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WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) — Iran’s foreign minister met Pakistan’s interior minister on Friday to discuss proposals to end the U.S.-Israeli war, Iranian ​media reported, with Tehran and Washington still at odds over Tehran’s uranium stockpile and controls on the Strait of Hormuz.

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — With fuel prices still high due to the U.S.-Israel war with Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the Guam Power Authority is proposing to raise the Levelized Energy Adjustment Clause by nearly 6 cents, from about 13.58 cents per kilowatt-hour currently to ar…

MANILA (Reuters) — The Philippine Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Senator Ronald dela Rosa for a temporary restraining order ​to prevent his arrest and transfer to the International Criminal Court.

SUVA (Fiji Times/Pacnews) — Ozempic and Mounjaro are becoming increasingly popular prescription drugs among Fijians who are overweight or obese.

KOROR (Island Times/Pacnews) — Law enforcement authorities seized 333.33 grams of methamphetamine in two separate incidents involving packages sent through the post office and DHL, in Palau Minister of Justice Jennifer Olegeriil confirmed during a press conference last Wednesday marking the launch …

MANILA (Reuters) — Philippine government lawyers have urged the Supreme Court to reject the bid of fugitive ‌Senator Ronald dela Rosa, who is wanted for alleged crimes against humanity linked to his role in a bloody “war on drugs,” to block his arrest and surrender.

KOROR (Island Times/Pacnews) — The Ministry of Justice in Palau says convictions, seizures and court-imposed fines tied to methamphetamine cases have risen sharply in recent years, highlighting the growing scale of the country’s illegal drug crisis and the government’s intensified crackdown. Accord…

SUVA (Fiji Sun/Pacnews) — Needle-sharing among methamphetamine users in Fiji has triggered what experts are calling the world’s fastest-growing HIV epidemic, a new Pacific Security College policy paper has warned.

MAJURO — Media freedom in the Pacific Islands was celebrated in Majuro on Saturday with the showcasing of over a dozen short films entered in the “My Pacific Story” competition and the awarding of prize money to the winners.

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Despite growing national momentum to put micro-nuclear reactors on military bases, Guam’s government has received no official notification that the island’s installations are next, according to the executive director of the Community Defense Liaison Offic…