PAKISTAN'S SUPREME COURT TO HEAR DISMISSAL OF NO-TRUST VOTE AGAINST IMRAN KHAN, DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT TODAY Prime Minister Imran Khan dissolved Pakistan’s National Assembly and called for new elections on Sunday, blocking a no-confidence vote that had been widely e
PRESIDENTIAL BETS PUSH FOR REFORMS TO CURB CORRUPTION MANILA — All 9 presidential candidates present in the second Comelec-sponsored “PiliPinas Debates 2022” on Sunday agreed that there must be reforms to address the problem of corruption in the country. &
MOSCOW PLAYS DOWN HOPES FOR 'BREAKTHROUGH' IN PEACE TALKS Russia on Wednesday played down hopes of a breakthrough in peace with Ukraine, a day after delegations from both sides held talks over the ongoing invasion. Speaking to reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said
NO LET UP YET, BUT A RAY OF HOPE FOR THE END OF WAR IN UKRAINE The key component of discussions between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul was a multilateral security agreement backed by other countries as guarantors. However, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday that there has
BIDEN OPEN TO MEETING PUTIN DESPITE CALLING HIM WAR CRIMINAL Amid signs of a drawdown in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, US President Joe Biden has indicated he is open to meeting President Vladimir Putin for talks despite calling him a "war criminal" and a "butcher" and ca
PHILIPPINES PROTESTS CHINESE SHIP INCIDENT IN SOUTH CHINA SEA MANILA — The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest over a Chinese Coast Guard vessel engaging in “close distance maneuvering” that heightened a risk of collision in the disputed South China
UKRAINE WAR: PUTIN-ZELENSKYY TALKS POSSIBLE AFTER KEY ISSUES SETTLED, SAYS RUSSIA Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy can meet for in-person talks only after key issues of a potential peace deal between the two countries are met
BEIJING STRESSES ITS SOVEREIGNTY OVER SCARBOROUGH SHOAL AFTER COAST GUARD INCIDENT MANILA — China on Monday stood firm on its claim of sovereignty over Scarborough Shoal after the Philippine Coast Guard said a vessel of its Chinese counterpart closely sailed by one of
RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR: TOP UPDATES One month into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, shelling rocked the capital city again on Wednesday with rockets slamming into a shopping mall and high-rise buildings as the outnumbered Ukrainian military waged intense battles to defend the capit
RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR: TOP UPDATES One month into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, shelling rocked the capital city again on Wednesday with rockets slamming into a shopping mall and high-rise buildings as the outnumbered Ukrainian military waged intense battles to defend the capit
