Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
SRINAGAR, India (AFP) – by Parvaiz BUKHARI A police paramilitary commander was shot dead in Kashmir’s main city while at least two suspected separatist militants were killed in gun-battles Monday as violence flared in the disputed Himalayan region on Indian Independence Day. The unnamed commander was critically injured in an ambush and died in hospital, a senior officer of India’s Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) confirmed to AFP, adding that two other members of the […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A magnitude 5.6 undersea earthquake struck Japan Monday off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, though there were no immediate reports of damages. The quake struck at about 4:00 pm (0700 GMT) at a depth of some 28 kilometres (17 miles), the US Geological Survey said. There was no threat of a tsunami from the quake, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, battered by a massive […]
(REUTERS) Thailand’s army said on Monday it had detained several people for questioning over a wave of deadly bombings in some of the country’s best known-beach resorts that killed four people and wounded dozens, including tourists. Last week’s blasts came days after Thais voted to accept a military-backed constitution that paves the way for an election at the end of 2017. No group has claimed responsibility, although police and the government have ruled out […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Monday urged North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapon programme and defended the deployment of a US anti-missile system in the face of repeated “provocations” by Pyongyang. Tensions have been running high on the divided Korean peninsula ever since the North carried out its fourth nuclear test in January, and are expected to spike again when the South launches an annual joint military exercise […]
HONG KONG, United States (AFP) — Former Philippine leader Fidel Ramos said Friday he had met with a senior Chinese official during a trip to Hong Kong aimed at improving ties between Manila and Beijing, with both sides working towards formal discussions. Relations have cooled since a UN-backed tribunal ruled last month that China’s claims over most of the South China Sea were invalid, in a sweeping victory for the Philippines which brought the case. […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) – Southeast Asian nations agreed to a roadmap on Thursday to combat acrid haze from Indonesian fires that cloaks vast swathes of the region every year, but the move was greeted by activists with scepticism. Further doubts were raised about the agreement with the Indonesian environment minister skipping the one-day meeting in Kuala Lumpur attended by environment ministers from the the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a 10-member regional bloc. Malaysia’s […]
QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) — A roadside bomb apparently targeting a judge injured at least 13 people in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta on Thursday, officials said, days after a major attack killed most of the city’s senior lawyers. “The bomb was planted on a bridge in the city, which went off immediately after the vehicle of an Islamic court judge passed by it,” Akbar Harifal, the home secretary of southwestern Balochistan province, told AFP. The […]
by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber with Karam al-Masri in Aleppo MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia’s defense ministry on Wednesday said it would hold fire around Syria’s ravaged city of Aleppo for three hours each day to allow humanitarian aid in, an initiative the UN said is insufficient to meet the city’s needs. “To guarantee total security for the convoys to Aleppo there will be humanitarian windows established from 1000 to 1300 local time starting tomorrow during which […]
Phnom Penh, Cambodia (AFP) — Survivors of the Khmer Rouge hit out at Pokemon Go players on Wednesday after they flocked to one of the regime’s notorious prisons — now a museum to Cambodia’s brutal genocide — to catch digital monsters. The mobile app was made available in Cambodia on Saturday alongside a host of other Southeast Asian nations, with fans flocking to well known landmarks in recent days. But the game — which encourages […]
HONGKONG, China (AFP) — Former Philippine leader Fidel Ramos said Tuesday he would meet contacts with links to Chinese President Xi Jinping during a trip to Hong Kong intended to improve ties between Manila and Beijing. Relations have cooled since a UN-backed tribunal ruled last month that China’s claims over most of the South China Sea were invalid, in a sweeping victory for the Philippines which brought the case. Ramos — a longtime advocate of […]
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) – by Mamoon Durrani Fierce fighting in Helmand has sent thousands of Afghans fleeing to the capital of the southern opium-rich province, sparking a humanitarian crisis as Taliban insurgents besiege the city despite intensified US air strikes. The Taliban advance on Lashkar Gah has compounded fears that the city was on the brink of falling into insurgent hands, even as US and Afghan officials insist that they will not allow another urban […]
DARAYA, Syria (Reuters) — Air strikes by the Syrian government or its Russian allies hit rebel territories in the Damascus suburbs on Monday (August 8), resulting in “many” casualties, a monitoring group has said. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported warplanes and helicopters launched raids across Damacus’s east and western suburbs, known as the Ghouta. The exact number of those killed or injured is unknown, but at least one man was killed in […]
