RAHUL GANDHI GETS 2 YEARS IN JAIL IN DEFAMATION CASE; GRANTED BAIL A court in Surat in Gujarat on Thursday sentenced Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to two years in jail in a 2019 criminal defamation case filed against him over his “Modi surname” remarks. The court of Ch
MISSILES, DRONES HIT CIVILIAN BUILDINGS IN UKRAINE Ukraine's president posted a video on Wednesday showing what he said was a Russian missile slamming into an apartment building in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, after Russia launched exploding drones that killed at least f
PH HIRES INT’L LAWYER TO APPEAL ICC DRUG WAR PROBE The Philippines has hired an international lawyer to help the country in its appeal to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to reverse its decision to resume the probe into the Duterte administration’s war on illegal drugs. &
PH HIRES INT’L LAWYER TO APPEAL ICC DRUG WAR PROBE The Philippines has hired an international lawyer to help the country in its appeal to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to reverse its decision to resume the probe into the Duterte administration’s war on illegal drugs. &
PUTIN HOSTS ‘DEAR FRIEND’ XI IN RUSSIA Moscow : Russian President Putin warmly welcomed Chinese leader Xi Jinping to the Kremlin on Monday, a visit that sent a powerful message to Western leaders allied with Ukraine that their efforts to isolate Moscow have fallen short. T
PH, CHINA ENVOYS IN SCS DIALOG Diplomats from the Philippines and China are scheduled to hold a series of consultation meetings in Manila this week to discuss various concerns, including the disputed waters in the South China Sea, amid Chinese incursions in the country’s exclusive eco
PARLIAMENT PARALYSED AGAIN AS BJP INSISTS ON RAHUL'S APOLOGY The Parliament logjam entered the second week on Monday, with both Houses adjourned within seconds amid a persisting Opposition-BJP face-off over Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s London remarks on India’s alleged &ldquo
PUTIN VISITS MARIUPOL IN FIRST TRIP TO FALLEN CITY MOSCOW, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to Mariupol, state media reported Sunday, his first to the city since it was captured after a lengthy siege at the start of Moscow's offensive in Ukraine. T
US ADVANCE PARTY TO BALIKATAN WAR GAMES ARRIVE IN PH TODAY An advanced party from the US Armed Forces that will be joining the 2023 “Balikatan” exercises next month is scheduled to arrive in the Philippines today (March 20). Col. Medel Aguilar, spokesperson of th
PUNJAB ON ALERT AS 34 MORE AMRITPAL AIDES HELD; HABEAS CORPUS PLEA IN HC The police on Sunday conducted flag marches and searches across Punjab in their manhunt for radical preacher Amritpal Singh, arresting 34 more supporters and shifting four men in custody to a jail in far-off
