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The Office of the Vice President, or OVP, failed to comply with government rules governing the use of confidential funds in the third quarter of 2023. This was stated by State Auditor Xylene del Campo, who testified at the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. She testified on the liquidation documents o…
BAGUIO CITY — Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Tuesday pledged rental assistance for families displaced by the deadly landslide in Barangay Guisad Surong while they await permanent relocation, and assured bereaved families that the government will shoulder burial expenses for those who died.
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Land Minister Kim Yun-duk said Tuesday that the government would speed up the "new town" project to establish residential complexes in Gyeonggi Province and Incheon amid soaring housing prices.
BANGKOK (AP) — A Taiwanese court on Tuesday sentenced a woman who advocated for spouses born in mainland China to seven years in prison, after finding her guilty of conspiring with Chinese government officials and proxies to influence Taiwanese politics.
Zionist Home–The Reservists, founded in July, is one of many vying for citizens' votes in the elections for the 26th Knesset, which will be held on October 27.
A coalition of farmers, consumer and environmental groups hold placards after a press conference at the Greenpeace office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Eileen Ng)
Sierra Leone's parliament on Monday approved a constitutional reform that would overhaul the west African country's electoral rules ahead of the 2028 presidential race, after weeks of opposition resistance.
MEET. Vice President Sara Duterte arrives at the Senate on July 7, 2026, to meet with her lawyers but did attend her impeachment trial.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong, right, talks as David Crowley listens during a primary debate in Milwaukee, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
I file a lot of Freedom of Information Act requests. I’ve been requesting staff lists from both Trump administrations, and I have tracked thousands of federal political appointees in order to publish financial disclosures in searchable databases.
President Donald Trump listens as Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Likud MK Tally Gotliv on Tuesday condemned the party's decision to ask the party secretariat to approve the placement of Defense Minister Israel Katz as one of the reserved slots on the party list.
The United States midterm primaries continue, with voters in several states heading to the polls to choose the Republican and Democratic candidates to compete in November’s elections.
MK Dan Illouz announced on Tuesday that he was resigning from the Knesset after leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party for MK Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beytenu.
The federal opposition is demanding a police investigation into the apparent leaking of a diplomatic note sent by the Japanese government to its counterparts in Canberra, after details of the note were published in media outlets.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is the lead agency in ensuring the Philippines’ agricultural development. It aims to make the Philippines a food-secure and resilient country by empowering Filipino farmers and fisherfolk.
Syria’s ex-president Bashar al-Assad and Atef Najib, the former head of political security in southern Syria’s Deraa province, have been sentenced to death after being convicted of crimes during the country’s civil war.
Iran will bring back 95 million cubic metres of gas to its production cycle by the end of September, oil minister Mohsen Paknejad said on Tuesday according to the oil ministry's news outlet, as Tehran conducts repairs on energy infrastructure targeted by Israel and the US.
The strategy signals Beijing’s push to build a ‘strong central bank’ capable of driving its financial powerhouse ambitions, analyst says
The strategy signals Beijing’s push to build a ‘strong central bank’ capable of driving its financial powerhouse ambitions, analyst says
Main opposition People Power Party on Tuesday stepped up calls for Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back's dismissal for sharing Mao Zedong's personal motto.
The Reserve Bank is making a lot of noise that it could lift interest rates.
House prosecutor Lorna Kapunan on Aug. 11, 2026, describes the defense team’s decision to ignore repeated requests to meet and compare evidence as an 'unusual' strategy, after Senate impeachment court Presiding Officer Francis Escudero chides Vice President Sara Duterte’s lawyers for 'ghosting' the prosecution.
A NSW Labor politician accepted thousands of dollars from a club with poker machines after the Minns government banned political donations from clubs involved in gambling.
The Japanese government is considering incorporating domestically developed artificial intelligence into the Self-Defense Forces’ command and control system, informed sources have said.
After the intense flooding experienced in Las Piñas City over the weekend due to the southwest monsoon, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. orders the Department of Public Works and Highways to revisit the long-delayed spillway project. During the inspection of the high vacuum self-priming drainage trailer pump placed at…
COTABATO CITY — The Bangsamoro Federalist Party (BFP) has gained the support of Tawi-Tawi Gov. Yshmael “Mang” Sali and 10 of the province’s 11 mayors in its bid to gain seats in the historic Bangsamoro parliamentary elections on September 14, the party said.
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's parliamentary foreign affairs committee on Tuesday adopted a statement welcoming a recently introduced bipartisan U.S. House resolution honoring the sacrifice of Korean War veterans.
Zhu is remembered as a pragmatic, steady administrator who steered Guangdong through critical decades of reform and opening-up
Zhu is remembered as a pragmatic, steady administrator who steered Guangdong through critical decades of reform and opening-up
Turkey's parliament has adopted legislation that would see the dissolution of the militant Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and give amnesty to members of the group.
Anthony Albanese faces criticism after appearing to joke on a podcast about a gift of melons from Sanae Takaichi
It might have been simpler to just own the mistake of hosting a bawdy podcast in The Lodge and move on, but that just isn’t Anthony Albanese’s style.
Footage from Niebla and Valverde del Camino, in Spain's Huelva province, filmed on Monday 10 August 2026, shows firefighting helicopters dropping water on flames, plumes of smoke rising over the countryside, and evacuees gathered in a theatre in Zalamea la Real. Welder Daniel Lopez said neighbours were terrified aft…
Tucker Carlson, one of the most prominent and provocative voices on the American right, and Hunter Biden, the son of former Democratic president Joe Biden, who for years was himself one of the right's favorite targets, bonded over a common enemy in an interview Carlson conducted with Biden on Tuesday: Prime Minister…
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Risa Hontiveros has pushed for a Senate inquiry into the so-called “provisional understanding” between the Philippine government and China on resupply missions to Ayungin Shoal.
In People’s Daily commentary piece, Cui Fan says ‘reasonable industrial subsidies … are a globally recognised and legitimate policy tool’
In People’s Daily commentary piece, Cui Fan says ‘reasonable industrial subsidies … are a globally recognised and legitimate policy tool’
Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing tr…
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state human rights watchdog urged the government on Tuesday to protect the education and development rights of a 10-year-old asylum seeker from Mali who has been living at Incheon International Airport for about a year.
The armed forces of Yemen’s internationally recognised government have accused the Houthis of launching another round of ballistic missile attacks on the Red Sea port city of al-Makha and on residential areas in the central city of Marib.
Artificial intelligence is going to bring about a new era, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the launch of Israel's National AI Program on Sunday.
China contributes over 50% of total investment in Bangladesh's renewable energy sector, according to the Centre for Policy Dialogue. © Getty Images
Some Liberal and National MPs warned against over-regulation in party room discussion, while others argued for more stringent rules
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- The government has asked a Seoul court to postpone its ruling in a damages suit against North Korea over the 2020 demolition of the inter-Korean liaison office in the border town of Kaesong, a unification ministry official said Tuesday.
Analysts say a unified Brics could support Oman-led talks for a resolution and provide an alternative to US diplomacy
Analysts say a unified Brics could support Oman-led talks for a resolution and provide an alternative to US diplomacy
New Victorian premier delays proposed right to work from home two days a week until next July, despite Coalition support