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(Eagle News) — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. will participate in the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS in Rome, Italy on June 28. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said the DFA chief will be joined by Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Civilian Security and Consular Affairs Brigido Dulay and National Security Council Deputy Director-General Damian Carlos. As part of the opening, Locsin will lead the opening of the […]
by Jerome Cartillier Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump will meet several key Asian leaders next month, including Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, on a tour otherwise dominated by efforts to isolate North Korea. Trump’s first Asian tour as president will take him to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines, where he will attend the summit of ASEAN, the southeast Asian bloc. The United States has important trade […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump will meet Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Washington next week for talks on issues including refugees and combatting terrorism, the White House announced Friday. Analysts also anticipate US aid will be high on the agenda of the July 25th talks at the White House, which has made clear its intent to slash its aid budget for Lebanon, on grounds that national forces there have not […]
(Eagle News) — An augmentation force from Metro Manila has arrived in Cebu in time for a 17th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in July. Authorities said the force tasked to beef up security at an Asean meeting at Radisson Blu Hotel from July 1 to 7 includes bomb squads, canine units, among others. Apart from the augmentation force, personnel from the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will be deployed to install closed-circuit […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump said he would be “honored” to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un under the right conditions, dialing back threats of military action against the regime Monday. As Pyongyang threatens to carry out a sixth nuclear test that would further enflame tensions on the Korean peninsula, Trump appeared to offer the prospect of a diplomatic off-ramp. “If it would be […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — President-elect Donald Trump and China’s billionaire founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba held “great” talks in New York on Monday focused on creating US jobs and enabling trade with Asia. The incoming Republican president, who will be sworn in as commander-in-chief in less than two weeks’ time having never previously held elected office, has made job creation a key promise of his incoming administration. His team said the meeting between […]
