Villegas assures 2nd medal for Team PH after q’final win

MANILA: Aira Villegas assured the Philippines of a second medal in the Paris Olympics after stunning host country’s Wassila Lkhadiri in a tight women’s flyweight boxing quarterfinal battle early Sunday (PH time) at the Paris North Arena in Villepinte….

32 killed in Somalia suicide bombing, gun attack

MOGADISHU: At least 32 people were killed and 63 others were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a busy beach in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday evening, Somali police said.

Abdifatah Adan Hassan, Somali police spokesman, told a n…

PH, Germany eye conclusion of broader defense agreement

MANILA: The Philippines and Germany have committed to concluding a broader defense cooperation arrangement, according to their top defense officials.

Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and German Federal Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius met in…

Police assistance ready during transport groups’ unity walk

MANILA: The Philippine National Police (PNP) will provide security and dispatch vehicles for commuters who might be affected by the ‘unity walk’ to be staged Monday by transport groups supporting the Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP).

In …