Tag: United States

Visitors watch the North side from the unification observatory in Paju, South Korea, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions Saturday to punish North Korea for its escalating nuclear and missile programs including a ban on coal and other exports worth over $1 billion - a huge bite in its total exports, valued at $3 billion last year.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

UN imposes new sanctions on NoKor

The United Nations Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea…

August 7, 2017

US delivers weapons for AFP

The United States has donated weapons and ammunition to support airstrikes being…

July 30, 2017

Duterte names PH envoy to US

President Duterte yesterday named Special Envoy to the United States Jose Manuel…

July 28, 2017

Rody: No trips to ‘lousy’ America

Annoyed by foreign interference in local affairs, President Duterte said he is…

July 22, 2017

‘New escalation of the threat’

North Korea said on Wednesday its newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)…

July 5, 2017

A modern armed forces

Several news outlets have reported President Roa Rodrigo’s vow to buy brand…

July 5, 2017

In this photo distributed by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second from right, inspects the preparation of the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM, in North Korea's northwest Tuesday, July 4, 2017. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this photo. North Korea claimed to have tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile in a launch Tuesday, a potential game-changing development in its push to militarily challenge Washington — but a declaration that conflicts with earlier South Korean and U.S. assessments that it had an intermediate range. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

‘The threat is growing’

North Korea proclaimed Tuesday that it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic…

July 5, 2017

Laptop ban lifted from Abu Dhabi flights

The United States on Sunday lifted a ban on laptops in cabins…

July 4, 2017

Travelers make their way up the arrival ramp at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at the Los Angeles International Airport. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

US travel ban begins

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration reversed a decision late on Thursday and…

July 1, 2017

US eyes Taiwan arms deal

The United States plans to sell Taiwan $1.42 billion in arms, the…

June 30, 2017

Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao. (MB photo | Czar Dancel)

ESPN boosts Pac-Horn fight

In an interview, Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum said that with ESPN, they…

June 28, 2017

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Spieth fires 63, takes early lead

Jordan Spieth posted the lowest opening-round score of his career Thursday with…

June 23, 2017

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Henderson tops LPGA

Canadian teenager Brooke Henderson became the youngest winner of 2017 on Sunday,…

June 19, 2017

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From fairway to heaven

Brooks Koepka produced a back-nine birdie blitz to win the US Open…

June 19, 2017

Aguirre: US technical aid to troops in Marawi legal

The Constitution does not ban United States soldiers from providing technical assistance…

June 19, 2017

Spectator dies

A spectator at the US Open died after collapsing in the grandstands,…

June 18, 2017