Philippines President Condemns Chinese 'Attacks,' Vows 'Proportionate' Countermeasures
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FILE - Chinese Coast Guard vessels fire water cannons towards a Philippine resupply vessel Unaizah May 4 on its way to a resupply mission at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, March 5, 2024.
The Philippines said it will take retaliatory measures against what President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Thursday called "dangerous attacks" by China on its vessels in the South China Sea, the latest instance of escalating tensions between the two nations.
FILE - A woman and baby wait in line at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to El Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan, in January 2024. The United Nations on April 26, 2024, is warning of renewed and escalating violence in the area. (MSF/Mohamed Zakaria/Handout via Reuters) FILE - Destruction is seen across a livestock market area in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, Sept. 1, 2023.
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George Washington University students set tents in the campus during a pro-Palestinian protest against the Israel-Hamas war, April 25, 2024, in Washington. A sign calling attention to the conflict in Gaza rests against a tent, April 25, 2024, at an encampment on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus, in Cambridge, Mass.
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Myanmar's nationals who crossed the border to seek shelter in Bangladesh are escorted back to their country by ships at Cox's Bazar on April 25, 2024. Bangladesh on April 25 sent home nearly 300 Myanmar soldiers and civil servants who fled to escape rebel attacks. FILE - Members of Myanmar Border Guard Police, in civilian clothing, sit under the shade of trees after abandoning their posts following fighting between Myanmar security forces and Arakan Army as Bangladesh border guards stand guard in Bangladesh, Feb. 5, 2024.