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Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 04, 2014 06:25 AM EST
Philippine officials are not taking any chances this time, unlike a year ago when the Southeast Asian nation caught residents of the Visayas islands unprepared when Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) battered the country and killed more than 6,000 people. read more
Christl Leong | Dec 04, 2014 04:13 AM EST
North Koreans are banned from bearing the same name as its Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, said a South Korean official on Wednesday. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 04, 2014 01:31 AM EST
Texas on Wednesday led 17 states opposed to U.S. President Barack Obama's immigration measures aimed to stop the deportation of about 5 million illegal migrants and provide employment opportunities to these foreigners. read more
Kat De Guzman | Dec 04, 2014 01:20 AM EST
Alan Gross has been arrested in Cuba due to espionage and has been behind bars for five years now resulting to the United States working with Cuba to negotiate his freedom as reports have surfaced how frail he is physically and mentally. read more
Kat De Guzman | Dec 04, 2014 12:36 AM EST
Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas has not commented on the death sentence over a severely mentally ill man in the state and chose not to be in the mix of those asking for the death sentence to be converted to the man spending life in prison. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 03, 2014 11:53 PM EST
Even if there is no U.S. military cooperation with Iran, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday welcomed reported military action from Tehran via air strikes against militant extremists in Iraq. Pentagon claimed that Iran conducted four air strikes against the Islamic State. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 03, 2014 11:08 PM EST
The U.S. Embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) warned all Americans in Abu Dhabi to be on the watch, following the death on Wednesday of an American teacher who was stabbed by someone wearing a burqa inside the toilet of a mall. read more
Dan Weisman | Dec 04, 2014 04:58 AM EST
Japan's top military official last week said a "crisis management" system was needed as soon as possible to avoid conflict over competing claims for several atolls and small islands in the East China Sea. read more
Carlene Vision | Dec 03, 2014 04:37 PM EST
Another 36 non-Muslim excavation workers from northeast Kenya were killed by the Somalian militant group al-Shabab Tuesday. read more
Dan Weisman | Dec 03, 2014 06:13 PM EST
Iranian fighter jets pounded Islamic State positions in Eastern Iraq last week, while this week U.S.-led coalition aircraft staged at least 25 strikes against Islamic State positions in Syria and western Iraq. read more
Michael A. Katz | Dec 03, 2014 01:13 PM EST
China and Australia agreed to increase their already close military relations, following an upgraded bilateral relationship and a breakthrough in free trade agreement talks. read more
Kat De Guzman | Dec 03, 2014 02:18 AM EST
House Speaker John Boehner of (R-Ohio) had a confrontation with U.S. President Barack Obama on issues involving immigration policies, taxes and the government overall, reiterating his desire to avoid another government shutdown. read more
Kat De Guzman | Dec 03, 2014 12:24 AM EST
Police killings during a riot in Egypt last year led to a mass trial on Tuesday wherein an Egyptian court sentenced 188 people to death after proving that they took part in the deadly actions. read more
Christl Leong | Dec 02, 2014 11:58 PM EST
India has been feeling the heat as pressure to follow suit with a U.S.-China climate deal to cap China's greenhouse gas emissions increases as 195 countries gather in Lima, Peru for the United Nations climate conference. read more
Carlene Vision | Dec 02, 2014 02:47 PM EST
Following the sinking of the South Korean fishing boat Tuesday, 52 more crew members are already feared dead. The incident was an aftermath of high and unstable waves in the Bering Sea. At least one person was reported dead while seven other individuals survived. read more
Due to the coronavirus, people around the world have canceled their travel plans. Governments and health officials have warned the public to avoid boarding cruise ships and long flights. read more
