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Chinese Foreign Minister Want Yi warned the United States “not to make trouble out of nothing” in response to U.S Navy’s plan to send a destroyer to the South China Sea. A U.S defense official said the U.S. Navy plans to send a destroyer within 12 miles of China’s island in the South China Sea within the next 24 hours, according to the Cable News Network. Wang, who is attending a China-Japan-South Korea seminar in […]
A United States guided-missile destroyer has entered the Chinese reclamation area in the disputed territories in the West Philippine Area after President Barack Obama gave his “go” signal. Washington reiterated that said move is a routine matter as the United States regularly conducts patrols in international waters. It is expected that Beijing will protest said move. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
The U.S. Navy sent a warship on Tuesday (October 27) within 12 nautical miles of two artificial islands built by China in the South China Sea, a U.S. defence official told Reuters, in a challenge to China’s territorial claims in the area. The official said the patrol was carried out by the destroyer USS Lassen near Subi and Mischief reefs in the Spratly archipelago, features that were formerly submerged at high tide before China began […]
Militant group Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on Monday (October 25) that killed a worshipper and wounded several others at a Shi’ite mosque in Najran in southern Saudi Arabia. The attack targeted the “rejectionist Ismailis” said a statement carried by the group posted on Twitter, referring to the Ismaili Shi’ite sect who are a minority in Saudi Arabia. The kingdom has been hit by a spate of deadly shooting and bomb attacks, […]
A renown fort in India’s northernmost state suffered severe damage in an earthquake on Monday (October 26), said an official. A major earthquake struck the remote Afghan northeast on Monday, killing more than 200 people in Afghanistan and nearby northern Pakistan, injuring hundreds and sending shock waves as far as New Delhi, officials said. The death toll could climb in coming days because communications were down in much of the rugged Hindu Kush mountain range […]
South Korean navy fired warning shots at a North Korean patrol boat near the rivals’ disputed maritime border, where sailors on both sides have been killed in past exchanges of fire, the two sides said on Sunday (October 25). A North Korean spokesman said the South fired at its vessel conducting “routine” operation, calling it a “serious provocation,” and warned such action could spark military confrontation and refuel tensions on the Korean peninsula. “On Saturday, […]
Indonesia authorities struggled on Sunday (October 25) to contain fires started by slash-and-burn agriculture practices while the deteriorating air quality in the region led to at least one new death. Southeast Asia has suffered for years from an annual “haze” caused by forest and peat clearing across Indonesia, which has come under increasing political pressure to stop the problem, but so far to no avail. Fires this year have been helped by drier weather brought […]
South Korean navy fired warning shots at a North Korean patrol boat near the rivals’ disputed maritime border, where sailors on both sides have been killed in past exchanges of fire, the two sides said on Sunday. The incident, which took place on Saturday, coincided with the holding reunions of families separated during the 1950-53 Korean War under an August accord that ended an earlier standoff and called for better ties. South Korea’s navy fired […]
More than a foot of rain fell on Navarro County, south of Dallas on Saturday (October 24) as heavy rains inundated many parts of Texas. Rains across Texas triggered flash floods, forcing evacuations in at least one county and stranded drivers in the central part of the state, officials said. One man was missing in San Antonio after being swept into a drainage ditch by flood waters, officials said. A Union Pacific freight train derailed […]
UNITED States of America (Eagle News) – Several pets became stars of their viral videos when they dressed-up and re-enact famous scenes and pretend to be popular cartoon characters. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Vince Alvin Villarin)
Haze covered Singapore on Friday (October 23) as forest fires in Indonesia continued to send choking smoke drifting across parts of Southeast Asia. On the National Environment Agency’s website, the three-hour average of the Pollutant Standards Index at 12 pm (0400 GMT) registered at 175, indicating an “unhealthy” level of air pollution. Indonesia has come under increased pressure from its neighbours to contain the annual “haze” crisis, which is caused by slash-and-burn agriculture practices, largely […]
According to the United States Geological Survey, the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu was hit by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center is not expecting any tsunami. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
