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Southeast Asian leaders will express concern this week about an “escalation of activities” in the South China Sea but avoid directly criticizing China nor any direct mention of the tribunal ruling that rejected China’s sweeping claims on the disputed seas , according to the draft of a summit statement. The statement, set to be released on Saturday at the end of a two-day leaders’ meeting in Manila, reflects Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s efforts to […]
(Eagle News) — Isa ang tensiyon sa South China Sea sa inaasahang magiging agenda sa Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit. Nitong mga nakaraang buwan ay nagpulong na ang mga kinatawan mula sa China at ASEAN para bumuo ng final draft ng code of conduct sa South China Sea na pawang inaangkin ng mga miyembro ng ASEAN region partikular na ang China at Pilipinas. Kung ang ilan ay positibo na malalagdaan na ang kasunduan […]
Brunei Darussalam Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has arrived on Wednesday, April 26 at Balagbag Ramp in Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) as part of his participation to the 30th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit this Saturday. Before the ASEAN Summit, Sultan Bolkiah is scheduled to meet with President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for a State Visit in Malacañang on Thursday, April 27, 2017.
President Rodrigo Duterte attended a briefing on the state visits of Brunei Darussalam and Indonesia to the Philippines at the Study Conference Room in Malacañan Palace on Wednesday April 26, 2017. His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam and President Joko Widodo of Indonesia are arriving ahead of their fellow leaders for their respective state visits. They are also set to participate in the 30th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit chaired […]
President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, April 26 attended the final briefing on the country’s hosting and chairmanship of the 30th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders’ Summit at the Aguinaldo State Dining Room in Malacañan Palace. https://youtu.be/1x1xGFMz6Fs
by Nathalie ALONSO / Gregory DANEL Agence France-Presse PARIS, France – A dozen people have been arrested in France and Belgium in connection with the weapons used in the deadly 2015 terror attack on a Jewish supermarket in Paris, a source close to the probe said Wednesday. Claude Hermant, a suspected arms dealer and former mercenary in the 1990s Balkan wars, was taken into custody along with the other suspects in raids that began Monday, […]
by Cécile FEUILLATRE Agence France-Presse PARIS, France – French intelligence services have scientific proof that the Syrian regime was responsible for a suspected chemical attack that killed 88 people, France’s foreign minister said Wednesday. Jean-Marc Ayrault said analysis of samples taken at the scene of the April 4 attack in rebel-held Khan Sheikhun, in which 31 children were among the dead, showed “there is no doubt that sarin gas was used” and that it was […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – US troops began delivering a missile defence system that has infuriated China to a deployment site in South Korea Wednesday, amid heightened tensions over the North’s nuclear ambitions. Washington is urging Beijing — Pyongyang’s sole major ally — to do more to rein it in, but the Asian giant has reacted with fury to the planned installation of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. The US and ally […]
by Fulya OZERKAN Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey – Turkey on Wednesday detained more than 1,000 people in a huge new crackdown against alleged supporters of a cleric accused of orchestrating the coup bid against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The dawn raids across the country — seeking more than 3,000 suspects — come just over a week after Erdogan narrowly won a controversial referendum on ramping up his powers. They are the latest indication Turkey intends […]
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — A suspected member of the Islamic State group who was arrested in the Philippines last month has confessed to plotting attacks on targets in Kuwait, including the United States military and a Shiite religious hall, local media reported Wednesday. Judicial sources said Hussein al-Dhafiri, whose wife was also arrested, confessed to planning suicide attacks on a US military convoy and a Shiite hall, the Al-Rai daily reported. Kuwait’s […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday slammed as “ridiculous” a US judge’s ruling blocking an executive order that could deny billions of dollars to so-called sanctuary cities harboring illegal immigrants. Judge William Orrick of San Francisco’s federal court on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction barring any attempt to implement Trump’s January 25 executive order. “First the Ninth Circuit rules against the ban & now it hits again on sanctuary cities – […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang is prepared for the two-day state visit of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam, which will coincide with the Association of South East Asian Nation Summit. Some of the activities for the state visit include wreath-laying on the Jose Rizal Monument, welcome ceremonies, an expanded bilateral meeting between the Sultan and President Rodrigo Duterte, and a state dinner. Sultan Bolkiah is expected to arrive Wednesday night (April 26). […]
