PAK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO BE DISSOLVED ON AUG 9 Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that the National Assembly would be dissolved on August 9, three days before the term of the lower house of Parliament is scheduled to end, a move which will prompt general elections in
PHILIPPINES, US TO MOUNT WEST PH SEA JOINT PATROLS BY END-2023 MANILA — The Philippines and the United States have agreed to mount joint patrols in the West Philippine Sea before the end of the year, the National Security Council (NSC) said on Friday. NSC Assistant Director
WORLD MUST TELL RUSSIA TO STOP 'BLACKMAIL' INVOLVING UKRAINIAN GRAIN, BLINKEN TELLS UN U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on August 3 took aim at Russia in a speech to the UN Security Council in New York, accusing Moscow of "blackmail" over its recent withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain
INFLATION FURTHER EASES TO 4.7 PERCENT IN JULY MANILA -- Inflation further eased for a sixth consecutive month in July, the state statistics bureau said Friday. The consumer price index rose 4.7 percent last month, which was slower than the 5.4 percent inflation rate reported in June,
AT LEAST 44 KILLED IN PAKISTAN AFTER EXPLOSION AT ISLAMIST POLITICAL RALLY At least 44 people have been killed in an explosion in Pakistan during a rally organised by an Islamist party. More than 100 people were also injured in the explosion in north-west Bajaur district, where Jamiat Ulem
EU PRESIDENT VON DER LEYEN IN MALACAÑANG FOR BILATERAL TALK WITH MARCOS European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived at the Malacañan Palace on Monday to have a bilateral meeting with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. To recall, Marcos met the
BIDEN ORDERS US TO SHARE RUSSIA WAR CRIMES EVIDENCE WITH ICC Washington : President Joe Biden has taken a significant step by instructing the US government to share evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. This decision comes after
MARCOS SEALS $285M IN DEALS FROM MALAYSIAN EXECS BEFORE GOING HOME Malaysian business leaders on Thursday pledged a total of $285 million in investments during a roundtable meeting with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Malaysia. “I had the benefit of meeting a number of Ma
PHILIPPINES, MALAYSIA AGREE TO DEVELOP BARMM, HALAL INDUSTRY MANILA — The Philippines and Malaysia on Wednesday agreed to lead bilateral efforts in developing the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and the halal sector, which President Ferdinand Marcos J
ISRAELI LAWMAKERS PASS A KEY LAW TO WEAKEN THE JUDICIARY DESPITE PUBLIC OUTRAGE Israeli lawmakers have passed into law a highly controversial bill despite mass protests which aimed to thwart it. The law removes the power of the Supreme Court to overrule government actions it considers unre
