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Israel launches air strikes on Gaza, says Israeli army

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 18 06:18 AM

This developed after militants in the Palestinian territory again launched incendiary balloons into southern Israel, the army and AFP journalists said. Read more »

Business community backs call on China to withdraw vessels from PH reef

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 14 06:03 PM

Several of the country's top businesses groups on Wednesday expressed support in the collective call urging China to withdraw its vessels in the Julian Felipe reef.   Read more »

Taiwan says will fight to the end if China attacks

Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee, Reuters
Posted at Apr 07 02:15 PM

Taiwan will fight to the end if China attacks, its foreign minister said on Wednesday, adding that the United States saw a danger that this could happen amid mounting Chinese military pressure, including aircraft carrier drills, near the island. Read more »

Naked fugitive found in croc-infested northern Australia waters

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 06 05:48 PM

A naked fugitive hiding out in trees above crocodile-infested waters has been discovered by a pair of fishermen, after spending days surviving on snails in swampy mangroves in Australia's far north.   Read more »

Duterte, Japan's Suga talk about S. China Sea, aid, pandemic

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 04:57 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte and Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide this week discussed various issues including the South China Sea, diplomatic aid, and the COVID-19 in a telephone conversation, the Filipino leader's office said on Tuesday.  Read more »

Duterte thanks 'close partner' Australia for 'upholding law' in S. China Sea

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 30 08:59 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday thanked Australia, Manila's "close partner", for "upholding international law" following its rejection of Beijing's territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea. Read more »

Gov't urged to scrap deals with Chinese firms tagged in South China Sea island-building

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 31 03:49 PM

The Philippines should drop its infrastructure deals with Chinese companies that the US recently blacklisted for building artificial islands in contested waters, a senator said Monday.    Read more »

Philippines 'kowtowing' to China? That's 'narrative of opposition,' says DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 02:17 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr denied Wednesday that the Philippines was “kowtowing” to Chinese aggression in contested waters, saying this was a “narrative of the opposition.”  Read more »

Philippines won't cease Spratly patrols despite China call vs 'provocations': DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 10:20 AM

The Philippines will sustain its patrol of the Spratly islands despite China's call for Manila to stop "illegal provocations" in sending military aircraft near the area, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr said Wednesday.  Read more »

David and Goliath: China and Taiwan's military mismatch

Amber Wang, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 10 02:53 PM

Tensions are on the rise again with the US sending its highest-level delegation to Taipei since Washington switched diplomatic recognition to China in 1979.   Read more »

TikTok denies sharing Indian user data with Chinese govt

Bhuvan Baggam Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 30 01:58 PM

TikTok on Tuesday denied sharing information on Indian users with the Chinese government, after New Delhi banned the wildly popular app citing national security and privacy concerns.   Read more »

After deadly clash, India bans 59 Chinese mobile apps over 'security'

Jalees Andrabi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 30 07:20 AM

India on Monday banned 59 Chinese mobile apps, including the wildly popular TikTok and WeChat, over national security and privacy concerns two weeks after a deadly Himalayan border clash between the nuclear-armed neighbors. Read more »

India, China in high-altitude fistfight at disputed border

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 11 07:11 AM

Several Indian and Chinese soldiers were injured in a high-altitude cross-border clash involving fistfights and stone-throwing at a remote but strategically important mountain pass near Tibet, the Indian Army said Sunday. Read more »

Philippine stocks set for bear market on coronavirus worries

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 09 04:26 PM

The Philippines has so far confirmed 10 cases of COVID-19, triggering a selloff in local equities as the market approached bear territory. Read more »

Aussie wrongly jailed for 19 years awarded millions

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 14 05:23 PM

An Australian economist who wrongfully spent nearly two decades in prison for the assassination of a high-ranking police officer was awarded more than Aus$7 million (US$4.75 million) in compensation on Monday. Read more »

Most Filipinos want gov't to assert claim, arrest erring Chinese in West PH Sea: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 12 09:03 PM

MANILA - Nearly 90 percent of Filipinos believe the government should assert its claims in the West Philippine Sea and arrest Chinese fishermen destroying marine life in the disputed waters, a recent Social Weather Stations survey showed. Read more »

China admits deploying forces, weapons in South China Sea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 12:44 AM

Beijing admits deploying troops and weapons in the South China Sea. Read more »

Paggiit sa teritoryo ng bansa hiling ng ilang mangingisda sa mga kandidato

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 26 09:37 PM

Ngayong halalan, umaasa ang mga mangingisdang apektado ng sigalot sa West Philippine Sea na maihalal ang mga kandidatong lalaban sa karapatan nilang mamingwit sa teritoryo ng bansa. Read more »

Japan defense chief visits new troop base near disputed islands

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 07 03:52 PM

Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya on Sunday highlighted Japan's resolve to defend its far-flung territory amid China's maritime assertiveness by touring a newly opened base for the ground defense forces on Miyako Island. Read more »

8 sa 10 Pinoy tutol sa 'kawalan ng aksyon' sa West PH Sea: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 20 08:40 PM

Tutol ang 84 porsiyentong Pinoy sa umano'y kawalan ng aksiyon ng gobyerno sa pagtatayo ng Tsina ng instalasyon sa West Philippine Sea, ayon sa isang survey.  Read more »