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MANILA (Reuters) — The Philippine defense chief will continue to do his duty ​in the face of China’s “wickedness,” he said on Friday, a day after Beijing sanctioned him for what it called repeated “erroneous remarks.”

MAJURO — Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine on Tuesday this week signed an executive order declaring a “state of emergency for Ebeye,” enabling a fast track government response to last Saturday’s devastating fire on Ebeye Island, home to about 8,000 people next to the U.S. Army’s missile testin…

MANILA (Reuters) — The Philippines’ foreign affairs department has undertaken appropriate diplomatic action against China in connection with the “illegal presence” of a floating structure in a ​disputed atoll, the country’s South China Sea task force said on Tuesday.

GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines (Reuters) — Rescuers searched the rubble on Tuesday of a collapsed building in the southern Philippine ​city of General Santos, the worst hit by a powerful earthquake that has killed at least 37 people and injured hundreds, to reach ‌two people still believed to be trapp…

MANILA (Reuters) — At least 15 people were feared dead in ​the southern Philippines on Monday after a powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the island of Mindanao, triggering tsunami warnings across several countries.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook part of the southern Philippines early Monday, and a tsunami was possible on some regional coasts.

BUDAPEST (Reuters) — Hungary’s government will stop issuing worker visas to employees from the Philippines, Georgia ​and Armenia from Friday, a government spokeswoman said, ‌calling the move a first step towards regulating the inflow of guest workers.

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero signed into law a prohibition on seabed mining in Guam’s territorial waters, a move the island’s political leaders are calling both a stand and a warning. But with federal lease sales for Pacific critical minerals already on the cal…

DUBAI (Reuters) — Iran has reaffirmed support for its Lebanese ​ally Hezbollah and demanded Israel withdraw from southern Lebanon, underscoring complications facing an interim deal to end the broader conflict between the U.S. and Iran.

DUBAI (Reuters) — Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a ceasefire to end hostilities, the Trump administration said on Wednesday, ​in a boost to hopes for a broader deal to end the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.