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About 8 killed, dozens feared trapped after quake hits Philippines
Apr 23, 2019 00:25At least eight people have been killed when a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Philippines' main island of Luzon as officials fear dozens could be trapped in the rubble of a collapsed commercial building.
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Philippines' Duterte warns China with 'military action' over disputed island
Apr 05, 2019 07:49Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to send his troops on a “suicide mission” if China does not back off from a disputed island in the South China Sea.
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Philippines protests China’s presence in disputed waters
Apr 02, 2019 06:33The Philippines says it has filed a diplomatic protest over the presence of more than 270 Chinese vessels near a Philippine-occupied island in the disputed South China Sea.
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Philippines protests China’s presence in disputed waters
Apr 02, 2019 02:16The Philippines says it has filed a diplomatic protest over the presence of more than 270 Chinese vessels near a Philippine-occupied island in the disputed South China Sea.
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Pompeo promises military intervention if Philippines attacked in South China Sea
Mar 01, 2019 09:03The US has told the Philippines that it would come to its defense in the event of a confrontation with China which US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo singled out Friday as a threat to stability.
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Philippine president warns of harsher drugs campaign
Feb 20, 2019 15:16Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned on Wednesday that his signature anti-narcotics campaign will be even harsher in the future, signaling no let-up in a bloody crackdown that has alarmed the international community.
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Iran condemns terrorist blasts in Philippines
Jan 27, 2019 11:39Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi, in a formal statement on Sunday, categorically condemned the terrorist attack on a church in the Southern regions of the Philippines, offering sympathies to the government and people of the Southeast Asian country.
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Blasts kill dozens after Muslim self-rule vote in Philippines
Jan 27, 2019 08:53At least 27 people have lost their lives and dozens of others been injured after two bombs hit a church on a southern Philippine island, which is home to a Daesh-linked terrorist group.
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Death toll from Philippines landslides, floods climbs to 85
Jan 02, 2019 07:50The death toll from landslides and devastating floods in the central Philippines triggered by a tropical depression climbed to 85, officials said on Wednesday, and 20 people were missing as rescuers slowly reached cut-off communities.
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Two killed in bombing in troubled south Philippines
Dec 31, 2018 12:57Two people have been killed and around 35 others wounded after a bomb went off outside a shopping mall in the southern Philippine city of Cotabato, police say.