Middle East Updates

Developments in the Mideast war and its impact on Asia-Pacific

4 Filipinos hurt in Saudi airport attack; 3 in ICU

Four Filipinos were injured in an attack at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi…

12 killed, hundreds wounded in Houthi strike on Riyadh airport

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA—The deadliest strike on Saudi soil in more than a decade killed 12…

ERC: No power cutoff until Dec

Households with unpaid electricity bills will continue to get relief as the Energy Regulatory Commission…

Price hikes for gasoline, kerosene effective Oct. 6

Motorists will see a mixed adjustment in fuel prices starting on Oct. 6, with gasoline…

Yemen vows military action to retake all Houthi territory

Taiz, YEMEN—Yemen’s leader announced on Sunday the start of a new military operation to retake…

Suspend tax on gasoline, diesel, too, gov’t urged 

Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday urged economic managers to suspend, even temporarily, the excise on…

PSEi keeps sliding amid Middle East woes

Philippine stocks slipped further on Monday as escalating tensions in the Middle East, high oil…

Fresh strikes deepen Hormuz deadlock

Iran launched fresh attacks against US targets in the Middle East on Wednesday in retaliation…

Diesel, gasoline prices in NCR hit P100 mark

Diesel and gasoline prices in Metro Manila again hit the P100 mark, rising to as…

Iran eyes ‘exclusion zone’ near Strait of Hormuz

CAIRO—The new head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council on Sunday said Tehran plans to…