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DHAKA, Bangladesh – The new governor of the Central Bank of Bangladesh sent a formal letter to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas as well as the Anti-Money Laundering Council to ask for assistance in recovering the stolen $81 million in what was touted as the biggest money-laundering scandal in financial history. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
(Courtesy Reuters/CCTV) — A suicide blast killed at least 70 people and injured more than 300 others in a public park in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday evening. A large number of the victims were women and children, as many mothers had taken their children to the park to celebrate Easter. After the explosion, pools of blood could be seen at the blast site and people, mostly women and children, were rushing […]
PALMYRA, Syria (AFP) — Syrian government forces backed by heavy Russian air support drove Islamic State out of Palmyra on Sunday (March 27), inflicting what the army called a mortal blow to militants who seized the city last year and dynamited its ancient temples. The loss of Palmyra represents one of the biggest setbacks for the ultra-hardline Islamist group since it declared a caliphate in 2014 across large parts of Syria and Iraq. The army […]
by Laura MANNERING HONG KONG (AFP) — It is just over a year since Erwiana Sulistyaningsih’s Hong Kong employer was jailed for horrific abuse of her maid in a case that made headlines around the world. After pictures of Erwiana’s extensive injuries went viral in 2014, the young Indonesian became the face of a movement determined to force change for the army of more than 300,000 migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong. Although she never […]
by Aaron TAM Hong Kong bookseller Lee Bo, who went missing three months ago and surfaced in China, is already on his way back over the border after a brief return home, local media reported. British citizen Lee, 65, returned to Hong Kong Thursday after disappearing in late December, in a case that has raised alarm over Beijing’s tightening grip. But Lee crossed back into the mainland Friday afternoon, less than 24 hours after his […]
Beijing, China (AFP)—At least 19 people have been killed in a coal mine accident in China, state media and officials said Thursday, in what is believed to be one of the deadliest such incidents so far this year. The accident happened on Wednesday night at a mine in the northern province of Shanxi owned by Shanxi Datong Coal Mine Group, the official Xinhua news agency said, without giving further details. The provincial Communist Youth League […]
Sydney, Australia (AFP)—Two pieces of debris found in Mozambique are “almost certainly from MH370,” Australia and Malaysia said Thursday, after technical analysis provided fresh clues to the fate of the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) aircraft. Until the latest discoveries, only a wing part recovered from a beach on the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, which lies east of Mozambique, had been confirmed as coming from the plane that disappeared two years ago. “The analysis […]
Seoul, South Korea (AFP)—North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has claimed a “historic” advance in the country’s nuclear strike capability with the successful test of a solid-fuel rocket engine, state media said Thursday. The announcement came as South Korean President Park Geun-Hye ordered the military to “strengthen readiness” in the wake of multiple North Korean threats to launch nuclear and conventional missile attacks. Tensions have been soaring on the divided Korean peninsula since the North carried […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Countries and mega-cities across Asia are highly exposed to natural hazards ranging from cyclones to earthquakes, but people in sub-Saharan Africa are more vulnerable, according to a report released Wednesday. Nearly 1.4 billion people in South Asia — India, Bangladesh, Pakistan — face at least one major threat from Nature, especially flooding, severe storms boosted by rising seas, and quakes. In the case of Bangladesh, 100 percent of its population is […]
TAIPING, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan on Wednesday gave its first ever international press tour of a disputed island in the South China Sea to boost its claim, less than two months after a visit by its leader sparked protests from rival claimants. Taiping is the largest island in the Spratlys chain and is administered by Taiwan, which sees it as part of its territory. But the Spratlys are also claimed in part or whole by […]
NEW York, United States of America – The United Nations Security Council removed the sanctions against four large sea-going vessels owned by a North Korean shipping firm. According to a United States official, said decision to lift the sanctions was made at the request of China after said country assured the Security Council that said vessels will no longer be used by North Korea. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by […]
Tokyo, Japan (AFP)—An armed nuclear transport vessel preparing to ship a huge cache of plutonium — enough to produce 50 nuclear bombs — to the United States arrived at a Japanese port on Monday amid tight security, local media said. The stockpile, provided by the US, Britain and France decades ago for research purposes, is being returned to the US as part of a bilateral storage deal. Television footage showed the Britain-registered ship entering a port […]
