By Sunghee HwangAgence France-Presse (AFP) — North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile into the sea on Tuesday, with South Korea’s military warning the second such weapons test in less than a week showed clear signs of progress. The early-morning launch came…
(AFP) — The United Nations kicked off a campaign Friday to raise $107.2 million in aid for victims of Typhoon Rai, which ravaged the Philippines last week. The money will be targeted towards 530,000 people in the worst-affected areas, who…
By Ferdinandh CabreraAgence France-Presse (AFP) — The death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year surged to 375 on Monday, as desperate survivors pleaded for urgent supplies of drinking water and food. The Philippine Red Cross reported “complete…
By Shaun Tandon with Laurie Chen in BeijingAgence France-Presse (AFP) — The United States on Thursday unleashed a volley of actions to censure China’s treatment of the Uyghur minority, with lawmakers voting to curb trade and new sanctions slapped on…
By Haeril HalimAgence France-Presse (AFP) — Indonesia’s Mount Semeru spewed more ash on Monday, hampering the search for survivors as the death toll rose to 22 following the volcano’s deadly weekend eruption. The biggest mountain on the island of Java…
By Daphne Benoit and Jurgen Hecker, with Helen Roxburgh in BeijingAgence France-Presse (AFP) — A Chinese hypersonic test flight involving a high speed missile launch points to a major breakthrough, but Beijing’s capacity to deploy the advanced technology in combat…
(AFP) — The United States is “deeply concerned” about Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, who went missing after making sexual assault allegations against a top Communist Party official, the White House said Friday. Press Secretary Jen Psaki said President Joe…
By Marjorie QuintosEBC Ottawa Bureau (Eagle News) — Newly appointed Ambassador of the Philippines to Bangladesh, Alan L. Deniega, presented his Letter of Credence to the President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Md. Abdul Hamid, on September 15, 2021,…
By Ron Lopez and Allison JacksonAgence France Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao declared he will run for president in 2022, vowing to tackle poverty and corruption as he seeks to win over voters with his…
(AFP) — A fire tore through an overcrowded Indonesian prison in the early hours of Wednesday when most inmates were asleep, killing 41 people and injuring dozens of others, an official said. Firefighters extinguished the blaze — which was mostly…
