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June 20 , 2025 – 07:55 PM
Israel and Iran exchanged strikes a week into their war Friday as President Donald Trump weighed U.S. military involvement
June 20 , 2025 – 09:04 AM
The Philippine Embassy in Amman has received the first Filipino worker who crossed the border from Israel to Jordan.
June 20 , 2025 – 11:43 AM
Oil prices tumbled and equity traders fought to end the week on a positive note as Trump considers whether to join Israel’s attacks on Iran
June 20 , 2025 – 06:32 AM
Foreign ministers from Britain, France, and Germany, together with the EU’s top diplomat, will hold nuclear talks with their Iranian counterpart in Geneva on Friday.
June 20 , 2025 – 04:07 AM
Israel on Thursday welcomed “all help” in striking Iran’s nuclear sites as President Donald Trump dangled the prospect of US involvement in the war.
June 19 , 2025 – 07:11 PM
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said it was ready to help Filipinos in Israel and Iran if the government calls for a mandatory repatriation amid escalating tensions.
June 19 , 2025 – 06:41 PM
Sen. Risa Hontiveros has called on the government to immediately repatriate Filipinos in Israel and Iran, underscoring the need for them to be brought to safety as soon as possible.
June 19 , 2025 – 03:43 PM
Cacdac maintained that the Philippine government is not implementing mandatory repatriation for Filipinos in Israel.
June 19 , 2025 – 03:15 PM
Fifty-eight Overseas Filipino Workers remain stranded in transit hubs in the United Arab Emirates amid the ongoing tensions in the Middle East.
June 19 , 2025 – 02:37 PM
A hospital in southern Israel was hit during a barrage of “dozens” of Iranian missiles on Thursday, officials said.
June 19 , 2025 – 01:13 PM
Japan has ordered military planes to be on standby to evacuate its nationals from Iran and Israel, Tokyo’s top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi said Thursday.
June 19 , 2025 – 01:17 PM
Australia has started evacuating almost 3,000 citizens caught up in the rapidly spiralling conflict between Israel and Iran, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said.
June 19 , 2025 – 11:40 AM
Seven Filipinos were injured after Iran launched missile attacks against Israel, the Philippine embassy in Tel Aviv reported.
June 19 , 2025 – 10:56 AM
More Filipinos leaving Israel are expected to cross the border to Jordan in the coming days, said the Philippine Embassy in Amman.
June 19 , 2025 – 08:31 AM
Donald Trump said he was still deciding whether to join Israel’s strikes on Iran, claiming Tehran now wants talks at the White House but may have waited too long.
June 19 , 2025 – 06:53 AM
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday Iran would never surrender, with the country unleashing hypersonic missiles against Israel.
June 18 , 2025 – 07:44 PM
Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday the nation would never surrender as demanded by President Donald Trump and warned the US
June 18 , 2025 – 07:08 PM
Israeli warplanes pounded Iran’s capital overnight and into Wednesday as Iran launched a small barrage of missiles at Israel.
June 18 , 2025 – 03:55 PM
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed on Wednesday that his country would show no mercy towards Israel’s rulers.
June 18 , 2025 – 03:00 PM
A first aircraft bringing home Israelis stranded abroad by flight cancellations resulting from the conflict with Iran landed at Ben Gurion Airport on Wednesday.
June 18 , 2025 – 02:08 PM
The Israeli government is willing to shoulder all the hospitalization fees of Filipinos injured in the Iranian air raids, Israeli Ambassador Ilan Fluss said.
June 18 , 2025 – 12:45 PM
The 17 Filipino government officials stranded in Israel are set to travel back home to the Philippines this weekend, said the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
June 18 , 2025 – 12:03 PM
The Philippine government is all set for the repatriation of Filipinos from Israel and Iran, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said Wednesday.
June 18 , 2025 – 10:28 AM
Seventeen Filipino local government officials, including mayors, are stranded in Israel where airspace and airports are closed due to Iran’s retaliatory air raids.
June 18 , 2025 – 10:21 AM
The US Embassy in Jerusalem said it will close until Friday and directed government employees to shelter in place as Israel and Iran battle each other.
June 18 , 2025 – 06:28 AM
President Donald Trump on Tuesday demanded “unconditional surrender” from Tehran and warned the United States could easily assassinate its supreme leader.
June 17 , 2025 – 09:55 PM
IAEA said Tuesday it believes Israeli airstrikes on Iran’s Natanz enrichment site have had “direct impacts” on the facility’s undergroun
June 17 , 2025 – 07:48 PM
Rep. Zia Adiong said that the country must invest in diplomacy to protect the welfare of Filipinos in the Middle East.
June 17 , 2025 – 07:34 PM
51 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip while waiting for U.N. and commercial trucks to enter the territory with food.
June 17 , 2025 – 04:59 PM
China on accused President Trump of “pouring oil” on the mounting conflict between Iran and Israel, after the US leader warned Tehran
June 17 , 2025 – 03:07 PM
Israel and Iran exchanged missile fire for fifth consecutive day, as Donald Trump abruptly left the G7 summit and warned Tehran residents to “immediately evacuate.”
June 17 , 2025 – 01:22 PM
Pakistan has closed all its border crossings with neighboring Iran for an indefinite period, provincial officials said on Monday.
June 17 , 2025 – 10:38 AM
Israel’s army warned Tuesday that it had detected new missiles launched from Iran, but swiftly dropped an alert and said people no longer needed to take cover.
June 17 , 2025 – 09:59 AM
US President Donald Trump was on Monday leaving a Group of Seven summit early as he hinted of greater involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict.
June 17 , 2025 – 09:54 AM
China’s embassy in Israel on Tuesday urged its citizens to leave the country “as soon as possible”, after Israel and Iran traded heavy strikes.
June 17 , 2025 – 06:51 AM
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on Monday that Israel’s campaign against Iran was “changing the face of the Middle East.”
June 17 , 2025 – 06:31 AM
US President Donald Trump on Monday warned Iran to make a deal as Israel pounds the country.
June 17 , 2025 – 05:45 AM
A Filipina caregiver remains in critical condition in the ICU of a hospital in Israel, while another is being treated for serious injuries.
June 17 , 2025 – 05:05 AM
Iranian missiles struck Tel Aviv and the port city of Haifa before dawn on Monday, destroying homes and fueling concerns among world leaders.
June 17 , 2025 – 02:11 AM
Iran condemned Israel’s attack on a state TV building in Tehran as a “war crime”, and called on the UN Security Council to take action.
June 16 , 2025 – 09:39 PM
The radiation poses a significant danger if uranium is inhaled or ingested, International Atomic Energy Agencysaid.
June 16 , 2025 – 07:07 PM
Leaders of both Chambers have called on the DFA and the DMW to monitor Filipinos affected by the new wave of conflict in the Middle East.
June 16 , 2025 – 04:04 PM
Iran’s judiciary said Monday it hanged a man arrested in 2023 and convicted of being a spy for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency.
June 16 , 2025 – 03:59 PM
The US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Monday said an embassy building in Tel Aviv sustained minor damage from a nearby Iranian missile strike.
June 16 , 2025 – 01:58 PM
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered government agencies to provide immediate assistance to Filipinos in Israel, a Palace official said on Monday.
June 16 , 2025 – 10:52 AM
Israel and Iran traded heavy fire for a third straight day on Sunday, with mounting casualties and expanding targets marking a sharp escalation in hostilities.
June 16 , 2025 – 08:56 AM
Israel unleashed a new wave of attacks against Iran on Monday, targeting missile sites after Tehran carried out deadly overnight strikes.
June 16 , 2025 – 07:29 AM
US President Donald Trump on Sunday urged Iran and Israel to “make a deal,” but suggested they might need to “fight it out” first.
June 16 , 2025 – 06:50 AM
The Israeli military said early Monday that it was striking surface-to-surface missile sites in Iran.
June 16 , 2025 – 05:40 AM
At least four Filipinos were injured and brought to a hospital in Rehovot, Israel, following Iran’s retaliatory air strikes, DFA said.
June 15 , 2025 – 09:54 PM
Economic powers arrive in the Canadian Rockies on Sunday for a G7 summit, overshadowed by an escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.
June 15 , 2025 – 08:34 PM
Two drones launched from Iran towards Israel were shot down over Iraq by US-led international coalition to defeat the Islamic State group.
June 15 , 2025 – 07:16 PM
The Israeli flag carrier said that all flights have been cancelled up to and including June 17, with Israel’s airspace still closed.
June 15 , 2025 – 05:46 PM
DFA Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega said that the Philippine Embassy in Israel is currently checking on the conditions of the four Filipinos.
June 15 , 2025 – 03:58 PM
Iranian missile fire on Israel killed at least 10 people overnight, authorities said Sunday, as the foes exchanged new waves of attacks.
June 15 , 2025 – 10:44 AM
Israel’s emergency services said three people were killed and more than 130 wounded after Iranian rocket strikes hit two sites early Sunday.
June 15 , 2025 – 09:49 AM
Iran launched a second night of missile attacks against Israel on Saturday as Israel continued to strike Tehran and other locations.
June 15 , 2025 – 09:43 AM
Israel’s military said early Sunday it had struck Iran’s defense ministry headquarters, “nuclear weapons project” infrastructure sites and other targets.
June 15 , 2025 – 09:29 AM
Iran fired a fresh barrage of missiles at Israel, state television announced early Sunday, as the rivals exchanged fire for a third day.
June 15 , 2025 – 09:24 AM
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said early Sunday that the country had struck sites used by Israeli warplanes for refueling.
June 15 , 2025 – 09:17 AM
Jordan announced the closure of its airspace Saturday for a second time since the start of the most intense direct confrontation between arch-foes Israel and Iran.
June 15 , 2025 – 08:46 AM
Iran launched a new wave of missiles at Israel on Saturday, wounding several people in residential buildings, while Israel said it was striking Tehran.
June 15 , 2025 – 08:31 AM
Air raid sirens and booms rang out in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv early Sunday, AFP journalists said, as Israel and Iran exchanged fire for a third day.
June 14 , 2025 – 10:25 PM
Israel Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss said on Saturday that Filipinos in Israel are “fine” and “feeling comfortable and safe.”
June 14 , 2025 – 03:53 PM
Iran’s strikes against Israel will continue, with targets set to expand to include U.S. bases in the region in the coming days.
June 14 , 2025 – 12:08 PM
The DMW is on “heightened alert” to assist OFWs in Israel and Iran as the conflict between the two nations escalates.
June 14 , 2025 – 05:40 AM
Israel on Friday launched what its military commander described as a “historic campaign” against Iran.
June 14 , 2025 – 03:50 AM
Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel in a counter-strike Friday, after an unprecedented onslaught hammered Iran’s nuclear facilities.
June 13 , 2025 – 07:21 PM
The Department of Foreign Affairs has issued advisories for Filipinos in Israel and Iraq to remain indoors amid the heightened conflict between the two countries.
June 13 , 2025 – 06:50 PM
The Philippine government has expressed grave concern over heightened tensions in the Middle East following Israel’s airstrikes on Iran, calling for de-escalation and peace.
June 13 , 2025 – 02:39 PM
The Philippine government is among the 149 countries that voted in favor of a UN resolution to ned Gaza war.
June 13 , 2025 – 01:38 PM
Israel pounded Iran in a series of air raids on Friday, striking 100 targets including Tehran’s nuclear and military sites.
June 13 , 2025 – 09:25 AM
Israel carried out “preemptive” strikes against Iran on Friday, targeting its nuclear plant and military sites.
June 13 , 2025 – 06:45 AM
President Donald Trump warned Thursday that Israel may soon strike Iran’s nuclear sites.
June 13 , 2025 – 06:34 AM
The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and urging nations to take “all measures necessary” to pressure Israel.
