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PH ready to assist Laos after dam disaster

MANILA -- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday said the Philippine government is ready to assist its ASEAN neighbor, Laos, in the wake of a dam collapse that displaced as...

Mexico President-Elect Writes to Trump About Migration, NAFTA

Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sent a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump, seeking to initiate "a new stage in the relationship" of the two countries and to make progress...

Spain Rescues Nearly 800 Migrants From Sea

Spanish rescuers have picked up nearly 800 migrants trying the cross the Mediterranean Sea into the European Union over the past two days. Coast Guard boats pulled people off of dangerously overcrowded...

US Military Sees Change in N. Korea; Others Skeptical

WASHINGTON — A top U.S. military official called North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “a man of his word” while backing up assertions by other key officials that talks with Pyongyang are...

UN’s Guterres ‘Gravely Concerned’ About Israeli-Palestinian Violence

The U.N. secretary-general said in a statement Saturday that he was "gravely concerned" about the escalation of violence in Gaza and southern Israel. "I call on Hamas and other Palestinian militants to...

Estonia Spy Chief: Network of Operatives Pushing Russian Agenda in West

WASHINGTON — For the past several months, intelligence and security officials in the U.S. government and private sector have cautiously marveled at the seemingly slow pace of Russian cyberattacks and influence operations...

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