US REPEATS WARNING TO CHINA AGAINST ATTACK ON PHILIPPINE FORCES WASHINGTON - The United States on Sunday repeated a warning to China that an attack on Philippine armed forces in the South China Sea would trigger a 1951 U.S.-Philippines mutual defense treaty.
TALIBAN AT KANDAHAR GATES, INDIA PULLS OUT NATIONALS FROM CONSULATE IN CITY With Taliban forces having advanced to within a few kilometres of Kandahar, India has evacuated Indian staff and personnel from its consulate in the southern Afghanistan city.
PDP-LABAN EXPELS CUSI, 2 OTHER OFFICIALS AMID GROWING RIFT WITH PACQUIAO MANILA — PDP-Laban on Friday said it has expelled Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi and 2 other members from the ruling party for allegedly violating several provisions of the party's constitution.
BIDEN DEFENDS DECISION TO END AFGHAN MILITARY OPERATION With U.S. troops almost completely out of Afghanistan and the Taliban making rapid territorial gains in the country, U.S. President Joe Biden said that the U.S. was not in Afghanistan for nation-building and that
AFGHAN FM SEEKS PAKISTAN'S HELP IN BRINGING TALIBAN TO NEGOTIATING TABLE AGAIN Afghanistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Hanif Atmar has sought Pakistan's help to end the raging conflict in Afghanistan, saying that he hoped Islamabad would persuade the Taliban to return
COVID TASK FORCE HEAD WARNS OF A FRESH VIRUS SPREAD With daily case detections still above 40,000 and reports and pictures of blatant violations of social distancing norms coming from tourist spots, the head of India’s pandemic task force has again warned that the second w
BIDEN DEFENDS DECISION TO END AFGHAN MILITARY OPERATION With U.S. troops almost completely out of Afghanistan and the Taliban making rapid territorial gains in the country, U.S. President Joe Biden said that the U.S. was not in Afghanistan for nation-building and that
CHARGE BASELESS, WORLD KNOWS PAK’S RECORD ON TERROR: MEA Four days after Pakistan made serious allegations against India, terming the June 23 bomb blast near the home of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed as “India-sponsored terrorism”, New Delhi broke its silenc
TOKYO TO HOST OLYMPICS UNDER FRESH STATE OF EMERGENCY Japan is set to place Tokyo under a state of emergency that would last through the Olympics, fearing an ongoing COVID-19 surge will multiply during the Games.
CARGO VESSEL, UTILITY BOAT COLLIDE IN MANILA SOUTH HARBOR; OIL SHEEN SEEN— COAST GUARD MANILA — A cargo vessel collided with a foreign dredging ship some 100 meters from Baseco beach in Manila early Thursday, the Philippine Coast Guard said, with both ships carrying
