UKRAINE CLAIMS IT SHOT DOWN BARRAGE OF RUSSIAN MISSILES Ukrainian air defences thwarted an intense Russian air attack on Kyiv early Tuesday, shooting down all 18 missiles aimed at the capital with the help of Western-supplied weapons, officials said. Loud explosions boomed over Kyiv a
PH, JAPAN AGREE TO BOLSTER SECURITY AMID CHINA ASSERTIVENESS TOKYO—The foreign ministers of Japan and the Philippines agreed Tuesday to deepen their security cooperation in the face of China's growing maritime assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region. Foreign Minister Yoshi
PAKISTAN ARMY PLANNING TO KEEP ME IN JAIL FOR 10 YEARS: IMRAN KHAN Political turmoil continues in Pakistan. Supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan are protesting in many cities. Meanwhile, Imran Khan claimed on Monday that the country’s powerful military establishmen
GOV'T RENEWS MALAMPAYA EXTRACTION DEAL FOR THE LAST TIME MANILA — The Marcos Jr. administration is keen on siphoning every last drop from the Malampaya gas field as the government renewed its production contract with private companies for the last time. In a statement on Monday,
ARREST OF PAKISTAN’S FORMER PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN WAS ILLEGAL, TOP COURT RULES Pakistan’s supreme court has ruled the arrest of the former prime minister Imran Khan was illegal and ordered for him to be released. The chief justice of Pakistan, Umar Ata Bandial, declared tha
AMID TENSIONS WITH CHINA, PHILIPPINES GETS BOLDER Tensions between Manila and Beijing in the South China Sea — a key shipping route that sees trillions worth of global trade transiting each year — have recently increased. The Second Thomas Shoal, also known as the Ayungin Shoal
IMRAN KHAN SENT TO 8-DAY REMAND AMID VIOLENT PROTESTS ACROSS PAKISTAN Chaos prevailed for the second straight day in Pakistan since the country's former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on Tuesday, 9 May. An anti-corruption court in Pakistan on Wednesday sent Khan on a
PHILIPPINES Q1 GDP SLOWS TO 6.4%, BUT FASTER THAN FORECAST MANILA— The Philippine economy expanded 6.4% in the first quarter from a year earlier, the statistics agency said on Thursday, topping expectations. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, growth slowed to 1.1% from the earlier r
OTTAWA DECLARES CHINESE DIPLOMAT 'PERSONA NON GRATA' IN CANADA The Canadian government has expelled a Toronto-based Chinese diplomat who was allegedly involved in a scheme to intimidate a member of parliament. China is accused of seeking to target lawmaker Michael Chong and his relatives i
PBBM TO PUSH SECURITY ISSUES AT ASEAN MEET President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will leave for Labuan Bajo, Indonesia today (Tuesday afternoon) for the 42nd ASEAN Summit, where he is expected to push for regional security, food and energy security, efforts toward economic recovery,
