This week, the UN Security Council authorized a multinational security force for Haiti. Kenya, rather than Canada, will be leading the force. Canada was under pressure during the past two years from the Biden administration in the U.S., the UN, Caribbean allies and others to take the lead — but …

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MANILA, Philippines — Actress Judy Ann Santos revealed she took to heart one life lesson she learned from her former manager, the late Alfie Lorenzo. The chef-actress opened up about her relationship as the talent of the talent manager who passed away in 2017. Judy Ann started the conversation with …

A powerful magnitude-6.3 earthquake followed by strong aftershocks killed dozens of people in western Afghanistan on Saturday, the country's national disaster authority said. Magnitude-6.3 earthquake in Herat province followed by multiple aftershocks A powerful magnitude-6.3 earthquake followed by strong aftershocks killed dozens of people in western Afghanistan on Saturday, the …

Gov’t forms task force as it verifies reports of Pinoys kidnapped during Hamas attack President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to locate and account for all Filipinos in Israel, where attacks by the Palestinian group Hamas on Saturday triggered Israeli airstrikes over the Gaza …

Forty climate advocates set out on a 30-day walk from Rizal Park in Manila to Tacloban City, Leyte, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) on Sunday. “We don’t want another Yolanda to happen. This is why we are pushing to end fossil fuels, and more importantly, demanding …

Bob Rae, Canada's ambassador to the UN , says Canada needed to evolve its position to meet the demands of a humanitarian situation on the ground in Gaza that is increasingly dire. U.K., Germany, France have all now endorsed some form of call for ceasefire Canada's ambassador to the UN …

Amid reports that Israeli airstrikes killed at least 100 people overnight, a Christian Palestinian man living in a refugee camp reflected on the 11-week battle between Israel and Hamas that has now stretched into Christmas. Strikes that began hours before Christmas Day persisted into Monday No season of joy for …

The Israeli military signalled that it has wrapped up major combat in northern Gaza, saying it has dismantled Hamas's military infrastructure there, as the war against the militant group entered its fourth month on Sunday. Fighting continues to escalate in Lebanon, occupied West Bank and southern Gaza The Israeli military …

An Israeli airstrike killed an elite Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon on Monday, the latest in an escalating exchange of strikes along the border that have raised fears of another Mideast war even as the fighting in Gaza exacts a mounting toll on civilians. U.S. secretary of state back in …