Despite objections from the United States and warnings from the UN Security Council, Israeli lawmakers overwhelmingly passed the bill banning the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) from working in Israel and annexed east Jerusalem.
Israel strictly controls all humanitarian aid shipments to Gaza, and lawmakers also passed a measure prohibiting Israeli officials from working with UNRWA and its employees.
UNRWA has provided essential aid, schooling and healthcare across the Palestinian territories and to Palestinian refugees elsewhere for more than seven decades.
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SM CELEBRATES FILIPINO CULTURE THIS CHRISTMAS
SM Aura ushered in the festive season with its annual Christmas tree-lighting celebration, Sinag at Saya, a grand Christmas spectacle showcasing the best of Filipino culture, couture and creativity.
SCAN TO PAY
QRPh, PPMI's flagship project, boosts cashless transactions in PH
Climate change's impact on education
It is well known that our country has been identified as among the countries most at risk from climate change. Nowadays even a passing weather disturbance within our area of responsibility is enough to create havoc, which was what happened with the recent flooding by Severe Tropical Storm Trami/Kristine which devastated the Bicol region, Batangas and Cagayan.
'WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED'
TNT BRACES FOR GINEBRA COMEBACK
Hezbollah names Naim Qassem as new leader
BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's Hezbollah movement announced yesterday it has chosen deputy head Naim Qassem to succeed Hasan Nasrallah as leader after his death in an Israeli strike on south Beirut last month.
Outcry as Israel bans main UN aid agency
JERUSALEM AFP) Israel faced a mounting international backlash yesterday after its parliament approved a bill banning the main UN aid agency for the devastated Gaza Strip.
Local absentee voting goes automated
For the first time, the local absentee voting for the May 2025 midterm elections will be automated, the Commission on Elections announced yesterday.
Wait for the next chapter
Now 79 years old, former president Rodrigo Roa Duterte endured almost eight hours of grilling before the Senate public hearing on alleged summary killings during his administration’s all-out war against illegal drugs.
VP Sara is not mentally ill
It's been more than a week since the two-hour rant of Vice President Sara Duterte and people are still talking about it.
Rody holds court
The stories emerging from the congressional probes on the drug war are more terrifying than Halloween ghost stories.
