14+ hour, 8+ min ago   (407+ words) KORONADAL CITY — A controversial power deal involving South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative is facing mounting pressure after two Catholic bishops asked the Office of the Ombudsman to suspend the cooperative’s board, warning that consumers could ultimately pay the price. Diocese…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (327+ words) The British government said the legal threshold for a vote on Northern Ireland’s future had not been reached, distancing itself from US President Donald Trump’s public support for Irish reunification. Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government maintained that there was insufficient…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (169+ words) Indonesian rescuers launched a search Sunday for the Virgo Transport 8, a passenger vessel carrying 243 people that went missing while crossing the Java Sea. Authorities said the ship was believed to have encountered bad weather roughly 80 nautical miles from the Basirih…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (241+ words) Chinese President Xi Jinping used the BRICS summit Sunday to push for deeper economic and technological cooperation among developing economies as war-related shipping disruptions add uncertainty to global trade. Xi told leaders in New Delhi that the expanded BRICS grouping…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (226+ words) Russian President Vladimir Putin called for deeper economic integration among BRICS members Sunday, arguing that differences among their economies could become an advantage in building new supply chains and markets. Putin told a BRICS Outreach session in New Delhi that…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (224+ words) BRICS leaders used their summit declaration to push for negotiated solutions to major conflicts while rejecting measures they said could worsen humanitarian and geopolitical tensions. The New Delhi Declaration, adopted Saturday, called for stronger conflict-prevention efforts and greater use of…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (339+ words) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa used the BRICS summit Saturday to challenge what he described as unequal enforcement of international law, linking conflicts in Gaza, Sudan and Iran to a broader weakening of the global rules-based system. Ramaphosa argued that…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (274+ words) Long-delayed railway ambitions in Mindanao and Cebu could gain Indian technical support as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. explores a broader infrastructure and technology partnership with New Delhi. Among the projects being examined are the Mindanao Railway, a mass transit system…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (180+ words) Türkiye reinforced its growing maritime role off East Africa as two of its naval vessels conducted exercises in the Indian Ocean while traveling to Somalia. The TCG Kemalreis and TCG Yzb. Güngör Durmuş carried out the training during their voyage…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (242+ words) US President Donald Trump touted the United States’ position as a leading global oil producer as he promoted a new energy agreement involving Venezuela’s vast petroleum reserves. Speaking at a rally in Dallas, Texas, late Wednesday, Trump said the United…...