Iglesia Ni Cristo members in Burlingame, California defended the church against a small group of protesters who held a rally in the said area. This report from Eagle News U.S. Bureau.
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Typhoon Dujuan hits southwest China
Typhoon Dujuan hit southwestern China on Tuesday (September 29), causing gusty winds and rains, state media reported. Dujuan made landfall at around 8:50 a.m. (0050 GMT) in the coastal city of Putian after sweeping through parts of Taiwan, CCTV said. The Tropical Storm Risk website downgraded Dujuan to a Category 3 typhoon, from an earlier Category 4 status and estimated it would lose strength on Tuesday. In the neighbouring province of Zhejiang, torrential winds hit […]
Saudi security forces kill two Islamic State suspects
Two suspected Islamic State militants have been killed and three arrested by Saudi security forces in coordinated raids in Ryadh and the eastern city of Dammam. (Photo captured from Reuters video) Two suspected Islamic State militants were killed and three were arrested by Saudi security forces in coordinated raids in the capital Riyadh and the eastern city of Dammam, the Interior Ministry said on Monday (September 28). The statement carried by state news agency […]
Obama says countries pledge 30,000 troops, police for U.N.
U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Monday (September 28) that more than 50 states had pledged some 30,000 new troops and police for possible deployment on United Nations peacekeeping missions. “More than 50 countries, from Bangladesh to Colombia, from Finland to China, are making commitments totaling more than 30,000 new troops and police,” Obama told a summit of world leaders organized by the United States to boost support for U.N. peacekeeping. China’s President Xi Jinping […]
Rio 2016 ceremonies to cost ten times less than London
The Rio 2016 opening and closing ceremonies are to cost ten times less than those in London 2012, according to the team of directors. The opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next year will cost ten times less than those in London 2012, the team of directors announced on Tuesday (September 22) as the group met in the host city to discuss the plans, which still remain […]
West Africa presidents to travel to Burkina to mediate in crisis
West African heads of state are set to travel to Ouagadougou to reinstall the country’s deposed interim leader in a bid to find a peaceful end to the political crisis in Burkina Faso. The presidents of several African nations were due to travel to Burkina Faso’s capital on a mission to negotiate the peaceful roll-back of a coup by presidential guard soldiers last week, it was announced on Tuesday (September 22). After extensive meetings in […]
Hundreds gather in Hong Kong on anniversary of Occupy protests
(Reuters) — About 1,000 pro-democracy activists rallied outside Hong Kong government headquarters on Monday (September 28) to mark the first anniversary of protests that crippled parts of the Chinese-controlled city for weeks but failed to secure electoral reforms. The demonstrations last year, when activists streamed on to highways to demand full democracy, became the biggest political challenge to Beijing’s Communist Party leaders in years. Police, keen to avoid any repeat of last year’s occupations, far […]
South Koreans reunited with North Korean relatives relieve pain of parting
Sighs and cries of anguish and joy were heard in the South Korean Red Cross office, where a computer lottery selected candidates for the upcoming family reunions this month. The lottery drawn on the Red Cross computer randomly selected 500 from nearly 130,000 names of South Koreans looking for family members in North Korea. About 66,000 of them are still alive, with most aged 70 or more. The process of choosing which families to participate […]
France launches air strikes against Islamic State in Syria
The French military released on Sunday (September 27) footage showing its first air strikes in Syria, which it says destroyed an Islamic State training camp in the east of the country to prevent the group from carrying out attacks against the France’s interests and to protect Syrian civilians. France had until now only struck Islamic State targets in neighbouring Iraq, carrying out just 3 percent of air strikes in an offensive on the group by […]
Some of the highlights of the recently concluded “Dakilang Pamamahayag” all over the world
Brethren all over the world participated in the “Most Extensive Proclamation of God’s words” or the “Dakilang Pamamahayag ng mga Salita ng Diyos” officiated by the Iglesia Ni Cristo’s, Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo. Said event is the largest evangelical mission in the history of the church and have been witness simultaneously worldwide. One of the remote sites in the locale congregation of Navy Gate Abu Dhabi, ecclesiastical district of United Arab Emirates Brethren […]
Members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo gather in Ontario, Canada for historic evangelical mission
As one of the remote sites chosen, members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo gather in Ontario, Canada to view the historic evangelical mission to be led by Bro. Eduardo V. Manalo, Executive Minister of the Church. Said event will be held at the Philippine Arena and will be viewed simultaneously in various remote sites around the world. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
Magnitude 6.9 earthquake hits Indonesia
According to seismologists, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the Indonesian province of West Papua. There is no tsunami warning raised in the aftermath of said earthquake. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, MRFaith Bonalos)
