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Trump appointee rescinds rule shielding gov't news outlets from federal tampering

Pranshu Verma, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 28 06:32 AM

WASHINGTON — The chief of the U.S. Agency for Global Media on Monday rescinded a rule that protects news outlets funded by the government, including Voice of America, from federal tampering.  Read more »

Budget ng DFA para sa repatriation ng mga OFW, P19-M na lang ang natitira

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 09:32 PM

Ibinunyag ni Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. na mayroon na lamang P19 milyon na natitira mula sa P1 bilyong taunang budget para sa repatriation ng mga overseas Filipino workers.  Read more »

Some 47,000 OFWs still 'stuck' in Middle East as COVID-19 pandemic continues: DFA

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 06:30 PM

Some 47,000 overseas Filipino workers are still "stuck" in the Middle East amid the COVID-19 pandemic as the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) awaits the disbursement of additional funds for their repatriation, officials said Thursday. Read more »

'Mercenary' hacker group runs rampant in Middle East, cybersecurity research shows

Raphael Satter and Christopher Bing, Reuters
Posted at Oct 07 09:33 PM

WASHINGTON - Saudi diplomats, Sikh separatists and Indian business executives have been among those targeted by a group of hired hackers, according to research published on Wednesday by mobile firm BlackBerry Corp.   Read more »

'No mercy': DFA chief rejects pardon for Pinoy drug dealers convicted in Middle East

Willard Cheng , ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 03:01 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. said Friday he would not allow the pardon of convicted Filipino drug dealers in the Middle East.   Read more »

Israel establishes full ties with Bahrain, UAE at White House

Sebastian Smith and Chris Lefkow, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 16 07:11 AM

WASHINGTON - Israel normalized relations with long-time foes Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates at a White House ceremony on Tuesday as President Donald Trump said similar US-brokered deals were close between the Jewish state and several other nations including Saudi Arabia. Read more »

Hamas, Israel strike deal to end Gaza escalation

Adel Zaanoun with Guillaume Lavallee, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 01 08:05 AM

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories - Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas announced Monday they have reached a Qatari-mediated deal to end more than three weeks of cross-border exchanges of fire with Israel.   Read more »

Peace with Israel? That depends, says Lebanese President

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 17 10:36 AM

PARIS, France - Lebanese President Michel Aoun, ally of Israel's arch-foe Hezbollah, seemed to leave the door open to eventual peace with the Jewish state, in an interview with French news channel BFMTV. Read more »

Many wars, rare peace accords: Israeli-Arab ties

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 14 08:14 AM

PARIS, France - Israel and its Arab neighbors have waged eight wars and struck rare peace accords. After Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed Thursday to normalize relations, here is a brief overview of milestone events. Read more »

Dubai expats race for new jobs after virus layoffs

Aziz El Massassi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 21 09:27 PM

The pandemic has set in motion a global economic crisis that one study said could see some 900,000 jobs lost in the UAE -- among a population of under 10 million -- and force 10 percent of its expatriate residents to leave.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 10, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 11 12:15 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

WHO says Middle East at 'critical threshold' in coronavirus numbers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 02 05:54 AM

The World Health Organization warned Wednesday the Middle East was at a decisive moment in the fight against the novel coronavirus, with cases surging as countries ease lockdown measures. Read more »

DFA warns OFWs against posting 'staged' COVID-19-related appeals on social media

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 24 06:33 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday warned overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) against posting "staged" videos on social media, saying a migrant worker in Saudi Arabia has been arrested for posting such video. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 18, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 19 02:50 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Home-bound repatriated OFWs

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 18 04:33 PM

Repatriated OFWs who arrived in the country Monday from the Middle East get ready to board buses at the Paranaque Integrated Terminal Exchange, taking them to their home provinces after being given COVID-19 clearances, on Thursday. Read more »

Saudi coronavirus cases exceed 100,000

Reuters
Posted at Jun 07 10:23 PM

The Saudi Ministry of Health reported 3,045 new cases on Sunday, taking the total to 101,914, with 712 deaths. The number of new daily cases exceeded 3,000 for the first time on Saturday. Read more »

As virus toll preoccupies US, rivals test limits of American power

David E. Sanger, Eric Schmitt and Edward Wong, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 02 08:40 AM

With the United States preoccupied by the sobering reality of more than 100,000 Americans dead from the coronavirus, China has pushed in recent weeks to move troops into disputed territory with India, continue aggressive actions in the South China Sea and rewrite the rules of how it will control Hong Kong.  Read more »

Kahit may COVID-19 positive, ilang OFW sa Saudi ‘pinagsama’ sa isang kuwarto

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 30 08:13 PM

Nananawagan ang isang OFW sa Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at ang kaniyang kasamahang makauwi na sa Pilipinas. Read more »

Deployment ng mga OFW inaasahang bababa hanggang 2021

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 03:10 PM

Posibleng bumagsak nang 20 hanggang 30 porsiyento ang deployment o bilang ng mga manggagawang Pinoy na ipinapadala sa ibang bansa hanggang sa susunod na taon dahil sa epekto ng coronavirus disease, sabi ng isang eksperto nitong Linggo. Read more »

Coronavirus forces Persian Gulf states to reckon with migrant labor

Vivian Yee, The New York Times
Posted at May 12 03:55 AM

In the Philippines, “I’d just clean the house and I’d be without income,” she said. “I am ashamed to ask my children for money.” Read more »