion in arms, including battle tanks and anti-aircraft missiles, the Pentagon...

PH mulls over US arms deal

President Rodrigo R. Duterte said Saturday he would reconsider acquiring weapons from the United States after shunning deals with the Americans in favor of military...

Duterte hits out at US, extols Japan virtues

President Rodrigo Duterte, on a four-day official visit to Tokyo, has slammed the United States for lacking in what he called “word of honor,”...
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