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Philippines Urges China to Keep Tone ‘Calm’ as Rhetoric Heats Up
The Philippine foreign ministry urged the Chinese Embassy in Manila on Wednesday to be "constructive" in its statements amid an escalating war of words between Chinese diplomats and public officials, including senators. The Department of Foreign Affairs' newly appointed maritime affairs ...
A pedestrian reads a sign at a petrol station in Tacloban City, Leyte province, central Philippines on March 30, 2026. Photo by MARLON TANO / AFP
In response to Iran’s partial closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the United States has begun implementing a counter-blockade—leveraging naval patrols, sanctions enforcement, and selective interdictions to constrain Iranian oil exports and raise the costs of Tehran’s strategy. Rather than restoring stability, however, this tit-for-tat dynamic is accelerating fragmentation in global ...
Philippines Urges China to Keep Tone ‘Calm’ as Rhetoric Heats Up
The Philippine foreign ministry urged the Chinese Embassy in Manila on Wednesday to be "constructive" in its statements amid an escalating war of words between Chinese diplomats and public officials, including senators. The Department of Foreign Affairs' newly appointed maritime affairs ...