China pressure drives AFP defense shift
Strong rhetoric from China over developments in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) has further reinforced the resolve of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP),…
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Strong rhetoric from China over developments in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) has further reinforced the resolve of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP),…
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The United States and Iran are moving toward a possible resumption of ceasefire negotiations in Pakistan, with talks expected as early as Wednesday as both…
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Ceasefires typically survive when both parties see a credible path to a political solution. In this case, the rhetoric is moving in the opposite direction.
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Lifting the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz was a precondition for negotiations.
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Washington merely shifted from strikes to economic coercion, betting that financial strain might succeed where force had not. It wasn’t peace, but war by other…
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The Stratbase Institute said the exercises reflect the Philippines’ approach to addressing security challenges in the disputed waters.
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A two-week ceasefire is set to end on Wednesday unless it is renewed.
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What some of our political leaders have recently shown with their half-intelligible responses to the Gulf crisis provides us no comfort.
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At least 230 workers inside the Mactan Economic Zone have been placed on indefinite forced leave by Cebu Toyo Corporation due to supply chain disruptions…
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Investors remained cautious amid geopolitical and inflation anxieties but the peso perked up, strengthening to P59.97 from the previous P60.115 per dollar as…
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The Philippines may not be under direct attack, but the effects of a volatile global environment are real.
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Compassion sometimes reaches its limit when one’s own backyard is littered with issues gathering dust or rotting in the sun.
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The same forces that make this conflict so dangerous may ultimately compel its resolution.
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The statement came after Trump ordered the blockade following marathon US-Iran talks in Pakistan over the weekend that failed to produce a peace agreement.
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The United States has begun a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, marking a sharp escalation in global maritime tensions that could disrupt one of the world’s…
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A video showed him claiming that those who wrote the Quran were illiterate and those who read it were worse off.
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Intelligence suggests Iran may be using the lull to rebuild and rearm.
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