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Israeli strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight killed 22 people, including 18 children, health officials said Sunday, as the United States was on track to approve billions of dollars of additional military aid to Israel, its close ally.  Israel conducting near-daily air raids on city where displaced …

A review of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has found it has “robust” frameworks to ensure compliance with humanitarian neutrality principles, though issues persist, in a report that could prompt some donors to review funding freezes.  Panel led by France’s former foreign minister says agency takes steps to …

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau’s new book, Closer Together, is out Tuesday. Part memoir, part self-help guide, it looks at emotional well-being in today’s world.  New book, Closer Together, explores building ’emotional literacy’ in difficult times. Sophie Grégoire Trudeau’s new book isn’t going to have the “gossip” that some people may be …

Joy Thompson has finally reunited with her daughters in Canada. It comes after a CBC investigation last year uncovered a tangled tale that began in 2018 when they tried to get jobs in the country where their mother has been living since 2004.  Good Samaritan gets involved, helping reunite family …

Former Senator Leila de Lima pressed Vice President Sara Duterte to either seriously consider her duties as Secretary of the Department of Education or her family’s opposition against President Ferdinand Marcos’ administration.  De Lima’s statement came in the wake of observations that Duterte is suffering from a conflict of interest …

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 …