President Benigno Aquino III’s action to bring the South China Sea dispute to the United Nations Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) is a gambling of the nation’s sovereignty and pride, said a newspaper columnist Credit: Reuters
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Over 100 bodies dumped in Mexican mass grave: officials
TETELCINGO,MORELOS, Mexico(Reuters) — Forensic investigators in Mexico on Monday (May 23) began exhuming at least 100 bodies found in a mass grave in the state of Morelos, which authorities believe to be the work of organised crime in the region. According to officials, investigators have been called in to identify the remains of about 116 people who are believed to be buried in this mass grave in the duty town of Tetelcingo. Given the high […]
Bombs kill nearly 150 in Syrian government-held cities – monitor
JABLEH, SYRIA (Reuters) — Bomb blasts killed nearly 150 people and wounded at least 200 in Jableh and Tartous on Syria’s Mediterranean coast on Monday (May 23) in the government-controlled territory that hosts Russian military bases, monitors and state media said. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks in the cities that have up to now escaped the worst of the violence. It said it was targeting members of President Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite minority. The […]
Bayer defies critics with $62 billion Monsanto offer
(REUTERS) German drugs and crop chemicals group Bayer has offered to buy U.S. seeds company Monsanto for $62 billion in cash, defying criticism from some of its own shareholders in a bid to grab the top spot in a fast-consolidating farm supplies industry. The unsolicited proposal, which includes debt, would be the largest foreign takeover by a German company if accepted. The move, which would eclipse a planned combination of Dow Chemical and DuPont’s agriculture […]
Obama banishes Vietnam war era with lifting of arms ban
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) – by Jérôme CARTILLIER Tran Thi Minh Ha US President Barack Obama on Monday scrapped a Cold War-era ban on weapons sales to Vietnam, as ties between the former foes grow closer thanks to trade and mutual fears of Chinese expansion in disputed seas. The announcement, made at the start of Obama’s three-day visit to Vietnam, ends a decades-old embargo and will likely infuriate Beijing, which has been increasingly assertive in its claims […]
Manhunt after millions stolen in hours-long Japan ATM heist
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – A manhunt is underway for criminals who looted millions from Japan’s cash machines nationwide in an hours-long heist, officials and reports said Monday. Armed with fake credit card details from South Africa’s Standard Bank, the thieves hit 1,400 convenience store ATMs in a coordinated attack earlier this month. The international gang members, reportedly numbering around 100 people, each made a series of withdrawals in less than three hours, Japanese media said. […]
IS claims deadly Yemen bombings
Aden, Yemen (AFP)—The Islamic State jihadist group has claimed responsibility for twin bombings against the Yemeni army which killed 41 people in second city Aden on Monday. In a statement posted online, IS said one of its militants detonated an explosives belt among “apostate soldiers” at an army recruitment center, followed by a bomb that exploded at the gate of the nearby Badr army base in Aden’s Khormaksar district. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
Yemen bombings kill at least 41: new toll
UPDATES TOLL ADEN, Yemen (AFP) — Twin bombings targeting the Yemeni army in second city Aden on Monday killed at least 41 people, most of them would-be recruits, a military official said. A suicide bomber killed 34 people queueing up to enlist at a recruitment centre near the Badr base in the Khormaksar district, said Brigadier General Nasser al-Sarei, commander of special security forces. A second explosion went off inside the base afterwards, killing seven soldiers, […]
Abu Dhabi giant oil company to lay off thousands of employees
The largest oil company in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates plans to lay-off thousands of employees in order to cut costs as the price of oil continue to go down in the world market. No reports yet regarding how many overseas Filipino workers are affected by the said plan. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
At least 20 dead in Yemen suicide bombing: military official
ADEN , Yemen (AFP) — A suicide bomber attacked young men queueing up to enlist in the Yemeni army in the southern port city of Aden on Monday, killing at least 20, a military official said. The bomber detonated an explosives belt after joining the queue at the recruitment center near the Badr base in the Khormaksar district of the city, where the government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi is based. bur-mou/tm/ak/kir © 1994-2016 Agence […]
