Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s office last week described accusations that Chinese influence may have helped to determine the outcome of the 2016 presidential elections as “nonsense”. The claims are currently unsubstantiated and came from an anonymous source. The Philippine and Chinese foreign ministries, China’s embassy in Manila and the Philippine
Israel allowed a limited resumption of commercial exports from the Gaza Strip last month, in what was called a “conditional” measure, one month after a truce halted 11 days of fighting with Hamas. But after a meeting with U.N. mediators, Hamas leader Yehya Al-Sinwar said the easing of Israeli restrictions
European Union leaders agreed on May 24 to impose sanctions on Belarus, including banning Belarusian airlines from using the airspace or airports of the E.U.’s 27 member nations, in response to the forced landing of a passenger jet and the subsequent arrest of opposition journalist Raman Pratasevich. Meeting in Brussels
