WARY OF DIRECT AID TO AFGHAN, INDIA PITCHES FOR UN ROLE The global community has promised to be generous to the needs of the Afghan people but had reservations about providing aid directly to the Taliban.
DUTERTE TO CABINET: SEEK CLEARANCE FIRST BEFORE ATTENDING CONGRESSIONAL PROBES MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte is requiring his Cabinet members to seek his approval first before attending congressional inquiries as lawmakers ramp up scrutiny of his administration’
PEGASUS SNOOPING SCANDAL: GOVT NOT KEEN ON ANY ADDITIONAL AFFIDAVIT, SC TO PASS AN INTERIM ORDER SOON The Supreme Court on Monday said it will pass an interim order on petitions seeking a court-monitored SIT probe into alleged snooping on politicians, journalists and activists u
FBI BEGINS DECLASSIFYING DOCUMENTS INTO SAUDI 9/11 LINKS The FBI has released a newly declassified document that looks into connections between Saudi citizens in the US and two of the 9/11 attackers. Relatives of victims have long urged the release of the files, arguing S
PHILIPPINES LISTS 640 NEW DELTA CASES, GENOME CENTER FOCUSES ON SEQUENCING MANILA — Health authorities on Monday said they detected 640 more cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19. That figure makes up 85.6% of the 748 samples sent for genome sequencing, according t
INDIA ACKNOWLEDGES: TALIBAN HOLD POSITIONS OF POWER, AUTHORITY In its first clear and official reference to the Taliban as a state actor, India acknowledged in a joint statement with Australia Sunday that the group holds “positions of power and authority across Afghanistan
AS TALIBAN CLAIM VICTORY IN PANJSHIR, IRAN SLAMS PAKISTAN MILITARY'S ROLE Iran's Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has criticized Sunday evening’s aerial attacks on the Panjshir valley in northern Afghanistan allegedly carried out by Pakistan in support
INFLATION ACCELERATES TO 4.9 PERCENT IN AUGUST MANILA - Inflation accelerated in August to 4.9 percent, the state statistics bureau said on Tuesday. This was within the Bangko Sentral’s forecast of 4.1 to 4.9 percent inflation for the month. It was higher tha
PM MODI CHAIRS TOP MEETING ON AFGHANISTAN AS TALIBAN ENTER PANJSHIR VALLEY Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting to discuss the situation in Afghanistan shortly after the Taliban captured the main road and some administrative buildings on the floor of the Pan
TALIBAN SAY RESISTANCE HOLDOUT PANJSHIR VALLEY "COMPLETELY CAPTURED" The Taliban said Monday they had captured the last pocket of resistance in Afghanistan, the Panjshir Valley, as the top US diplomat flies to Qatar to try and handle the aftermath of the chaotic American withdra
