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Saudi gov’t extends amnesty program anew

MANILA -- Qualified Filipino workers who are illegally staying in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have 30 more days to avail of its amnesty program. This, after Riyadh has extended until...

South Korea wants wartime control of its military

SEOUL — South Korean President Moon Jae-in says his government has stepped up efforts to take back wartime operational control (OPCON) of its forces from the U.S.-led command structure, at a...

PH, UAE lumagda ng kasunduan para sa proteksiyon ng OFW

Isang tagumpay ng pamahalaan sa pangangalaga sa kapakanan ng mga migranteng manggagawa ang natapos na kasunduan sa pagitan ng United Arab Emirates na magpapalakas sa pagtutulungan ng dalawang bansa para sa...

Hugh Hefner, Founder of Playboy, Dies at 91

LOS ANGELES — Playboy founder Hugh M. Hefner, the pipe-smoking hedonist who revved up the sexual revolution in the 1950s and built a multimedia empire of clubs, mansions, movies and television, symbolized by...

Nearly 100,000 Flee Bali’s Rumbling Volcano

BALI, INDONESIA — The exodus from a menacing volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali is nearing 100,000 people, a disaster official said Wednesday, as hundreds of tremors from the mountain...

Malaysia bans travel to North Korea

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA — Malaysia said Thursday that its citizens are banned from traveling to North Korea until further notice because of escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula as a result of...

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