(Photo: Anadolu) BEIRUT – Israeli forces continued attacks across southern Lebanon on Thursday, while Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said ongoing strikes and Israel’s continued presence in parts of the south were hampering implementation of a US-mediated security framework. Lebanon’s National News Agency reported Israeli airstrikes, artillery fire, demolitions and other military activity in several southern…
TOKYO – The number of foreign visitors to Japan fell 9.6 percent year on year in August to about 3.1 million, marking the first decline in two months, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization. The drop was largely attributed to a continued decline in travelers from mainland China, where arrivals plunged 59 percent from…
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines has completed five transmission projects this year worth about Php 7.19 billion, while six more projects valued at around Php 23.54 billion are targeted for completion within the next 12 months. Completed projects include the Nagsaag-Tumana 69-kilovolt transmission line in eastern Pangasinan, the Tacurong-Kalamansig 69-kV transmission line in…
(Photo courtesy of Philippine Army) TACLOBAN CITY – Four members of the New People’s Army have surrendered to government forces in Samar Island, citing appeals from their families and hardships they experienced while in the underground movement, the Army’s 8th Infantry Division said Thursday. The four, identified by the aliases Junjun, Yana, Tanggol and Digma,…
(Photo: Anadolu) A group of international researchers said climate change likely played a destabilizing role in last month’s deadly flash floods and mudslides along the Nepal-China border, though it was not the sole cause of the disaster. In a report released Thursday, World Weather Attribution said the event resulted from a combination of geological conditions…
(Photo: Anadolu) BERLIN – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and US President Donald Trump discussed efforts to end the war in Ukraine and the situation in the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea during a phone call on Thursday. German government spokesman Stefan Kornelius said the two leaders exchanged views on the next steps toward…
(Photo: Anadolu) WASHINGTON – A group of US Senate Democrats urged Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Marco Rubio to ensure the State Department is fully involved in the Pentagon-led review of the US military posture in Europe. In a letter to Rubio, the senators said decisions on troop deployments and force posture should…
BRATISLAVA – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico warned Thursday that Europe faces what he described as an unprecedented risk of a wider military conflict as tensions surrounding the war in Ukraine intensify. Speaking in Presov, Fico said the situation had “never been as serious and tense” in terms of the possibility of a pan-European conflict….
The National Kidney and Transplant Institute has cautioned the public against social media posts and AI-generated images joking about selling or trading kidneys in exchange for gadgets. While acknowledging that many of the posts are meant as humor, the NKTI stressed that human organs should never be treated as commodities or forms of payment. The…
The Philippine Stock Exchange index posted a modest recovery on Thursday as investors picked up discounted shares following the previous session’s sell-off, while the peso remained broadly unchanged against the US dollar. The PSEi rose 0.70 percent to close at 5,958.64, while the broader All Shares index gained 0.54 percent to 3,318.11. Regina Capital Development…