Manila, Mar 23 (UNI) The World Bank on Saturday approved a 67.34-million-U.S. dollar support package to help boost the Philippines’ civil service level. The Philippines Civil Service Modernization Project will support establishing a Human Resources Management Information System (HRMIS) and payroll system to improve analytics for workforce planning, career development, succession planning, and training. In…
Caracas, Mar 23 (UNI) Venezuela announced Saturday that it had reached an agreement with the U.S. government to resume repatriation flights for its citizens, with the next flight scheduled for Sunday. Venezuela struck the deal to guarantee the “return of our compatriots to their nation with the safeguard of their human rights,” said Jorge Rodriguez,…
Vatican City, Mar 23 (UNI) Pope Francis, who is continuing to recover from double pneumonia, will be discharged from Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Sunday, one of his doctors and the director of the hospital’s medical-surgical department, Sergio Alfieri, has said. “Let’s start with the good news that the whole world has been waiting for: Tomorrow…
Washington, Mar 23 (UNI) The administration of US President Donald Trump is going to deprive over 530,000 migrants of temporary legal status, and if the initiative is approved, their temporary stay programs in the country will expire on April 24, NBC reported, citing a document. According to the channel, the situation affects migrants who entered…
Jerusalem, Mar 23 (UNI) Israel, through Egyptian intermediaries, presented to Palestinian movement Hamas a two-stage plan to free hostages from the Gaza Strip, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported, citing unnamed informed Egyptian sources. According to the agency, Israel’s plan assumes that in the first stage Hamas will free 11 hostages and hand over the bodies…
Ankara, Mar 23 (UNI) Over 300 people were detained after protests in support of the detained Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in Turkey on Saturday, one policeman was doused with acid, the country’s General Directorate of Security said on X. “During the protests tonight, 323 suspects were detained. One policeman was attacked with acid,” it said….
Manila, Mar 23 (UNI) A forward truck lost its break while traveling on a highway in Benguet province in northern Philippines on Saturday afternoon and crashed into eight other vehicles along the way, killing a motorcyclist and injuring several others, police said. Police said the crash occurred at around 3 p.m. local time in Tuba,…
Sanaa, Mar 23 (UNI) The U.S. naval forces carried out three strikes on the Hodeidah airport in the Yemeni Red Sea port city, and five strikes on the Majzar district in Yemen’s central province of Marib on Saturday night, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. The report did not provide details on casualties or damage caused by…
Khartoum, Mar 23 (UNI) More than 45 civilians were killed in an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Al-Malha area, about 210 kilometers north of El Fasher in western Sudan, local organizations said on Saturday. “Today, RSF fighters resumed their actions in the markets and residential neighborhoods (in Al-Malha area)… and indiscriminate…
Beirut/Jerusalem, Mar 23 (UNI) At least six people were killed and 28 others injured in fresh Israeli airstrikes targeting eastern and southern Lebanon on Saturday evening, according to Lebanon’s health authorities. In southern Lebanon, an Israeli airstrike targeted the city of Tyre, as well as several valleys and villages, killing six people and injuring 22,…
