IRAQI PARLIAMENT PASSES RESOLUTION TO END FOREIGN TROOP PRESENCE Iraq's parliament called on Sunday for U.S. and other foreign military forces to leave amid a growing backlash against the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander that has heightened fears of a wider M
DUTERTE ORDERS MILITARY TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE REPATRIATION OF PINOYS IN IRAQ, IRAN MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the military to prepare its aircraft and ships for the possible evacuation of Filipinos in the Middle East if the tension between the United States
MASKED MEN AND WOMEN ATTACK STUDENTS, TEACHERS IN JNUViolence broke out at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Sunday evening asmasked men armed with sticks attacked students and teachers and damagedproperty on the campus, prompting the administration to call in police whichconducted a fl
CHINA TO ACCELERATE UPGRADING OF OUTSOURCED SERVICES SECTOR China will step up efforts to promote the transformation and upgrading of outsourced services, with the view to achieving better structure and higher quality of the services sector, the State Council's executive meeting chaired by Premier
BLASTS HIT BAGHDAD AREA AS IRAQIS MOURN IRANIAN GENERALSeveral blasts shook the Baghdad area hours after a huge funeral processionfor a top Iranian general, killed by a US air strike there on Friday.
DUTERTE TO AFP: PROTECT FREEDOM, DEMOCRATIC VALUESMANILA - After several days of not showing up in public, President Dutertepresided over the change of command ceremonies at Camp Aguinaldo in QuezonCity yesterday and gave marching orders to new Armed Forces of thePhilippines (AFP) chief Lt. Gen. Fil
ON IRAN, DELHI WALKS A DIPLOMATIC TIGHTROPEIndia's Ministry of External Affairs had reacted cautiously to Iranian Maj.Gen Qassem Soleimani's assassination - noting that "a senior Iranian leaderhas been killed by the US", underlining that "peace, stability and securityin this region is of utmost impo
XI HIGHLIGHTS YELLOW RIVER DEVELOPMENT President Xi Jinping on Friday underscored the importance of heightened efforts in ecological protection and pursuing high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin.
TEHRAN PROMISES 'HARSH RETALIATION', US AND ISRAEL BRACE FOR REVENGE ATTACKSIran vowed "harsh retaliation" for a US drone strike near Baghdad's airportthat killed a top Iranian general who had been the architect of itsinterventions across the Middle East, and the US announced Friday it was
DUTERTE TO SIGN 2020 NATIONAL BUDGET ON JANUARY 6MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte is set to sign the P4.1 trillion nationalbudget for 2020 on January 6, his spokesperson said Saturday.
