
Trump scales back U.S.-South Korea drills
WASHINGTON (AFP) — President Donald Trump’s decision to scale back annual military drills with South Korea has raised concerns over US commitment to the region…
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WASHINGTON (AFP) — President Donald Trump’s decision to scale back annual military drills with South Korea has raised concerns over US commitment to the region…
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‘Our clients around the world can see the investment case for the Philippines. What they are asking for is a clearer path from interest to projects they can…
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan is strengthening its defenses and preparing civilians for emergencies as pressure from China mounts, a security push with direct…
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The Department of National Defense (DND) on Monday vowed to continue enforcing Philippine law against what it described as illegal activities by Chinese…
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Trump said he was unhappy about the drills that are designed to prepare for a possible attack by Pyongyang.
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America’s confrontation with Iran has demonstrated something that military balance sheets tend to conceal: superpower status does not make war easy, cheap, or…
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An unnamed White House official later clarified that Trump was joking.
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Iran has imposed an effective blockade of the strait, frequently attacking commercial ships.
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday said he will “certainly” endorse a candidate in the 2028 presidential elections, indicating that he wants a successor…
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Manufacturing accounted for P78.81 billion, or 68.4 percent of total foreign investment pledges on projects approved in this year’s second quarter.
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Poor governance was palpable in his penultimate speech. Marcos entered office claiming agriculture as his priority and built his legitimacy on it.
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Foreign investment pledges surged 68.2 percent year-on-year to P115.20 billion in the second quarter of 2026, from P68.48 billion a year earlier, as…
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One of its warships and an Indonesian frigate will conduct a ‘passage exercise’ east of Taiwan.
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Monday again extended a waiver that allows foreign ships to carry oil and other commodities between…
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Although there have been previous attempts to curtail birth tourism via Cabinet-level directives, this appears to be the first of its kind as far as addressing…
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It had the makings of a spy thriller: an alleged Iranian threat, a shoulder-fired missile, a decoy Air Force One and a president slipping away from the cameras.
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JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected a United States-led Gaza plan endorsed by Hamas, putting distance between…
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