The Philippines' Food and Drug Administration has authorised the emergency use of Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine, its head said on Thursday.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which has shown a 95 per cent success rate, is the first vaccine the Philippines has approved.
FDA head Rolando Enrique Domingo told a media briefing China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd on Wednesday submitted to regulators its emergency use authorization application.
Israel has provided no details on killing of Bibas hostages: family
Israeli authorities have not provided relatives with any details regarding the killing of the three Bibas hostages after they were taken to Gaza during the October 7 attack by Hamas militants, the family said in a statement.
Hamas releases six hostages from Gaza in seventh exchange
Hamas freed five hostages in two separate areas from Gaza on Saturday, including two who have been held for over a decade, while the sixth was handed over privately to the Red Cross.
Trump fires top US general in unprecedented Pentagon shakeup
President Donald Trump on Friday fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General C.Q. Brown, and pushed out five other admirals and generals in an unprecedented shake-up of U.S. military leadership.
Netanyahu says Hamas will pay for not returning Shiri Bibas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Israel would make Hamas pay for failing to release the body of hostage Shiri Bibas as agreed.
The UAE has sent 300 tonnes of aid for infants and newborn babies to Gaza under "Operation Chivalrous Knight 3," it was announced on Saturday.
Dubai Police have shut down four printing presses for reportedly printing "massage cards," the authority announced on Saturday.
Some bus routes around Terminal 1 at Dubai International Airport (DXB) have been temporarily adjusted from February 21 due to "road enhancements," the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) said.
