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by Nazeer al-Khatib with Delil Souleiman in Tall Tamr Agence France Presse RAS AL-AIN, Syria (AFP) — Battles raged in Syria as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to press on with a deadly assault against Kurdish forces, while the Pentagon said Friday US troops came under artillery fire from Turkish positions. Erdogan’s pledge to keep up the offensive, which the UN says has displaced more than 100,000 people since it began on Wednesday, […]
by Shingo ITO Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Powerful Typhoon Hagibis churned towards Japan on Saturday, heading straight towards the capital with potentially record-breaking rains and sparking evacuation orders, transport disruption and power outages even before making landfall. Rated “large and very strong”, the storm has already forced the cancellation of two Rugby World Cup matches, disrupted the Suzuka Grand Prix and grounded more than 1,600 flights. It is forecast to crash […]
by Anita Chang Beattie Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump announced late Friday that acting US homeland security chief Kevin McAleenan has resigned, becoming the latest in a long list of top officials to leave the administration. “Kevin McAleenan has done an outstanding job as Acting Secretary of Homeland Security. We have worked well together with Border Crossings being way down,” Trump said in a tweet. “Kevin now, […]
By Tyra’nell Pille-Lu EBC Japan Bureau/Eagle News Service TOKYO, Japan (Eagle News) — As “super typhoon” Hagibis threatens Eastern Japan, residents in the Kanto region — including but not limited to Tokyo, Chiba, Saitama, Yamanashi, Shizuoka and Kanagawa prefectures — take several safety measures to prepare themselves for this year’s most powerful typhoon. Residents rush to the nearest supermarkets as they stock up on food, drinks, and other supplies ahead of the weekend when […]
by Amir HAVASI Agence France Presse TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Suspected missile strikes hit an Iranian oil tanker off the Saudi coast on Friday, its owner said, the first Iranian vessel targeted since a spate of attacks in the Gulf Washington blamed on Tehran. The National Iranian Tanker Company, which owns the ship, said the hull of the Sabiti was hit by two separate explosions off the Saudi port of Jeddah, saying they were […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs urged Filipinos in Japan to exercise caution as super typhoon “Hagibis” nears the country. In a statement, the DFA urged Filipinos to avoid traveling to “potentially affected” areas until the typhoon, which was classified by the Japan Meteorological Agency as a ” violent” one, its highest category on the typhoon scale, “dissipated.” “Travellers are urged to always check the latest information from airlines, train companies, and other public transportation […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Three people were killed and two injured in eastern China when a highway overpass collapsed and crushed cars below it, local officials said Friday. Videos posted online showed a large section of the bridge in Jiangsu province swaying before falling on top of moving vehicles on Thursday night. One clip posted on Twitter-like Weibo showed the bridge narrowly missing a small three-wheel car, whose driver leapt out and ran away. […]
GATINEAU, Canada (AFP) — Justin Trudeau was labelled a “compulsive liar” by his main rival during the final leaders’ debate before upcoming Canadian elections, in which the prime minister was forced to defend his environmental policies. The liberals and conservatives are neck-and-neck according to polls, with the general election set for October 21. The French-language debate had a more relaxed atmosphere than the previous one in English on Monday, where scathing personal attacks were […]
by Delil Souleiman TALL TAMR, Syria (AFP) — Syria’s Kurds battled to hold off a Turkish invasion on Thursday as thousands of civilians fled airstrikes and shelling that deepened fears of a humanitarian crisis. US President Donald Trump tried to justify the de facto green light he gave his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for an assault seen as a blatant betrayal of Washington’s erstwhile Kurdish allies. Later Trump suggested that Washington could mediate between […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — More than a million Californians were without electricity due to pre-emptive blackouts Thursday, but localized fires broke out as hot, windy conditions spread south toward Los Angeles. Some 600,000 customers in northern California were in the dark after Pacific Gas & Electric began switching off power the previous day, in a bid to prevent a repeat of last year’s catastrophic inferno which killed 86 people. That figure was slightly […]
by James EDGAR HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Apple on Thursday removed an app criticized by China for allowing protesters in Hong Kong to track police, as Beijing steps up pressure on foreign companies deemed to be providing support to the pro-democracy movement. The tech giant’s pulling of HKmap.live was blasted as bowing to China and comes as high-profile brands, including the NBA and its Houston Rockets franchise, come under pressure from communist authorities over […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) — The UN secretary-general on Thursday expressed “deep concern” and called for a “de-escalation” of the spiralling violence in Syria, a day after Turkey launched an offensive in Kurdish-controlled areas. “I want to express my deep concern about the escalation of conflicts we are witnessing in eastern Syria,” Antonio Guterres told a press conference in Copenhagen. “At the present moment what we must do is to make sure that we have a […]
