Philippines on Wednesday commemorated National Flag Day through synchronized flag-raising ceremonies held at over a thousand ...

The Philippines on Wednesday celebrated the National Flag Day with simultaneous flag-raising ceremonies in over a thousand ...

to land on the sandbars and unfurl the Philippines flag, a move that was in turn harshly condemned and branded 'illegal' by Beijing. But this is just the latest in a long line of disputes which ...

The Philippine military on Sunday hit back at China by planting a flag at the disputed Sandy Cay reef days after Beijing had conducted a similar operation, the Philippine News Agency reported.

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Student falls to death at Tunisian institution after attempting to hang Palestinian flag (photo credit: SCREENSHOT/X) A 21-year-old student died after falling off a university building in Tunisia ...

Sunday was calmer, less windy. The group again scaled El Capitan to hang the flag upside down. As they pulled it up, Vince said he could hear cheers from the crowd below. “They’ve seen it ...

The flag was seen hanging Saturday on top of the park's famous El Capitan summit, a 3,000-foot vertical rock formation where the “Firefall” can be spotted. The demonstration comes after ...

Staff members at Yosemite National Park hung an upside-down US flag on the side of the El Capitan summit on Saturday, February 22, to protest the firing of staff numbers at the park by the Trump ...

Travelers come from around the world to witness the event at the granite monolith, famed for its nearly vertical walls ... Traditionally, hanging the American flag upside down symbolizes a ...

When the Cispadane Republic merged with nearby regions to create the new Cisalpine Republic, the stripes were rotated counterclockwise to the vertical stripes they ... The Italian flag can be seen ...