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Trump ends requirement that CIA report drone strike casualties

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 07 06:41 AM

US President Donald Trump revoked a policy Wednesday that required the Central Intelligence Agency to account for civilian deaths from drone strikes.   Read more »

Key oil field in Libya to reopen after 3 months

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 05 07:01 AM

One of Libya's most important oil fields is set to reopen nearly 3 months after it was taken over by an armed group, the state-owned National Oil Corporation said Monday. Read more »

India stays on 'heightened' alert despite Pakistan promise on pilot

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 28 10:56 PM

Indian forces remain on a "heightened" state of alert despite Pakistan's promise to free a pilot shot down in air raids this week, top Indian military chiefs said Thursday. Read more »

World urges restraint as India, Pakistan trade blows over Kashmir

James Mackenzie and Alasdair Pal, Reuters
Posted at Feb 28 08:31 AM

India and Pakistan have ordered air strikes over the last two days, the first time in history that two nuclear-armed powers have done so, while ground forces have exchanged fire in more than a dozen locations. Read more »

Global stocks mostly fall amid trade, geopolitical concerns

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 28 08:04 AM

Global stocks mostly fell Wednesday amid uncertainty over trade and an escalating Indian-Pakistan conflict as the British pound rallied for a second session.   Read more »

NGOs trump gov't in providing services, say IDPs in Marawi

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 28 12:27 AM

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Marawi City said non-government organizations (NGOs) are better than the government in providing them with services and aid.  Read more »

Pakistan, India say shot down each other's warplanes

Sarah Titterton with Jalees Andrabi in New Delhi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 27 06:58 PM

Pakistan and India said Wednesday they had shot down each other's warplanes, in a dramatic escalation of the dangerous confrontation between the nuclear-armed rivals. Read more »

Pakistan closes airspace as India tensions rise: aviation authority

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 27 05:47 PM

The decision came after Pakistan said it had shot down two Indian Air Force planes in its airspace Wednesday, taking tensions between the South Asian rivals to dangerous new levels.  Read more »

UNICEF lauds signing of law protecting children in armed conflict

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 12:38 AM

MANILA - The United Nation children's agency, UNICEF, celebrated the passage into law of a bill protecting children in situations of armed conflict. Read more »

Macron, Putin weigh 'deteriorated' situation in Syria

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 17 08:44 AM

French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday discussed priorities for the "greatly deteriorated" situation in Syria, Macron's office said.  Read more »

US-backed Syrian forces battle to take last IS pocket

Maya Gebeily, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 12 08:30 AM

Syrian fighters backed by artillery fire from a US-led coalition battled a fierce jihadist counteroffensive Monday as they pushed to retake a last morsel of territory from the Islamic State group. Read more »

US-backed Syria force announces final push against IS

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 10 11:23 AM

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said Saturday it had begun the "final battle" to oust the Islamic State group from the last scrap of territory it holds in eastern Syria.  Read more »

Mahigit P100,000 tinangay ng mga kabataan mula sa restaurant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 07:30 PM

Isang restaurant sa Davao City ang pinasok at ninakawan ng isang grupo ng mga menor de edad. Read more »

US promises to keep IS fight after '100 percent' defeat

Shaun Tandon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 07 06:58 AM

The United States promised Wednesday to stay focused on permanently destroying the Islamic State group but asked concerned allies to contribute more, as President Donald Trump boasted that the extremists will soon have lost all their territory in Syria. Read more »

US Senate rebukes Trump over Syria, Afghanistan pullouts

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 05 11:23 AM

The US Senate approved by a large majority Monday an amendment critical of President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw troops from Syria and Afghanistan, in a sign of the deep discontent caused by the policies within his own Republican ranks. Read more »

Trump pushes withdrawal from 'endless' Afghanistan, Syria wars

Jim Mannion, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 04 06:50 AM

Pushing back against Republican opposition, US President Donald Trump reaffirmed his determination to pull US troops out of "endless wars" in Syria and Afghanistan, in an interview that aired Sunday. But he said they would stay in Iraq to watch Iran. Read more »

SAPUL SA CCTV: Pagnanakaw ng 2 bata sa tindahan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 09:35 PM

Nasapul sa CCTV ang pagtangay ng dalawang bata sa wallet sa isang tindahan sa San Mateo, Isabela. Read more »

Youth home offers refuge for children in conflict with the law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 05:01 PM

Most of the children in conflict with the law go to centers that break them further, but there are places that pick up their broken pieces and put them back together again. Karmina Constantino gives a look.  Read more »

World Bank keeps 6.5 percent growth forecast on Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 10:39 AM

Its estimates “are holding firm” despite uncertainties as the East Asia Pacific region shows “sustained and prolonged” growth, said World Bank senior economist Andrew Mason.  Read more »

PNP favors lowering criminal age, cites 'surge' in child offenders at age 12

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 05:14 PM

MANILA - The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Friday it was inclined to support the proposal of the House of Representatives to lower the age of criminal liability to 12 years old, citing a spike in criminal involvement of minors at such age.  Read more »