THREE ROCKETS HIT U.S. EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD, ONE INJUREDThree rockets slammed into the U.S. Embassy in Iraq's capital on Sunday inthe first direct hit reported after months of close calls, as thousands keptup anti-government sit-ins across the country.
BSP CHIEF: GOV'T DEALS PROBED, 'OVERNIGHT' TAKEOVER 'WILL NOT HAPPEN'MANILA -- Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin Diokno said Monday agovernment takeover of businesses with alleged onerous contracts "will nothappen overnight" as these will go through legal processes.
XI URGES ALL-OUT EFFORTS TO PREVENT, CONTROL NOVEL CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Saturday urged all-out efforts to prevent and control the novel coronavirus-related pneumonia, extending his sincere sympathies to th
IRANIAN FM: TEHRAN STILL WILLING TO NEGOTIATE WITH USIran is not ruling out negotiations with the United States even after anAmerican drone strike that killed a top Iranian general, the country'sforeign minister said in an interview released Saturday.
DUTERTE TO GET FULL HONORS FROM US IF HE VISITSMANILA - President Duterte will be accorded full honors given to heads ofstate if he decides to go to the United States and accept President DonaldTrump's invitation for the Philippine leader and other heads of theAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations
CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK: 444 NEW CASES ADDED ON FRIDAY The Chinese mainland has confirmed 1, 287 cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia and 41 deaths, according to the National Health Commission.
CHINA CORONAVIRUS: DEATH TOLL RISES TO 41, MORE THAN 1,300 INFECTEDWORLDWIDEChina said 41 people have now died from a new coronavirus that has infectedmore than 1,300 people globally, as health authorities around the worldscramble to prevent a global pandemic.
PHILIPPINES STARTS PROCESS OF VFA TERMINATIONMANILA — Taking a cue from President Duterte, the foreign affairs departmenthas set the ball rolling for the termination of the Visiting ForcesAgreement (VFA) between the Philippines and the United States.
WE WILL SECURE VICTORY,' XI SAYS President Xi Jinping vowed on Thursday to build China by the end of this year into a moderately prosperous society that is universally acclaimed by the people and stands the test of history.
BREXIT DEAL OFFICIALLY BECOMES UK LAW, QUEEN GIVES ROYAL ASSENTBritain’s exit deal with the European Union has officially become a lawThursday a few days ahead of the country’s departure from the bloc.