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Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte said on Monday, April 22, she would rather focus on her work than First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos’ sentiments against her. (From left) Vice President Sara Duterte and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos (Photos from VP Sara’s and FL Liza’s Facebook pages) In a video …

Pedestrians watch Ukrainian tanks at the recently retaken eastern side of the Oskil River in Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, on September 29, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AFP / Yasuyoshi Chiba)  STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Global military expenditure saw its steepest increase in over a decade in 2023, reaching an …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he boards his plane at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila on August 6, 2022. (Andrew Harnik / POOL / AFP)  WASHINGTON, United States — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken next week will pay his second visit in less than a …

Tokyo, Japan – A major search operation continued off Japan on Monday for seven people missing after two navy helicopters apparently collided over the weekend, with one crew member confirmed dead.  The SH-60K helicopters each with four crew on board were conducting submarine location drills late on Saturday off the …

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Division Artillery, 25th Infantry Division, load a M119A3 Light Towed Howitzer 105mm during a combined arms live-fire exercise during Balikatan 2022 on Colonel Ernesto Rabina Air Base, Tarlac province, Philippines, March 31, 2022. Balikatan is an …

Israeli forces killed 14 Palestinians during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, while an ambulance driver was killed as he went to pick up wounded from a separate attack by violent Jewish settlers, Palestinian authorities said.  Israeli military said a number of militants were killed or arrested. …

A US soldier loads an Avenger surface-to-air missile system during the US-Philippines Balikatan joint military exercise at San Antonio in Zambales, north of Manila on April 25, 2023. (AFP / Jam Sta Rosa)  MANILA, Philippines — Two Chinese maritime militia ships were reportedly seen some 30 nautical miles from the …

The U.S. House of Representatives swiftly approved $95 billion US in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies in a rare Saturday session as Democrats and Republicans banded together after months of hard-right resistance over renewed American support for repelling Russia’s invasion.  Action on Saturday follows months of …

The overnight attacks, which were confirmed by the Defence Ministry in Moscow, came amid a Russian airstrike campaign that has battered Ukraine’s energy system and pounded its cities in recent weeks.  Kyiv hits fuel depot, power substations as it targets Russia’s energy system in response to ongoing airstrikes. Ukraine attacked …

It appears that Israel has retaliated against Iran for its massive missile attack last weekend, but heeded international calls to avoid escalating the crisis further. Iran says it has no plans to retaliate.  Iran says it has no plans to retaliate after drones, presumably launched by Israel, are shot down. …