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Belgium’s interior ministry released more photographs on Monday (November 16) of French suspect Salah Abdeslam, who remains wanted by authorities and at large. The Belgian soccer federation said in a statement late on Monday it was calling off an international friendly due to be played against Spain in Brussels on Tuesday (November 17) for security reasons. A statement on the Belgian interior ministry’s website said it had recommended the cancellation of the match after raising […]
U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Manila on Tuesday (November 17), a day before the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit Leaders’ Meeting. Stepping out of Air Force One at the Balagbag private airstrip, Obama was met by U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg, Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, and other Filipino officials. Later on Tuesday, Obama is scheduled to conduct a tour of the BRP Gregorio del Pilar, a decommissioned Hamilton-class cutter that […]
Prime ministers from Malaysian and New Zealand arrived in Manila on Tuesday (November 17), a day before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Summit. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was welcomed by Filipino officials at Manila’s international airport. Malaysia has brokered peace talks between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to end a 45-year conflict that has killed 120,000 people, displaced 2 million and stunted growth in one of the poor and […]
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto arrived at Manila’s international airport on Tuesday (November 17) for a state visit to the country. Pena Nieto was greeted by an entourage of Filipino officials and walked past two rows of honour guards upon his arrival. He will also be attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting which starts on Wednesday (November 18). Pena Nieto is scheduled to meet Philippines President Benigno Aquino later on Tuesday. The Asia-Pacific […]
Heads of state from South Korea and Australia arrived in Manila on Tuesday (November 18), ahead of the the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting. South Korean President Park Geun-hye was welcomed by Ambassador to South Korea Raul Hernandez at Manila’s international airport. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull arrived in Manila a few minutes after Park and was welcomed by Filipino officials. He is expected to meet U.S. President Barack Obama later on Tuesday. The […]
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying arrived into Manila on Monday night (November 16) and was welcomed by Filipino officials ahead of the the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Apart from attending the APEC Leaders’ Meeting which begins on Wednesday (November 18), Leung is also scheduled to speak at the APEC CEO Summit on Tuesday. Hong Kong and the Philippines maintain close economic ties, with more than 150,000 Filipinos working mostly as domestic helpers in […]
Rescuers conducted a safety exercise on Monday as they raced to locate survivors of a massive landslide in the city of Lishui in east China’s Zhejiang Province. The death toll from the landslide, which was triggered by flooding on Friday night in Lidong Village, has risen to 25 people while 12 others remain missing, authorities said. The avalanche of mud and rock caused by torrential rain engulfed some 27 homes. The emergency exercise, which lasted […]
A man who survived an explosion near the Stade de France just north of Paris on Friday night (November 13) said his cell phone saved his life by blocking flying debris. Gunmen and bombers attacked restaurants, a concert hall and a sports stadium at locations across Paris on Friday, killing at least 120 people in a deadly rampage that a shaken President Francois Hollande called an unprecedented terrorist attack. Sylvestre, who was walking near the […]
(REUTERS) Islamic State warned in a new video on Monday that countries taking part in air strikes against Syria would suffer the same fate as France, and threatened to attack in Washington. The video, which appeared on a website used by Islamic State to post its messages, begins with news footage of the aftermath of Friday’s Paris shootings in which at least 129 people were killed. The message to countries involved in what it called […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (November 17) – Different countries united for a common goal, to aim for a better and brighter future for their country and their people. This is the reason why Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, more popularly known as APEC, was created – to facilitate the growing economy, trade and Investment in the Asia Pacific Region. The main objective of APEC is known as BOGOR goals, it aims to achieve free trade and open trade […]
France immediately conducted retaliatory air strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria with 20 fighter jets attacking ISIS forts in Syria, destroying a command post as well as a training camp of the said jihadist group. Said air strike was conducted in cooperation with United States forces. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
In the wake of the terrorist attack conducted by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, 132 were declared dead while 350 were injured with 100 in critical condition. President Francois Hollande declared a three-day period of mourning for the victims of what is considered as one of the largest terrorist attacks in Europe. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/EsKkzVpZF1Q
