World

Israeli and Iranian flags are seen in this illustration taken on April 24, 2024. DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israel hit back at Iran early on Saturday, saying its military was conducting strikes against military targets, as Iranian media reported multiple explosions in the capital Tehran and at nea…

Guam Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero is seen in front of a map and aerial view of a property to be purchased for a new hospital during a press conference on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, in Adelup. HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — It appears that the governor’s administration finally has its location for a ne…

HAGÅTÑA  (Pacific Island Times/Pacnews) — A Guam-based law firm has filed charges of human rights abuse against the U.S military, alleging violations of Chamoru people’s indigenous rights to self-determination and a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The Blue Ocean Law filed the comp…

Surangel Whipps Jr. Tommy Remengesau Jr. KOROR (Voice of America/Pacnews) — Driving toward the center of Palau’s commercial city of Koror, election yard signs for presidential, senate and house of delegates’ candidates in this tiny island nation’s November elections line the street as waves of the …

KOROR (Island Times/Pacnews) — Palau’s Ministry of Finance has announced that it is accepting applications for online gaming concessions, marking a renewed effort to diversify the island nation’s economy through regulated virtual gaming platforms. Special Assistant to the Minister of Finance Tabesu…

Tom Mancinelli, acting undersecretary of the Navy, right, toured Guam by helicopter on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — In his first visit to Guam as acting undersecretary of the Navy, Tom Mancinelli said the Department of Defense would not do “anything about Guam wit…

Hamas Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar gestures during an anti-Israel rally in Gaza City, May 24, 2021. JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) — Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the Oct. 7, 2023 attack that triggered the Gaza war, was killed on Thursday, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said. His killing by …

CANBERRA/KOROR (Australian Government/Palau Government/Pacnews) — Australian Airline Qantas will fly passengers from Brisbane to Palau’s capital Koror, as part of an Australian government-supported push to boost aviation and tourism in the Pacific island country, which diplomatically recogniz…

A civil defense member of the Islamic Health Authority walks at a site damaged in an Israeli strike in Nabatieh, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces in southern Lebanon Oct. 16, 2024. JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) — Members of Israel’s security cabinet have been inf…

Paul Calvo HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Former Gov. Paul McDonald Calvo, the father of former Gov. Eddie Baza Calvo, died at his home early Wednesday surrounded by family. He was 90 years old. Paul Calvo was Guam’s third elected governor and served as governor from 1979 to 1982. He was als…