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Israeli security forces scuffled with Muslim worshippers outside Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque on Tuesday (April 26), after removing Jewish worshippers who violated visitation rules from the volatile site. In a video obtained by Reuters, Israeli security could be seen pushing a small crowd of Muslim worshippers who were angry at the violation and by the presence of the Jewish visitors at the site. Israeli media reported that the tension began when Jewish visitors laid on the […]
HANOVER, Germany (AFP) Monday 4/25/2016 –President Barack Obama said Monday the US would send up to 250 more military trainers to help fight the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria. “I have approved the deployment of up 250 additional US personnel in Syria, including special forces,” Obama said in Germany. “They’re not going to be leading the fight on the ground, but they will be essential in providing the training, in assisting local forces as they continue […]
PARIS, France (AFP) Friday 4/22/2016 – Najim Laachraoui, one of the Brussels airport suicide bombers, has been identified by several Frenchmen held hostage by Islamic State in Syria as one of their prison guards, sources close to the investigation said. According to one of the sources, four French journalists kidnapped in Syria in 2013 and 2014 had identified a guard known as “Abou Idriss.” One of these journalists, Nicolas Henin, “formally identified” Abou Idriss as Najim […]
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) Friday 4/22/2016 – A suicide bomber targeted Shiite worshippers at a Baghdad mosque after Friday prayers, killing at least six people, security and medical officials said. The attack in southwest Baghdad also wounded at least 25 people, the officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but the Islamic State jihadist group carries out frequent suicide bombings targeting Shiites, whom it considers heretics. IS overran swathes of territory north and […]
The disappointment in Doha at the weekend sent the price of oil tumbling. The world was left grappling with an excess of unwanted crude after 18 oil nations failed to agree on anything. Saudi Arabia – OPEC’s de facto leader – blamed Iran who weren’t even at the meeting. They wanted ALL producers to agree a freeze. Failure to reach a deal sent Brent crude down almost 7 percent before recovering to almost $42 per barrel. But it was […]
(Reuters) — A member of Islamic State’s war council and two aides were killed in northern Iraq on Monday by U.S. and Kurdish commandos in the second helicopter raid in two days in the area by a U.S.-led coalition, Kurdish security sources said. A statement by the Kurdish regional security council said Monday’s raid south of the Iraqi city of Mosul killed Suleiman Abd Shabib al-Jabouri, also known as Abu Saif. As a member of the […]
The U.S. Navy is leading a 30-nation maritime exercise across Middle Eastern waters which it says will help protect international trade routes against possible threats, including from Islamic State and al Qaeda. The exercise, which is partly being held in the Gulf, comes as tensions run high between Gulf Arab countries and Iran over its role in the region, including its support for President Bashar al-Assad in Syria’s civil war, for the Houthis in the […]
Aden, Yemen (AFP)—Three suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State group on Friday struck checkpoints of Yemeni loyalist forces in Aden, killing 22 people, including 10 civilians, a security official said. The bombings were followed by an attempt to attack a nearby large base of the Saudi-led Arab pro-government coalition which recently turned its guns on jihadists in southern Yemen. The attacks came a year after the coalition launched on March 26, 2015 an air […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP ) — The United States on Wednesday urged governments to quickly mobilize to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions” from the possible collapse of Iraq’s Mosul dam. Concern has grown in recent months over a possible breach in Iraq’s largest dam, which would unleash a wave as high as 14 meters (45 feet), devastating Mosul and flooding much of the capital Baghdad, with up to 1.5 million people at […]
QATAR, Middle East – The population of the Middle Eastern kingdom of Qatar reached 2.5 million due to the large number of foreign workers, according to the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics.Making up 90%, an overwhelming majority of the country’s workforce is made up of foreigners. Filipinos make the second largest group of foreign workers in Qatar which is the third most popular destination of overseas Filipino workers in the Middle East. (Eagle News […]
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment will send Labor Undersecretary Ciriaco Lagunsad III to look into reports that thousands of overseas Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia are not receiving salaries and benefits. Said OFWs are working in the two biggest firms in Saudi Arabia. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, March 2 — The Palace reiterated yesterday that the government is continuously monitoring the situation of overseas Filipino workers in the Middle East who may be affected by the slump in the price of oil. Presidential Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma said the government is implementing measures to assist the OFWs there. “DOLE has established fully-integrated processes for new job applications and placements, livelihood assistance and training and other social safety nets for cushioning the impact of […]
