BIDEN DEFENDS DECISION TO END AFGHAN MILITARY OPERATION With U.S. troops almost completely out of Afghanistan and the Taliban making rapid territorial gains in the country, U.S. President Joe Biden said that the U.S. was not in Afghanistan for nation-building and that
AFGHAN FM SEEKS PAKISTAN'S HELP IN BRINGING TALIBAN TO NEGOTIATING TABLE AGAIN Afghanistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Hanif Atmar has sought Pakistan's help to end the raging conflict in Afghanistan, saying that he hoped Islamabad would persuade the Taliban to return
BIDEN DEFENDS DECISION TO END AFGHAN MILITARY OPERATION With U.S. troops almost completely out of Afghanistan and the Taliban making rapid territorial gains in the country, U.S. President Joe Biden said that the U.S. was not in Afghanistan for nation-building and that
TOKYO TO HOST OLYMPICS UNDER FRESH STATE OF EMERGENCY Japan is set to place Tokyo under a state of emergency that would last through the Olympics, fearing an ongoing COVID-19 surge will multiply during the Games.
CARGO VESSEL, UTILITY BOAT COLLIDE IN MANILA SOUTH HARBOR; OIL SHEEN SEEN— COAST GUARD MANILA — A cargo vessel collided with a foreign dredging ship some 100 meters from Baseco beach in Manila early Thursday, the Philippine Coast Guard said, with both ships carrying
U.S. LEFT AFGHAN AIRBASE WITHOUT NOTICE The US left Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base’s new Afghan commander, who discovered the Americans’ departure mor
HOUSE PANEL DECLARES PORTION OF PHILIPPINE RISE A PROTECTED AREA MANILA — A House panel approved Wednesday to declare a portion of the Philippine Rise a protected area despite strong objections from a House leader over concerns that the measure may limit the country’
OPEC+ IN CRISIS AS SPECTER OF DESTRUCTIVE INFIGHTING LOOMS The OPEC+ oil cartel is facing its biggest crisis since a price war at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The UAE, the group’s fourth-biggest producer, argued against a deal proposed by Saudi Arabia and Russia
EASING TRANSPORT COSTS TEMPER INFLATION TO 4.1% IN JUNE MANILA — A slower increase in transportation fares tempered inflation in June, a welcome reprieve to consumers still reeling from pandemic-induced economic shocks and giving the central bank enough reasons to sustain
TALIBAN SEIZE KEY KANDAHAR DISTRICT Amid the ongoing US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban on Sunday took control of a key district in their former bastion of Kandahar. after fierce night-time fighting with government forces, officials said, just two days afte
