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(REUTERS) — Indian media reported at least 17 people were killed in India on Saturday (April 25) when an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale hit neighboring Nepal. The Nepal death toll from the powerful earthquake rose to 688, a senior home ministry official told Reuters at around 1130gmt, with 181 people killed in the capital Kathmandu. The figure was expected to rise rapidly. It was the worst quake to hit the impoverished Himalayan nation […]
(UPDATED 12:43 a.m. April 26) At least 1,457 people were killed in the 7.9 magnitude shallow earthquake that hit Nepal, according to a CNN report that quoted Nepal’s National Emergency Operation Center. Earlier, Reuters reported that some 900 people are dead after a shallow earthquake measuring 7.9 magnitude that struck west of the ancient Nepali capital of Kathmandu on Saturday (April 25) based on initial police estimates. Kathmandu’s main civil hospital said 36 bodies had […]
QUEZON City, Philippines, April 24 (Eagle News) – According to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), more than 12, 000 Filipino fishermen are affected by the continuing Chinese reclamation in the West Philippine Sea which destroys the coral reefs which served as the natural habitat of several marine life. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
More than a hundred activists gathered outside the Indonesian Embassy in Manila on Friday (April 24) to appeal for clemency pending the execution of a Filipino national in Indonesia. Mary Jane Veloso, a mother of two children, was arrested with 2.6 kilograms of heroin at Yogyakarta airport in 2010. Her plea for presidential clemency and judicial review were rejected. Migrant rights activists accompanied several family members in front of the embassy gate, carrying placards and […]
APRIL 24 — Philippines Vice President, Jejomar Binay said on Thursday (April 23) that he had made an appeal for mercy on behalf of a Filipina currently on death row in Indonesia. Mary Jane Veloso, a mother of two children, was arrested with 2.6 kilograms of heroin at Yogyakarta airport in 2010. Her plea for presidential clemency and judicial review were rejected. Binay, who was in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, for the Asia-Africa conference met his […]
AN Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced former president Mohamed Morsi to 20 years in prison for the torture and killing of opposition protesters in 2012 clashes. Morsi was on trial along with 12 other members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhoodgroup and the sentencing of one of Morsi’s several trials lasted just four minutes. “As a representative of the injured protesters, the verdict was satisfactory. However, it definitely wasn’t for the families of those killed in the […]
THE U.S. State Department said on Tuesday (April 21) that if reports that China used water cannons on Philippine fishing boats in disputed waters are accurate, it would be a “provocative” step. “It would represent a step backward in finding a diplomatic resolution to the dispute,” State spokeswoman Marie Harf said. Filipino activists have accused China’s coast guard of turning water cannons on civilian boats in the disputed area on Monday. Chinese ships rammed a […]
SAUDI Arabia announced on Tuesday (April 21) the end of a military air strike campaign against Houthi rebels and their allies in Yemen after nearly a month of air strikes that have worsened a humanitarian crisis in the country. “Today, the leadership of the coalition has announced that it has ended the Decisive Storm Operation in accordance with a request by the Yemen government and his excellency the President (of Yemen), who felt that the […]
JAPAN — The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) held a news conference on Monday (April 20) lifting the tsunami alert for the Okinawa island chain triggered by a strong earthquake which rattled small islands in the far south of Japan and parts of Taiwan. “At around 10:43 a.m. on April 20, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake has occurred and the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning to Miyakojima and Yaeyama region. The warning is lifted as […]
A strong earthquake rattled Taiwan and small islands in the far south of Japan on Monday, official monitoring sites said, prompting a warning for a 1-metre tsunami for the Okinawa island chain. There were no immediate reports of damage after the quake in either country. The Japan Meteorological Agency said a 6.8 magnitude hit near Okinawa, saying it was very shallow. It issued a warning for a 1-metre tsunami in small islands that are part of […]
The vice foreign ministers of Japan, South Korea and the United States (U.S) urged China on Thursday (April 16) to adhere to international law and cease its development of island strips in the South China Sea for the apparent purpose of establishing its footprint in the region. “What, I think we all agree on, is the need to pursue any claims that countries have with strict adherence and respect for the rule of law, for […]
CHINA has urged the Philippines to respect its territorial sovereignty after President Benigno Aquino said Beijing’s efforts to control the South China Sea should cause fear around the world. The Philippine president made the comments during an interview with AFP on Tuesday (April 14), adding that while he did not believe China intended to start a military conflict in the region, there was a possibility of one breaking out. In response to the comments, China’s […]
