MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Navy joined a simulated replenishment at sea exercise with the United States Indo-Pacific Command and the French Navy last Friday, according to an Armed F...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233569/navy-joins-replenishment-at-sea-air-exercises-for-balikatan
MANILA, Philippines — The “new model” that China claims it is following in its conduct around Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is “nothing more than a new invention,” th...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233566/chinas-new-model-on-ayungin-shoal-a-mere-invention-nsc
MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) blocked the entry of 25 foreigners at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) on Friday and Saturday, May 25 and 26, for having suspic...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233562/bureau-of-immigration-blocks-entry-of-25-foreigners-at-naia
MANILA, Philippines — No Filipinos were harmed in two recent earthquakes that hit Taiwan, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said on Saturday. It added, however, the Migrant Workers Office...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233560/no-filipino-casualties-in-taiwan-earthquakes-dmw
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of National Defense (DND) asserted that it is “not aware of, nor is it a party to, any internal agreement with China on Ayungin Shoal” since President F...
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — The Palestinian militant group Hamas said early Saturday it had received and was studying the latest Israeli counterproposal regarding a potential ceasefire in the Gaz...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233555/hamas-says-studying-latest-israeli-truce-counterproposal
LONDON, United Kingdom — British head of state King Charles III will make a limited return to public duties next week after doctors said they were “very encouraged” by the progress of his t...
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine warned Friday that Moscow was ramping up attacks on railways in a bid to disrupt military supplies ahead of a fresh Russian offensive while Kyiv waits for new US weapon ...
The Philippine Air Force will receive its second mobile air surveillance radar system from Japan next week, which has a modern detection system for any aerial or naval threat. Col. Maria Consuelo...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233535/ph-to-get-next-week-new-radar-system
“Save Masungi.” Swedish environmental activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Greta Thunberg on Friday expressed her support for embattled Masungi Georeserve Foundation Inc. (MGFI) in its effo...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233531/global-activist-greta-thunberg-stands-with-masungi
The Philippines and France may begin formal negotiations next month for a Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), which will allow their respective military forces to conduct joint exercises in the coun...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233527/ph-france-eye-start-of-vfa-talks-in-may
PARIS — France’s national library said Thursday it had removed four 19th-century books from its shelves whose emerald green covers were likely laced with highly poisonous arsenic. The library...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233524/france-quarantines-poisonous-books
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) intercepted a woman who allegedly tried to escort eight victims to work in Israel despite the ongoing war. In a statement on Friday, the bureau said the woman attem...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233545/woman-nabbed-for-trafficking-workers-to-israel
MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Friday that it apprehended a human trafficker who tried to accompany eight would-be victims to Israel. According to the BI, the traf...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233521/bi-on-eight-trafficking-victims
BEIJING, China – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday told top US diplomat Antony Blinken that the world’s biggest economies should be “partners, not rivals” as the two sides pressed fo...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233516/xi-tells-blinken-us-china-should-be-partners-not-rivals
MANILA, Philippines—No Chinese vessel was monitored during the joint exercise of the Philippines, France, and the United States in the West Philippine Sea as part of the biggest annual war game...
MANILA, Philippines — Newly-appointed Migrant Workers chief Hans Cacdac has received his first marching order from President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr: ensure the protection and welfar...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233501/marcos-marching-order-to-new-dmw-chief-cacdac-protect-ofws
MANILA, Philippines — A resolution seeking an investigation into the alleged sale of college degrees to foreign students in the province of Cagayan has been filed in the Senate. In filing his S...
GENEVA — Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives in the past 50 years, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday, adding that most of those to benefit were in...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233483/vaccines-saved-154m-in-50-years-who
South Korean tourists are still the Philippines’ top visitors, with one in every four foreign travelers who arrived in the country from January to March this year coming from the land of K-dram...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233471/dot-1-in-every-4-foreign-tourists-in-ph-from-s-korea
WASHINGTON — The Philippines and the United States have agreed to fast-track the long-delayed conclusion of a crucial intelligence-sharing agreement before the end of the year, Manila’s ambas...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233469/ph-us-working-overtime-to-seal-intel-sharing-pact
A group pressing for the defense of Philippine sovereign rights over the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea against China’s encroachment is planning a voyage to Ba...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233466/2nd-atin-ito-voyage-to-plant-ph-markers-in-masinloc
MANILA, Philippines — Police officers and government officials who will cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in its investigation of the Duterte drug war will face administrati...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233460/doj-warning-cops-who-will-help-icc-face-raps-ax
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will conduct a marine pollution exercise in Visayas alone with counterparts in the United States, Japan and Indonesia. Details are still t...
MANILA, Philippines — Most of the “payao” or the “floating aggregate devices” used to attract and catch fish that were installed off Rozul Reef already went missing, the Bureau of Fishe...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233449/most-of-payao-off-rozul-reef-missing-says-bfar
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) closed on Thursday an immigration consultancy firm that illegally offered jobs for Filipinos in Canada. According to the DMW, Dream...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233447/dmw-closes-down-firm-that-illegally-offered-jobs-in-canada
MANILA, Philippines — The presence of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) as perimeter guards during the country’s drills with the United States and France aims to cushion the perceived provocativen...
MANILA, Philippines — Following the 11th Bilateral Strategic Dialogue between the Philippines and the United States, the two nations have committed to expanding their partnership, especially in...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233433/us-ph-on-expanding-modernizing-alliance
TOKYO — Spicy, steaming, slurpy ramen might be everyone’s favorite Japanese food. In Tokyo, long lines circle around blocks, and waiting an hour for your ramen is normal. What awaits might be...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233406/japans-ramen-both-an-experience-and-a-tourist-attraction
MELBOURNE, Australia — More than 100 long-finned pilot whales that beached on the western Australian coast Thursday have returned to sea, while 31 died on the shore, a whale researcher said. Re...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233403/over-100-pilot-whales-beached-on-australian-coast-rescued
JERUSALEM — Hamas released a hostage video on Wednesday showing a well-known Israeli-American man who was among scores of people abducted by the militants in the attack that ignited the war in ...
MANILA, Philippines—The navies of the Philippines, United States, and France officially began Thursday their multilateral maritime exercise in the West Philippine Sea, which saw an increase in ...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233383/philippines-us-france-start-joint-patrols-in-west-ph-sea
PARIS — The blades of the Moulin Rouge windmill, one of the most famous landmarks in Paris, collapsed during the night, firefighters said on Thursday, just months before the French capital host...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233380/blades-of-paris-landmark-moulin-rouge-windmill-collapse
BANGKOK — Thailand issued fresh warnings about scorching hot weather on Thursday as the government said heatstroke has already killed at least 30 people this year. City authorities in Bangkok g...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233377/heatstroke-kills-30-in-thailand-this-year-as-kingdom-bakes
A total of 100 civilian fishing boats will join the Scarborough Shoal convoy on May 15, culminating in the installation of assertive buoys amid mounting tensions in the West Philippine Sea. Setti...
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines logged more than two million international visitors in April, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said Thursday. According to the DOT, over 94 percent of the t...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233363/dot-over-2-million-international-visitors-logged-in-april
MANILA, Philippines — Government officials who work with the International Criminal Court (ICC) could be punished under the law, said Department of Justice (DOJ) spokesperson Asec. Mico Clavano...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233368/doj-govt-officials-who-work-with-icc-may-face-punishment
The Biden administration issued final rules Wednesday to require airlines to automatically issue cash refunds for things like delayed flights and to better disclose fees for baggage or canceling ...
PARIS — Colonies of emperor penguin chicks were wiped out last year as global warming eroded their icy homes, a study published Thursday found, despite the birds’ attempts to adapt to the shr...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233356/emperor-penguins-perish-as-ice-melts-to-new-lows-study
COPENHAGEN — The widespread use of alcohol and e-cigarettes among adolescents is “alarming”, according to a report released on Thursday by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) European b...
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/233352/use-of-alcohol-and-e-cigarettes-among-youth-alarming-who