A Philippine mayor faces accusations of acting as a Chinese asset amid a growing territorial dispute between the two countries. “No one knows her. We wonder where she came from. That’s why we are investigating this, together with the Bureau of Immigration,
A watchdog group is sounding the alarm, saying Gazans are reporting that employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) are allegedly stealing and selling off humanitarian aid materials. UN Watch, a non-governmental organization based in Geneva,
Three Indian men were arrested in Canada and charged with the murder of a Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Last year, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there were “credible allegations” of Indian involvement in Nijjar’s murder, but the Indian government
The award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to eight years in prison and lashings just ahead of his planned trip to the Cannes film festival, his lawyer told The Associated Press Thursday. Rasoulof, 51, known for his film “There Is
JERUSALEM — After President Biden compared Hamas to the Nazis in a Holocaust remembrance day speech on Tuesday, his Israeli critics argued he is now backpedaling from his ironclad commitment to the Jewish state by delaying deliveries of vital precision weapons to
One person was killed and four others were injured when a fire broke out at a chemical storage tank in Thailand. Roughly 400 workers and residents have been evacuated to a temporary shelter. The company that owned the tank said it is
A planned exercise, involving tactical nuclear weapons deployment in southern Russia, is nothing unusual, according to President Vladimir Putin. Russia announced on Monday the practice deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in response to perceived threats from France, Britain and the U.S. The
A former Saudi Arabian intelligence officer is claiming that the national government is killing individuals for refusing eviction ahead of construction of a futuristic eco-city. Colonel Rabih Alenezi, who was taken into protection by the United Kingdom last year, told the BBC
Australia struck a new security deal with Tuvalu on Thursday after critics complained that a previous pact created an Australian veto power over any other agreement the tiny South Pacific island nation pursued with a third country, such as China. Tuvalu Prime
Japan’s Fisheries Agency proposed adding fin whales to its commercial whaling plan alongside three smaller species. The proposal comes five years after Japan resumed commercial whaling within its exclusive economic zone. Anti-whaling protests have decreased since Japan shifted to limited commercial whaling
The transitional council in Haiti, responsible for selecting new leaders, has surprised many by changing its operational structure. Rather than having a single council president, four veteran politicians will rotate leadership every five months. The council will now require five members for