Advisory for Filipino communities in the Middle East on MERS-CoV

  The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines are advising Filipinos staying and residing in the Middle East, especially in...

DOH urges Etihad EY 0424 passengers to get tested for MERS CoV

  MANILA – The Department of Health recently released the names of the 418 passengers aboard Etihad Airways flight EY 0424—the same flight that carried the...

Saudi reports 3 more deaths related to MERS virus

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia’s health ministry says three more patients who contracted a potentially fatal Middle East virus related to SARS have died amid...

Syria to hold presidential elections on June 3

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria will hold presidential elections on June 3, the country’s parliament speaker announced Monday, a vote President Bashar Assad is likely to contest,...

Pro-Russia militants detain 3 journalists in Ukraine

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine — Three foreign journalists were temporarily detained by pro-Russia insurgents in city in eastern Ukraine. One Belarusian and two Italian journalists were stopped Monday...

South Korean President says ferry crew committed ‘unforgivable, murderous behavior’

Cagayan mayor slain in flag ceremony attack

  GONZAGA, CAGAYAN – Mayor Carlito Pentecostes Jr. of Gonzaga was killed when a group of 15 armed men attacked the municipal town hall on Monday...

Ukraine, Russia point fingers for eastern shootout

BYLBASIVKA, Ukraine — Within hours of an Easter morning shootout at a checkpoint manned by pro-Russia insurgents in eastern Ukraine, Russia’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement...

More bodies found from capsized South Korean ferry; death toll at 64

JINDO, South Korea — There are no names listed as relatives huddle around signboards to identify bodies from a sunken ferry. Just the slimmest of clues...

Over 150,000 people join Pope Francis in Easter Sunday mass

VATICAN CITY — Celebrating Easter Sunday, Christianity’s most joyous and hopeful day, Pope Francis prayed for peace in Ukraine and Syria and for an end to...