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Biden, ‘Quad’ leaders to talk maritime security as China tensions grow

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 22, 2024

WASHINGTON – Tensions brewing in Asia’s trade-rich waters top the agenda as US President Joe Biden welcomes leaders from Australia, India and Japan to his Delaware hometown for a diplomatic push to counter China in the waning months of his presidency. Biden headed to Wilmington, Delaware, on Friday ahead of the Quad Leaders Summit, where […]

Donald Trump says Jews will be partly to blame if he loses election

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 22, 2024

WASHINGTON – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday that Jewish-American voters would be partly to blame if he loses the Nov. 5 election to Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate. During comments to the Israeli-American Council National Summit in Washington, the former president lamented that he was trailing Harris among American Jews. […]

Europe must prepare to meet Russia militarily in 6-8 years, says new EU defense chief

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 21, 2024

VILNIUS — The European Union must be quick to increase its defenses as Russia may be ready for a confrontation in six to eight years, the nominee to be the EU’s first defense commissioner told Reuters in an interview. Andrius Kubilius, a former prime minister of Lithuania, Russia’s neighbor, has been tapped to boost the […]

Taiwan probes firm’s possible link to Hezbollah pagers

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 21, 2024

TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan investigators searched four locations on Thursday as part of a probe into the origin of pagers that exploded while being used by Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon, authorities said. Questions and speculation have swirled over where the devices came from and how they were supplied to Hezbollah, after hundreds of pagers and […]

Gaza ceasefire deal unlikely in Biden’s term, WSJ reports

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 20, 2024

WASHINGTON – U.S. officials now believe that a Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is not expected before the end of President Joe Biden’s term in January, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The newspaper cited top-level officials in the White House, State Department and Pentagon without naming them. Those bodies […]

UN members demand end to ‘unlawful” Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 20, 2024

UNITED NATIONS, United States — UN member states formally demanded in a non-binding resolution Wednesday an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories within 12 months and sanctions for non-compliance. The text, which Israel said would fuel violence if adopted, is based on an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice calling Israel’s […]

Israel planted explosives in 5,000 Hezbollah pagers, say sources

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 19, 2024

BEIRUT — Israel’s Mossad spy agency planted explosives inside 5,000 pagers imported by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before Tuesday’s detonations, a senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters. The operation was an unprecedented Hezbollah security breach that saw thousands of pagers detonate across Lebanon, killing nine people and wounding nearly 3,000 others, including the […]

North Korea fires missile off east coast, South Korea and Japan report

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 18, 2024

SEOUL/TOKYO – North Korea fired a missile its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea and Japan said, days after it unveiled a uranium enrichment facility and vowed to beef up its nuclear arsenal. Japan’s Defense Ministry said the North appears to have used a ballistic missile, and Japan’s coast guard said the projectile had already fallen. The missile was launched off its east coast, […]

UN General Assembly debates call for end to Israeli occupation

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 18, 2024

UNITED NATIONS – UN member states debated Tuesday a push by the Palestinians to formally demand an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories within 12 months. The text, which has faced fierce criticism from Israel, is based around an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice calling Israel’s occupation since 1967 […]

Archbishop asks court to evict nuns in Spanish convent dispute

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 17, 2024

MADRID, Spain – A Spanish archbishop asked the courts on Monday to evict 10 nuns who are refusing to leave a convent after being excommunicated in a dispute with the Vatican. The Archbishop of Burgos, Mario Iceta, demanded in June that the Poor Clare sisters leave the 15th-century convent of Santa Clara in the northern […]

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