WARY OF DIRECT AID TO AFGHAN, INDIA PITCHES FOR UN ROLE The global community has promised to be generous to the needs of the Afghan people but had reservations about providing aid directly to the Taliban.
DUTERTE TO CABINET: SEEK CLEARANCE FIRST BEFORE ATTENDING CONGRESSIONAL PROBES MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte is requiring his Cabinet members to seek his approval first before attending congressional inquiries as lawmakers ramp up scrutiny of his administration’
FBI BEGINS DECLASSIFYING DOCUMENTS INTO SAUDI 9/11 LINKS The FBI has released a newly declassified document that looks into connections between Saudi citizens in the US and two of the 9/11 attackers. Relatives of victims have long urged the release of the files, arguing S
PHILIPPINES LISTS 640 NEW DELTA CASES, GENOME CENTER FOCUSES ON SEQUENCING MANILA — Health authorities on Monday said they detected 640 more cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19. That figure makes up 85.6% of the 748 samples sent for genome sequencing, according t
AS TALIBAN CLAIM VICTORY IN PANJSHIR, IRAN SLAMS PAKISTAN MILITARY'S ROLE Iran's Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has criticized Sunday evening’s aerial attacks on the Panjshir valley in northern Afghanistan allegedly carried out by Pakistan in support
INFLATION ACCELERATES TO 4.9 PERCENT IN AUGUST MANILA - Inflation accelerated in August to 4.9 percent, the state statistics bureau said on Tuesday. This was within the Bangko Sentral’s forecast of 4.1 to 4.9 percent inflation for the month. It was higher tha
TALIBAN SAY RESISTANCE HOLDOUT PANJSHIR VALLEY "COMPLETELY CAPTURED" The Taliban said Monday they had captured the last pocket of resistance in Afghanistan, the Panjshir Valley, as the top US diplomat flies to Qatar to try and handle the aftermath of the chaotic American withdra
US: CHINA CAN’T REQUIRE REPORTING FOR SOUTH CHINA SEA PASSAGE MANILA — China’s new action requiring ships to report innocent passage in the South China Sea “seems to run directly counter to international agreements” and could trigger “potentia
MULLAH HEBATULLAH AKHUNDZADA SET TO HEAD THE NEW TALIBAN GOVT IN AFGHANISTAN The Taliban are likely to announce a new administration after Friday afternoon prayers on the lines of the Iranian leadership with the group’s top spiritual leader Haibatullah Akhundzada as Afghan
MODERNA GETS EUA FOR COVID-19 JAB USE ON ADOLESCENTS MANILA — Philippine drug regulators on Friday cleared Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents aged 12 to 17 years old. Director General Eric Domingo of the Food and Drug Administration told a government briefin
