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September 10, 2015 – The Republic of the Philippines and the European Union co-chaired an ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Workshop on “Raising awareness and promoting ARF cooperation on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) risk mitigation” in Makati City, Metro Manila, on September 9 and 10, 2015. The workshop brought together 75 participants from the ASEAN member states, the European Union, Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Mongolia, New Zealand and the USA as well as […]
SEPTEMBER 10 (Reuters) — Japanese media said on Thursday (September 10) that one person was missing after river banks burst in cities north of Tokyo following days of heavy rain. Ninety thousand people were ordered to evacuate, and the numbers are expected to increase. Disaster prevention officials of the affected regions said the flooding was so widespread they have yet to grasp the full scale of the situation, Japanese media added. National broadcaster NHK said […]
SEPTEMBER 10 (Reuters) — Actress and UN special envoy for refugees Angelina Jolie joined the former British Foreign Secretary William Hague in the House of Lords in London on Tuesday (September 8). They gave evidence to a parliamentary ad hoc Committee who were charged with considering the UK’s policy and practice of preventing sexual violence in conflict. The Committee took evidence from Hague, Jolie Pitt and Baroness Helic as part of an initiative Hague described as […]
(Reuters) — The United States and South Korea on Wednesday (September 9) conducted a joint biological defense exercise, called “Able Response 15”, in a bid to improve their capabilities to deter possible biological attacks. The exercise is aimed at checking the combined response system and to enhance alliance between the two armies, the South Korean defence ministry said. “The purpose of today’s FTX (Field Training Exercise) is to enhance R.O.K (Republic of Korea) – […]
(Reuters) — After 63 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth becomes Britain’s longest-ruling monarch on September 9 but there is little prospect of her stepping aside, as other ageing European crowned heads have done, in favour of her son, Charles. Those close to Elizabeth – who on September 9 takes the long-service record from her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria – say the 89-year-old has no intention of succumbing to the European fashion for abdication. That means […]
(Courtesy CCTV) — Police officials in the U.S. city of Chicago on Tuesday called for stricter gun control laws after a violent Labor Day holiday weekend saw eight people killed and 46 others wounded in multiple shootings. The shootings occurred just days after the most serious single-day gun-violence in decades which saw nine people killed on Sept. 2. The police have seized 4,824 illegal firearms in Chicago in the first eight months of 2015, […]
TUNIS, Tunisia, September 9 (Reuters) — Two Tunisian journalists who were kidnapped in Libya last year could still be alive, it emerged on Tuesday (September 8). Investigative journalist Sofian Chourabi and photographer Nadhir Ktari were abducted in August last year. In April of this year, Islamic State militants claimed to have killed them. But in a radio interview on Tuesday, Tunisia’s foreign minister said he had proof the pair were still alive. Reacting to the […]
SEOUL, South Korea, September 9 (Reuters) — The United States and South Korea on Wednesday (September 9) conducted a joint biological defense exercise, called “Able Response 15”, in a bid to improve their capabilities to deter possible biological attacks. The exercise is aimed at checking the combined response system and to enhance alliance between the two armies, the South Korean defense ministry said. “The purpose of today’s FTX (Field Training Exercise) is to enhance R.O.K […]
BANGKOK, Thailand, September 9 (Reuters) — Thai police on Wednesday (September 9) took a second arrested suspect to areas near the blast scene to perform a reconstruction of moments before and after the Bangkok blast incident that killed at least 20 people last month. Under police interrogation, one of two foreigners in detention admitted to delivering a rucksack to the bomber at Bangkok’s main railway station on the evening of the Aug. 17 attack, two […]
ROSZKE, Hungary, September 9 (Reuters) — A Hungarian camerawoman was reportedly fired from her job on Tuesday (September 8) amid allegations that she tripped up refugees as they fled from police in Hungary. A migrant carrying a child was photographed falling after tripping on the camerawoman while trying to escape from a collection point in Roszke village. Hungary’s N1TV, who she worked for, later issued a statement condemning the woman’s alleged behavior. Tens of thousands […]
ILOILO CITY, Aug. 31 (PIA6) – Anti-corruption authorities, customs bureaus and law enforcement agencies from the 21 APEC members are ramping up their collaborative efforts to combat illegal wildlife trafficking in the Asia-Pacific, coming against the backdrop of breaking global developments that have helped to serve as a rallying point for greater policy action. This development was shared by the APEC Pathfinder Dialogue II on Fighting Corruption and Illicit Trade from the ongoing APEC meetings in Cebu […]
ENGLAND, September 8 (Reuters) — Britain has killed two of its own nationals who had been fighting for Islamic State (IS) and plotting attacks on British soil, in its first air strike in Syria, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday (September 7). “In recent weeks, it’s been reported that two ISIL fighters of British nationality, who had been plotting attacks against the UK and other countries have been killed in air strikes. Both Junaid […]
