MANILA, Philippines โ€” A senior Iranian cleric has warned that any attack on Iranโ€™s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei could trigger what he described as a โ€œglobal jihad,โ€ escalating tensions amid heightened confrontation involving Iran, the United States, and Israel. Ayatollah Mohsen Araki, a prominent Shiite religious figure, said targetingContinue Reading

Short answer: No. A Nobel Peace Prize cannot be transferred, shared, or revoked. The Norwegian Nobel Institute clarified this on Friday after Venezuelan opposition leader Marรญa Corina Machado suggested she wanted to give or share her recent Nobel Peace Prize with US President Donald Trump. Hereโ€™s what you need toContinue Reading

Manila, Philippines โ€” Advanced biometric face-referencing technology led to the arrest of a suspected passport impostor at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said. Immigration authorities identified the suspect as Nimo Ahmed Hassan, 21, a woman who attempted to leave the country forContinue Reading

A widely circulated claim asserts that U.S. President Donald Trump has issued warnings to Mexico, Cuba, Colombia and the Philippines following a purported U.S. invasion of Venezuela. VERDICT Partly False / Misleading While there are credible reports that Trumpโ€™s government has escalated rhetoric against countries like Mexico, Colombia and CubaContinue Reading