Philippines News

• Air India crash victims families sue US aerospace giants media September 18, 2025
  The litigants allege that a design flaw by Boeing and Honeywell allowed the fuel supply to be cut off, causing complete engine failureThe families of four passengers killed when a UK-bound Air India flight crashed earlier this year have filed a lawsuit against US aerospace companies Boeing and Honeywell, the NDTV website reported on Thursday.The […]
• US to supply Ukraine with advanced drone swarm technology FT September 18, 2025
  Auterion is set to send Kiev 33,000 AI-controlled UAVs under a Pentagon contract by the end of the yearWashington is planning to send 33,000 AI-controlled drones to Ukraine with plans to later upgrade them using swarm technology, the Financial Times has reported.Auterion, the US-German start-up which developed the UAVs, recently unveiled its "drone swarm strike […]
• Ties with Moscow key stumbling block for EU-India trade deal Kallas September 18, 2025
  Brussels has no illusions about luring New Delhi away from Moscow, the vice president of the European Commission has saidDecoupling India from Russia will be a challenge for the European Union (EU) even as it seeks to build an economic partnership with the South Asian country, High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas said on […]
• Somalia ready to mediate Nile water talks president September 18, 2025
  Mogadishu is prepared to support negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan on a newly inaugurated mega-dam, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has saidSomali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has stressed his country's willingness to serve as a facilitator in ongoing dialogue between Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan over the management of Nile water resources.In an interview with Al Arabiya […]
• Ukrainian bomb plot against Russian defense firm chief foiled FSB September 18, 2025
  The would-be assassin was disguised as an elderly woman and tried to plant a bomb under the targets car in St. Petersburg, the agency saidRussia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has thwarted a Ukrainian plot to assassinate the head of a Russian defense company in St. Petersburg, the agency announced on Thursday.According to the FSB, Ukrainian […]
• Guinee-Bissau : une election presidentielle sous le signe d'une instabilite chronique September 18, 2025
  Share articlePrint articleLes tensions montent en Guinee-Bissau l'approche de l'election presidentielle prevue le 23 novembre 2025. L'Assemblee nationale, dominee par l'opposition, a ete
• UK: Ombudsman Finds Flaws in Windrush Compensation Scheme September 18, 2025
  (London, September 18, 2025) - The British Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has found serious problems with the Home Office's management of the Windrush Compensation Scheme, especially its decision-making and communication with claimants which it says in its decision have "wider implications" on all persons accessing the compensation sch
• El Salvador: Baseless Charges Against Rights Defenders September 17, 2025
  (Washington, DC) - Police in El Salvador arbitrarily arrested two human rights defenders who were peacefully protesting a mass eviction and have been holding them in pretrial detention since the end of May 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch has reviewed videos and court documents that indicate that the arrests were arbitrary […]
• US: Maritime Strikes Amount to Extrajudicial Killings September 17, 2025
  (Washington, DC, September 18, 2025) - United States military strikes against two boats allegedly carrying drug traffickers, which the Trump administration said killed at least 14 people, were unlawful extrajudicial killings, Human Rights Watch said today. The strikes come amid efforts by the White House to secure broad new authority to target so-called "narco-terror
• EU to propose new plan to leverage 170bn of frozen Russian money FT September 17, 2025
  Moscow has warned that any confiscation of its assets immobilized in the West would constitute theftBrussels is pressing ahead with a plan to use €170 billion of Russia's frozen sovereign assets to back "reparation loans" for Ukraine, the Financial Times has reported. The EU faces growing pressure to find additional funding for Kiev as US […]
• EU plans to seize 170bn of Russias frozen funds FT September 17, 2025
  Moscow has warned that confiscation of its assets immobilized in the West would constitute theftBrussels is pressing ahead with a plan to use €170 billion of Russia's frozen sovereign assets to back "reparation loans" for Ukraine, the Financial Times has reported. The EU faces growing pressure to find additional funding for Kiev as US cuts […]
• Man in custody admits to covering for real Kirk shooter police September 17, 2025
  George Zinn was initially detained and then hospitalized with a medical condition, the authorities have saidA man present at the event where Charlie Kirk was killed has admitted to falsely claiming he was the shooter in order to hinder law enforcement and allow the real shooter to escape, the Utah County Sheriff's Office has said. […]
• Russia developing Starlink rival space chief September 17, 2025
  The first satellites providing nationwide internet access will be launched in December, Roscosmos head Dmitry Bakanov has saidRussia will soon roll out a satellite internet network analogous to Starlink, the system operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to the head of the Russian space agency (Roscosmos), Dmitry Bakanov.Starlink provides high-speed internet from low-Earth orbit and […]
• Brazil Passes Landmark Law to Protect Children Online September 17, 2025
  (Sao Paulo) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on September 17, 2025, signed the country's first law to protect children's rights online, Human Rights Watch said today.  The law, called the ECA Digital after its Portuguese initials, is intended to update the country's 1990 Statute of the Child and Adolescent to protect children's […]
• Baltic state digs anti-tank ditch on Russian border media September 17, 2025
  Estonia has reportedly started building large-scale fortifications despite conceding there is no immediate military threatEstonia has started digging a multi-kilometer anti-tank ditch along its border with Russia, local broadcaster ERR reported on Tuesday, citing the country's defense ministry.The move, billed as a security measure, comes amid rising tensions between Moscow and NATO, heig
• Zelensky has no intention of ending conflict with Moscow MP September 17, 2025
  The Ukrainian leader wants to fight to the last but with others doing the fighting, Georgy Mazurashu has saidUkrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has no intention of ending the hostilities with Russia, while ordinary people pay the price, Verkhovna Rada MP Georgy Mazurashu has said.Mazurashu said Zelensky outlined his position at a meeting with members of […]
• Two senior Ukrainian commanders fired over battlefield losses media September 17, 2025
  Top general Aleksandr Syrsky reportedly made the dismissals in light of recent Russian advancesUkrainian Commander-in-Chief Aleksandr Syrsky has over the past two weeks fired two senior officers as Kiev's forces have continued to lose ground, Ukrainian and Russian outlets reported on Monday.Ukrainska Pravda identified the commanders as Vladimir Silenko, who led the 17th Army Corps […]
• Russian Strike Kills Dozens of Older People in Ukraine September 17, 2025
  A Russian airstrike on the village of Yarova in Ukraine's Donetska region on the afternoon of September 9 occurred as a group of older people were waiting to collect their monthly pension payments from a mobile post office. The attack is another abhorrent example of the way Russian attacks are
• Taliban Deny Afghan Girls' Their Education and Future September 17, 2025
  September 17 marks four years since the Taliban banned secondary education for girls in Afghanistan. It is a devastating anniversary that should make everyone angry - furious even. The ban is cruel, harmful, and unlawful. It tells girls their dreams end when the classroom door slams shut when they reach age 12, simply because of their […]
• Polish missile caused Russian drone attack damage media September 17, 2025
  A three-meter-long projectile fired from an F-16 hit a residence, Rzeczpospolita has reportedThe only confirmed damage from what Poland claims was a Russian drone incursion into its airspace was actually caused by a Polish missile fired from a NATO F-16 which struck a residential building, the Rzeczpospolita outlet has reported, citing sources.Polish officials last week […]