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(Eagle News) — An unusual hailstorm was felt in Dubai and parts of the United Arab Emirates, such as Sharjah, where ice particles the size of marbles fell like rain on Wednesday. Feb. 17. Residents said this is highly unusual. These photos were sent by our correspondents from the UAE.
MANILA, Philippines – According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, it is still verifying international news reports that China is constructing military bases in the reclaimed area in the West Philippine Sea. On the other hand, Presidential Spokeman Edwin Lacierda said that President Benigno Aquino already received the news and has asked the Department of National Defense to verify said reports. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korean Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo on Thursday (February 18) reaffirmed the allegation that 70 percent of U.S. dollars paid as wages and fees for the suspended Kaesong industrial project, run jointly with the North, had been diverted for use in Pyongyang’s weapons program. Last week, South Korea suspended the project as punishment for the North’s rocket launch on February 7 saying it would no longer allow the funds paid […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan swung back to a trade deficit in January as exports to China plunged, official data showed Thursday, underscoring the impact of a slowdown in one of Tokyo’s biggest trade partners. The disappointing figures come after Japan’s economy shrank 0.4 percent in the October-December quarter — or an annualised 1.4 percent drop — owing to weak demand for big-ticket items like cars and home appliances. That was Japan’s second quarterly contraction […]
AL-MOADDAMYEH, Syria (CCTV/Reuters) — Around 100 trucks with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent on Wednesday entered five besieged areas in Syria to deliver much-needed food and medicine to civilians. The areas receiving the relief aid are the Damascus suburb of al-Moaddamyeh, as well as al Fouaa, Kafraya, al-Zabadani and Madaya. It is the first time that the Arab Red Crescent has delivered large amounts of relief supplies to the five besieged areas in one day. Thirty-five […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — At least 500 rebels on Wednesday crossed the Turkish border heading for the Syrian town of Azaz in northern Aleppo province, a monitor said, where opposition forces have suffered setbacks at the hands of Kurdish forces. “At least 500 rebels have crossed the Bab al-Salam border crossing on their way to the town of Azaz, from which they want to help the insurgents in the face of gains made by Kurdish […]
(LOS ANGELES, California) — The leaders of the United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) concluded their Special US-ASEAN Summit by issuing a joint statement titled the Sunnylands Declaration. President Benigno S. Aquino III attended the first standalone summit between US President Barack Obama and Southeast Asian leaders held at the Sunnylands estate in Rancho Mirage. The summit was divided into two sessions focusing on promoting an innovative, entrepreneurial ASEAN Economic Community; […]
ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — It started with a rumble that sounded like thunder or an earthquake, sending startled residents rushing to their balconies, who watched in horror as plumes of smoke rose over central Ankara. It wasn’t long before their worst fears were confirmed: Turkey’s capital, still reeling from twin blasts that killed over 100 last year, had been hit again. Sirens blaring, ambulances and police cars raced to the scene of the explosion […]
ANKARA, Turkey (CCTV/Reuters) — A car bomb attack killed at least 28 people in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Wednesday night. The explosion, which targeted an army convoy, also injured at least 61 people, Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said at a press conference after the attack. A local resident named Noury was only 300 meters away from the explosion site when the bomb went off, having driven past just 20 seconds earlier. […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan successfully launched a jointly developed space observation satellite on Wednesday tasked with studying mysterious black holes, the country’s space agency said. The ASTRO-H satellite, developed in collaboration between the agency, NASA and other groups, is set to orbit at an altitude of about 580 kilometres (360 miles) and observe X-rays emanating mainly from black holes and galaxy clusters. The satellite was carried out by the country’s mainstay H-IIA rocket, which […]
by Ben Dooley BEIJING, China (AFP) — China has deployed surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island in the South China Sea, Taiwan said Wednesday, as Beijing insisted it had a right to build “self-defence” systems in the strategic region. Taiwan’s defence ministry confirmed the facility’s existence after Fox News reported missile launchers had arrived on Woody Island, part of the Paracels chain, in the past week. The report came as President Barack Obama called for […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — Reports that China has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system to one of the disputed islands it controls in the South China Sea have been created by certain Western media, the country’s foreign minister said on Wednesday (February 17). “This is something that we were just being told several minutes ago that there are reports like that. And we believe that this is an attempt by certain Western media to create […]
