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BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing’s defence ministry on Thursday warned the US navy to “be careful” in the South China Sea and slammed a newly signed agreement between Washington and the Philippines. Earlier this month, Manila agreed to give US forces access to five military bases, including some close to the disputed South China Sea, where tensions have risen over Beijing’s assertion of its territorial claims. China claims virtually all the South China Sea despite […]
KOLKATA, India – At least 10 people were killed on Thursday and 150 were feared trapped when a flyover under construction collapsed in the Indian city of Kolkata, two police officials said. Firefighters and residents were trying with their bare hands to rescue those trapped under the wreckage of the metal-and-cement structure that came down in a teeming commercial district. A Reuters witness said paramedics at the scene had worked to free people from a […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — More than $4.5 million of tens of millions recently stolen from Bangladesh and funneled into Philippine casinos was recovered Thursday, as a lawmaker in Manila said almost half the haul could still be salvaged. On February 5, unidentified hackers shifted $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank’s account with the US Federal Reserve to a nondescript bank in Manila, and then to the casinos where the trail went cold. Representatives for […]
by Andrew BEATTY WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama opened a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping with a promise of “candid” discussion over Beijing’s suspected military buildup in the South China Sea. “We will have candid exchanges about areas where we have differences, issues like human rights, cyber and maritime issues,” Obama said as he sat across the conference table from his Chinese counterpart. US officials have expressed concern that […]
LARNACA,Cyprus – Egypt’s ambassador to Cyprus said on Tuesday (March 29) that the hijacker appears to have been motivated by nothing more than a family feud and that all passengers were safe. “The whole operation was going very well, from the very beginning, early in the morning around probably 8 o’clock until now, we were co-ordinating between the Egyptian and the Cypriot authorities,” said ambassador Hussein AbdelKarim Tantawy Mubarak. “I think the hijacker is something […]
TOKYO,Japan (Reuters) — Thousands of people protested in front of the Japanese parliament on Tuesday evening (March 29), on the day laws loosening the limits of Japan’s pacifist constitution on its military took effect. Surveys showed the public remained divided over a change that allows Japanese troops to fight overseas for the first time since World War Two. The protesters held placards that read “Protect the constitution” and “Protect the lives of self-defense force personnel.” […]
by Kiki Siregar JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Ten Indonesian sailors have been kidnapped in waters of the conflict-wracked southern Philippines by Islamic militants who have demanded a ransom for their release, authorities said Tuesday. The crew were travelling on a tugboat pulling a barge from Borneo island to thePhilippines when they were hijacked, Indonesian and Philippine officials said. Hijackers on a wooden motor boat are thought to have abducted the sailors Saturday. The vessels’ owners […]
ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT -Egypt’s interior ministry released footage on Tuesday (March 29) of a man they described as the hijacker of an Egypt air plane, passing through airport security before boarding the flight. The footage was posted on the interior ministry’s social media accounts. It shows a screen showing people by a luggage x-ray machine before a person circled in red passes through. He appears to place his bag on the machine and pass through an […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — The Taiwanese coastguard said Monday it had arrested 41 Chinese fisherman in possession of 15 tonnes of illicit coral reef and endangered turtles near a disputed atoll in the South China Sea. Taiwanese authorities detained the fishermen on March 22 after their 300-tonne vessel was discovered operating illegally off the shore of Tongsha island, the coastguard said, in the island’s largest mission targeting rampant poaching in the contested waters. Officials later […]
Washington, United States (AFP)—United States President Barack Obama will this week meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on the sidelines of a nuclear security summit, with North Korea on the agenda, the White House said recently. The trilateral meeting on Thursday in Washington comes the same day that Obama is scheduled to meet one-on-one with Chinese President Xi Jinping. “This meeting will be an opportunity for the three leaders […]
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections opened to the public the profiles of the national candidates by uploading said information in the COMELEC’s official website. Said act aims to inform the public regarding the candidates, especially their platforms. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/mi2cLOO7yK4
BRUSSELS, Belgium – After the attack on the Brussels airport, temporary check-in desks were installed although there are still no reports on when said airport will resume its operation. Most flights were re-routed to other regional airports in Belgium. According to authorities, the death toll is now at 30, with 300 injured. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
