(Reuters) The Paris terror attacks are likely to galvanize a stronger global military response to Islamic State, after a U.S.-led air war that has lasted more than a year has failed to contain a group now proving itself to be a growing worldwide threat. The United States, long accused of taking an incremental approach to the struggle, is under growing political pressure at home and abroad to do more and it is expected to examine […]
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Dozens killed in Paris attacks, Hollande declares emergency
(REUTERS) About 100 people were killed in the Bataclan concert hall in central Paris and 40 others have died in other locations in and around Paris in a militant attack, an official at Paris City hall said. Gunmen and bombers attacked busy restaurants, bars and a concert hall at locations around Paris on Friday evening, killing dozens of people in what a shaken President Francois Hollande described as an unprecedented terrorist attack The apparently […]
Russian airliner crashes in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula, 224 passengers aboard killed
(Reuters) — The wreckage of a Russian airliner carrying 224 passengers that crashed in Egypt killing all on board lay scattered along the Sinai peninsula’s mountainous dry landscapes on Saturday (October 31). The Airbus A321, operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia under the brand name Metrojet, was flying from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg in Russia when it went down in central Sinai soon after daybreak, the aviation ministry said. A militant group affiliated […]
Romanian government declares 3-day national mourning after Bucharest nightclub fire that killed 27
(Reuters) — A candle-lit memorial is set up outside a Bucharest nightclub on Saturday (October 31) and Romania’s government declared a three-day national mourning, after an overnight fire killed 27 people and injured 184 during a rock concert that featured fireworks used indoors. In one of the capital’s worst disasters in decades, up to 500 people, mostly young adults, stampeded for the only available exit as the club in the basement of a Communist-era sport-shoe factory […]
Int’l trade fair Ambiente to showcase design trends, Press-con in Manila previews highlights
With Ambiente 2016 nearing, organiser Messe Frankfurt GmbH held a press conference on Friday, October 16, 2015 in Manila to encourage Philippine businesses to participate. Below is the official press release. The show to see: Ambiente 2016 is the barometer for trends in the consumer-goods industry Leading international fair welcomes Italy as 5th partner country; Paola Navone is the designer of Italy’s partner country presentation https://youtu.be/seQtU2Tvsps Contract business, sourcing and a top-flight complementary programme. New […]
German president attends unification exhibition in South Korea
German President Joachim Gauck attends an opening ceremony for an exhibition symbolising hopes of reunification near the demilitarised zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas. German President Joachim Gauck attended an opening ceremony on Wednesday (October 14) for the “Unification Platform”, an exhibition representing hopes of a reunification between the two Koreas, held near the demilitarised zone (DMZ) separating the nations. About 300 people, including South Korean Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo and German Ambassador to South […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel to call for EU solution to migrant crisis at upcoming summit
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday (October 12) that she would travel to an EU summit in Brussels later in the week and ask her fellow leaders to work together in tackling the migrant crisis. Speaking at an event of her Christian Democrat Union part in the northern city of Stade, Merkel said that Germany cannot handle the problem alone. “When on Thursday this week I travel to the European Council in Brussels, then […]
Flash floods kill at least 13 on French Riviera
Flooding caused by torrential rain along part of the French Riviera has killed least 13 people, officials said Sunday (October 4). The downpour hit the Alpes-Maritimes region — which lies at the eastern end of France’s Mediterranean coast and borders Italy — on Saturday evening (October 3). Eight people have been found dead and another five are missing, the government’s local office said. President Francois Hollande had earlier said there had been at least 12 […]
Syria: The land of the ‘Flee’
QUEZON City, Philippines (September 23) – Food and water shortage, bombings, and wrecked homes; these are just some of the problems that the citizens of Syria are facing right now. Since the war began in 2011, thousands of refugees had fled the land to search for a place that will provide them food and shelter. It is alarming that their number is increasing considering that many host countries are incapable of catering to their needs. From […]
22 migrants drown as boat capsizes in Aegean Sea
(Reuters) — Twenty-two migrants drowned and 200 more were rescued when a boat capsized in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish coast on Tuesday (September 15). The boat was apparently attempting to reach the Greek island of Kos. A total of 211 immigrants were rescued from the boat while divers recovered the bodies of 22 drowned passengers, a statement from the Turkish coastguard said. The boat went down about 1.5 miles (2.5 km) off the […]
Migrants crowd Vienna’s main station to wait for trains
SEPTEMBER 14 (Eagle News) — Austrian authorities braced themselves for another wave of migrants and refugees coming over the border from Hungary on Sunday (September 13), after a brief lull in arrivals gave them a chance to re-stock reception centers. Migrants crowded into Vienna’s Westbahnhof train station, one of the city’s main stations, where trains depart for Germany. Volunteers were on hand to give out refreshments and to help keep the children amused with toys […]
Europe may face decades of refugee crisis, says expert
(Courtesy CCTV) — The refugee crisis that Europe is now facing might last for decades, and yet no policy so far can solve the problem, said an international strategic expert in an exclusive interview with China Central Television (CCTV) on Friday in London. Nigel Inkster, the Director of Transnational Threats and Political Risk at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said the refugee crisis may last longer than many people think. “I think the answer […]
