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UN Security Council calls for an end to Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. Four countries abstained, including Russia and China. The Houthis described the UN resolution as a "political game" It is the US that is violating international law, says Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, head of the Houthis' Supreme Revolutionary Committee in Yemen.About ten percent of all world trade passes through the Red sea. The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea with theRed Sea. The alternative route around Sou...

SINCE getting elected, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has traveled 19 times to 12 countries. He visited Belgium, Cambodia, China, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Thailand and the United Kingdom once, and Japan twice, while he went to Indonesia, Singapore and the United States three times.

Israel Reports Killing of Hamas Rocket Experts in Syria. He directed the shelling of Israel from the neighboring country, it is said. Just hours earlier, a key commander of the Shiite militia Hezbollah, Wissam al-Tauil, had been killed in Lebanon in a suspected Israeli drone strike. There was no confirmation of this from the Israeli side, nor was there any confirmation of the deadly attack on Hamas' second-highest-ranking leader abroad, Saleh al-Arouri.

BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar has begun taxing nationals who work overseas in a seeming effort to boost foreign-currency inflows, raising fears among empl

Joe Biden accuses Donald Trump of Nazi rhetoric in campaign speech. US President Joe Biden has sharply attacked his presumed campaign rival Donald Trump. He uses "the same language that was used in Nazi Germany" and is a danger to democracy. Biden's address had originally been scheduled for the anniversary of the storming of the Capitol on Saturday, but was brought forward due to a looming winter storm. On January 6, 2021, fanatical supporters of Trump had invaded the Capitol in Wash...

Israel Reports Complete Destruction of Hamas Structure in Northern Gaza. "There are still terrorists, but they operate without a framework and without commanders": According to the Israeli army, Hamas is no longer able to organize in the northern Gaza Strip and can only fire rockets sporadically. According to Israel, around 8000,<> terrorists have been killed so far. The Gaza war was triggered by the devastating attack on Israel by the Islamist Hamas and other extremist Palestinian...

A US Department of Education policy adviser appointed by the Biden administration has quit to protest the administration’s crucial military support of...

North Korea Launches Shooting Exercise – Islanders in South Korea to Seek Protection. South Korea accuses the North of firing dozens of artillery shells into the sea in the border area as part of a maneuver. The residents were apparently asked to seek shelter. According to a comprehensive evaluation of her public activities, Kim Jong Un's daughter Ju Ae is the likely successor to her father in the dictatorship. In 2024, North Korea plans to send three more reconnaissance satellites into sp...

Lebanon: Hezbollah shells border town – Israel returns fire. After the killing of a Hamas commander in Beirut, is there a risk of an escalation of the conflict with Lebanon? Hezbollah now claims to have hit Israeli units. Meanwhile, Israel's military reports a counterattack. The killing of Saleh al-Arouri, deputy head of Hamas' political bureau, in an explosion in the Lebanese capital Beirut had fueled fears that the Gaza war could also engulf Lebanon. Nearly daily confrontations betwe...

Poland: Farmers block border crossing with Ukraine again. Since November, Polish farmers have been protesting against cheaper competitors from Ukraine. After a break, they have resumed their border blockade – and are making several demands. The new Minister of Agriculture, Czeslaw Siekierski, had previously promised them that the government would respond to some of their demands, but that more time would be needed to implement them. The farmers are demanding, among other things, government sub...