NEW YORK — A US attack on Iranian nuclear sites could push oil prices even higher and trigger a knee-jerk rush to safety, investors said. They assessed how the latest escalation of tensions would ripple through the global economy. The reaction in Middl...

JERUSALEM — The Israeli army said it carried out strikes on Iranian military targets, including missile launch and storage sites, on Sunday. “Approximately 20 (Israeli airforce) fighter jets conducted intelligence-based strikes using over 30 muni...

DAMASCUS, Syria — At the blood-stained Saint Elias church in Damascus, Umm George wept as she desperately searched for her son, who was among the worshippers when a suicide bomber struck on Sunday. In vain, she tried to convince Syrian security forces,...

WASHINGTON, United States — Iran on Sunday threatened military bases used by US forces to launch attacks on the country’s nuclear sites, saying such facilities would be considered legitimate targets. The United States has thousands of troops depl...

This is the Daily Gospel for today, June 23, 2025, which is the Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time. READ MORE: Daily Gospel, June 20 Daily Gospel, June 19 Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to Saint Matthew 7, 1-5. Jesus said to his discip...

WASHINGTON, United States — Iran on Sunday threatened US bases in the Middle East after massive air strikes that Washington said had destroyed Tehran’s nuclear program, though some officials cautioned that the extent of damage was unclear. Intern...

DAMASCUS, Syria — At least 22 people were killed Sunday in a suicide attack on a church in Damascus, authorities said, blaming a member of the Islamic State group for the unprecedented attack. The international community condemned the attack, the first...

WASHINGTON — US forces struck Iran’s three main nuclear sites, President Donald Trump said late on Saturday, as he warned Tehran it would face more devastating attacks if it does not agree to peace. After days of deliberation and long before his self-i...

MANILA, Philippines — A total of 223 Filipinos in Israel and eight in Iran have requested repatriation after the United States joined the escalating war between Tel Aviv and Tehran on Saturday night (Sunday morning, Manila time). Meanwhile the Philippi...

MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos on Saturday urged ethnic Filipino-Japanese youth, called “Japino” in the Philippines, to help build bridges between the Philippines and Japan as the two nations prepared to celebrate relations that date back to th...

WASHINGTON — The following is a transcript of President Donald Trump’s speech on US airstrikes on Iran on Saturday, as transcribed by The Associated Press: A short time ago, the US military carried out massive, precision strikes on the three key nuclea...

TEHRAN, Iran — Ever since Israel started the war with its surprise bombardment of Iran’s military and nuclear sites on June 13, Iranian officials from the supreme leader on down have warned the United States to stay out, saying it would have dire conse...

Big business groups last week praised lawmakers for passing three key economic reform measures aimed at boosting investments, improving transparency in government transactions, and speeding up key infrastructure projects. The Makati Business Club (MBC)...

In my column on March 24, I wrote that the pivotal issue in the case against former president Rodrigo R. Duterte in the International Criminal Court in The Hague is whether the ICC has acquired jurisdiction, given that (1) under the ICC Statute, the Of...

MANILA, Philippines — Local human rights groups have urged the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur to conduct an urgent inquiry into what they call the “intensifying weaponization of counterterrorism laws” and the ongoing “systemic abuse” in the cou...

I bring this concern to everyone’s attention because of the many others that may be happening but go unnoticed, or worse, dismissed. While we may be more familiar with seeing and hearing about the maltreatment of children, how many have heard of horrif...

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment proceedings will continue even if her defense team failed to submit its response on time to the impeachment court, retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said on Sunday. Th...

MANILA, Philippines — The second placer in local elections cannot be proclaimed winner in lieu of the disqualified first placer, the Supreme Court has ruled, abandoning an earlier doctrine that it said had no legal basis. A legal expert sought for comm...

When the senior high school (SHS) program was first legislated, many of us in the education sector knew it would be challenging to implement. But like most educators, my team in Mano Amiga and I believed in its vision of equipping students with enhance...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) logged 123,291 cases of dengue nationwide from Jan. 1 to June 7, but said the situation is “manageable” so far. READ: DOH warns of big dengue outbreak this year The DOH said an increase in the number...