The Department of Foreign Affairs is monitoring the evacuation of more than 300 overseas Filipino workers that are employed in an automotive company in Libya.
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Japan’s security fears grow as neighbors build up arms
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO Mon Aug 4, 2014 9:33pm EDT (Reuters) – Japan finds itself surrounded by a worsening security environment as North Korea pushes forward with missile development and China and Russia step up military activity in the region, Japan’s Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry’s annual white paper comes after intermittent testing by North Korea of ballistic missiles in defiance of a U.N. ban, and a record number of scrambles by Japanese […]
Israelis, Palestinians set to launch 72-hour truce in monthlong war
By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Lin Noueihed and Allyn Fisher-Ilan GAZA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM – Mon Aug 4, 2014 9:15pm EDT (Reuters) – Israel and Islamist Hamas were expected to hold their fire for three days starting on Tuesday, under terms of an Egyptian-brokered truce, while launching negotiations to cement a long-term deal to end a four-week Gaza war. The ceasefire was the latest of several failed attempts to stop what has been the worst Israeli-Palestinian fighting in two years. […]
Chinese media shows footage of quake’s devastation
Chinese media release footage of earthquake-stricken Yunnan province.
Israel troops redeployed near Gaza border
Israel troops were redeployed near the Gaza border following an air strike in a United Nations school, resulting in 10 civilian deaths.
6.5 magnitude earthquake hit Yunnan, China; 381 killed
At least 381 were killed as a magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits the Chinese province of Yunnan.
367 killed, 1,800 injured as quake hits China
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck southwestern China on Sunday, killing at least 367 people and leaving 1,881 injured in a remote area of Yunnan province, and causing thousands of buildings, including a school, to collapse. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake registered at a shallow depth of less than 1 mile (1.6 km). Chinese state media said it was felt most strongly in Yunnan as well as in the neighboring provinces of Guizhou and […]
OFWs join evacuation from Libya
An estimated 50 overseas Filipino workers were said to be included in the foreign workers that evacuated Libya through the Tunisian border.
Myanmar takes preventive measures against Ebola
YANGON, Aug. 3 (PNA/Xinhua) — Myanmar is taking preventive measures against the spread of Ebola in the wake of discovery of such disease in four western African countries. Myanmar has started to screen and monitor the epidemic at airports and ports by using modern equipment, and training courses and infection control programs are being carried out at healthcare facilities with establishment of isolation wards there. According to a statement by the Health Ministry on Sunday, […]
Malaysia takes precautionary measures following Ebola outbreak in Africa
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 3 (PNA/Bernama) — Malaysia has adopted precautionary measures following an outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in western Africa, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said Sunday. He said the Health Ministry had strengthened preparedness and response activities, particularly at entry points into the country such as the KL International Airport (KLIA). The National Crisis Preparedness and Response Center (CPRC) was monitoring and coordinating the preparedness and response activities […]
U.S. doctor stricken with Ebola said to be improving
(Reuters) – An American doctor stricken with the deadly Ebola virus while in Liberia and brought to the United States for treatment in a special isolation ward is improving, the top U.S. health official said on Sunday. Dr Kent Brantly, a 33-year-old father of two young children, was able to walk, with help, from an ambulance after he was flown on Saturday to Atlanta, where he was being treated by infectious disease specialists at Emory […]
Ten dead in strike on school in new Gaza fighting
(Reuters) – An Israeli air strike killed 10 people and wounded about 30 on Sunday in a U.N.-run school in the southern Gaza Strip, a Palestinian official said, as dozens died in Israeli shelling of the enclave and Hamas fired rockets at Israel. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described the attack as a “moral outrage and a criminal act” and called for those responsible for the “gross violation of international humanitarian law” to be held accountable. The […]
