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PARIS, Dec. 12 (PNA/Xinhua) — Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon on Friday called on negotiators and ministers to reach a final outcome the Paris climate talks. “As secretary general of the United Nations, I’m urging the negotiators to make their decision, based on global vision,” he said, adding that “this is not the moment of talking about national perspectives.” “A low-carbon economy will help implementation of Sustainable Development Goals, which were adopted […]
The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria has killed the group’s finance minister and two other senior leaders in air strikes in recent weeks, a U.S. military spokesman said on Thursday (December 10). Army Colonel Steve Warren told a Pentagon briefing that coalition strikes had killed Abu Salah, Islamic State’s financial minister, as well as a senior leader responsible for coordinating the group’s extortion activities and another leader who acted as […]
Hundreds of activists rallied on Thursday (December 10) in front of Donald Trump’s hotel in midtown New York City to condemn the Republican 2016 presidential candidate’s call to bar Muslims temporarily from entering the United States. Chanting “Dump Trump” and “refugees welcome,” the protesters castigated Trump’s comments. “There shouldn’t be a number on how many Syrians should be allowed into this country and Islamophobia and Arabphobia and Xenophobia and all of it, it’s becoming a real […]
Joint efforts to fight against terrorism effectively among countries in the Middle East have proven difficult as they lack mutual trust among each other, say analysts in the region. Saudi Arabia has enhanced domestic anti-terrorism campaigns and security measures after it suffered many suicide bomb attacks in 2015. But as for airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria, Saudi Arabia cannot stand with Iran as it believes that Iran aims to help consolidate the […]
The Swiss city of Geneva raised its alert level on Thursday and said it was looking for suspects who, according to national officials, had possible links to terrorism. A security guard at the United Nations’ European headquarters told Reuters that Swiss authorities were searching for four men believed to be in or near the city. Another guard said the U.N. compound was on maximum alert, and Geneva prosecutors said they were investigating the preparation of […]
The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria has killed the group’s finance minister and two other senior leaders in air strikes in recent weeks, a U.S. military spokesman said on Thursday. Army Colonel Steve Warren told a Pentagon briefing coalition strikes had killed Abu Salah, Islamic State’s financial minister, in late November. “He was one of the most senior and experienced members of ISIL’s financial network and he was a legacy […]
Islamic State militants have made more than $500 million trading oil with significant volumes sold to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and some finding its way to Turkey, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Thursday. The United States, France, Britain and Russia have vowed to defeat Islamic State, which uses an extreme interpretation of Islam to justify attacks and brutality in large parts of Syria and Iraq that it controls. A U.S.-led […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday appeared to say his country has developed a hydrogen bomb, a step up from the less powerful atomic bomb, but the United States and outside experts were skeptical. Kim made the comments as he toured the Phyongchon Revolutionary Site, which marks the feats of his father who died in 2011 and his grandfather, state founder and eternal president, Kim Il Sung, the official KCNA news agency said. […]
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – In another legal victory for the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ), this time in Virginia Beach, Virginia USA, a United States judge ruled in favor of the INC, denying a petition filed by an expelled church member who wanted the weekly offerings she made previously as an INC member to be returned to her. US Judge Salvatore R. Iaquinto ruled in favor of the defendant, Minister of the Gospel, […]
Singapore sees a “clear and present danger” to Asia from Islamism militancy, especially from the threat of groups linking up after pledging allegiance to Islamic State. Singapore’s Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen made the remarks on Wednesday, a day after signing a defense cooperation agreement with the United States that covers trans-national militancy. Minister Ng said intelligence sharing was a key to dealing with the issue. According to Ng, in the past three years the […]
An online petition to be barred Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump from the United Kingdom has garnered more support. (Eagle News Service)
An earthquake measuring 6.9 magnitudes on Wednesday evening rocked the Malaku provincial capital of Ambon, Indonesia. According to the U.S. Geological survey, the epicenter of the earthquake was located at 111 kilometers southeast of Ambon. The USGS reported that the earthquake hitting at a depth of 33.9 kilometers. According to officials there was no damage and causalities reported from the quake. <em>(Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith […]
