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by Frederic J. Brown Agence France Presse LEILANI ESTATES, United States (AFP) — More than two dozen homes have been destroyed and dozens more are threatened by red-hot lava seeping from the Kilauea volcano, the most active in Hawaii, civil defense officials said. Evacuation orders remained in place Monday for hundreds of residents of the Leilani Estates and Lanipuna Gardens areas in the eastern part of Hawaii’s Big Island. Hawaii’s Civil Defense Agency, in […]
by Dave Clark / and Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump will confirm on Tuesday whether he will make good on a threat to re-impose US sanctions on Tehran and thereby throw the entire Iran nuclear deal into question. Trump’s announcement that a decision was imminent cut short a last-ditch European diplomatic drive to save the accord ahead of what had been a May 12 deadline. Trump had […]
(Eagle News) — They excitedly sang, and danced as the Church Of Christ members of Malawi, a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, reached the finished line of the 1.6 kilometer stretch designated for the Church’s Worldwide Walk to Fight Poverty on Sunday, May 6. Malawi nationals rejoiced as they finished the charity walk of the Iglesia Ni Cristo that they know was meant to benefit poor communities in Africa. Malawi was just one of […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Vladimir Putin was sworn in as Russia’s president for a fourth term at a ceremony in the Kremlin on Monday, extending his almost two-decade rule by another six years. “I consider it my duty and my life’s aim to do everything possible for Russia, for its present, and for its future,” Putin said, with his hand on the Russian constitution. Putin, in power since 1999, was predictably re-elected in Russia’s March presidential […]
LEILANI ESTATES, Hawaii (AFP) — The Kilauea volcano, the most active in Hawaii, was highly unstable Sunday as lava spouted into the air and fissures emitted deadly gases — hazards that have forced thousands of people to evacuate. Eight fissures have opened so far, the most recent one late Saturday, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported at 9:40 GMT on Sunday. All are in or near Leilani Estates and Lanipuna Gardens areas, where over 1,500 residents […]
LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) — Pakistan’s interior minister was recovering in the hospital Monday after being shot in a suspected assassination attempt possibly linked to blasphemy, with the attack seen as an ominous sign for security ahead of nationwide elections. Ahsan Iqbal, 59, was shot in the right arm as he prepared to leave a public meeting in his constituency in Punjab province late Sunday. A man identified by police only as “Abid” and said to […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Britain has appealed to US President Donald Trump not to abandon the Iran nuclear deal as a key deadline approaches, saying that while it is not perfect there is no better alternative. The call came in an op-ed piece in The New York Times that was signed by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, ahead of a meeting with officials from the US administration in Washington on Monday. Trump has threatened to […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — US President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un are likely to meet in Singapore next month, reports said Monday, as anticipation builds for unprecedented talks between the mercurial leaders. Trump said at the weekend that the two sides had settled on a date and location for the summit — the first between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader — without providing details. “We’ll be announcing […]
Members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) in Paris, France also joined the historic Worldwide Walk to Fight Poverty on Sunday, May 6, participating in the event that was also similarly conducted in more than 300 sites across 18 time zones.
(Eagle News) — Johnsonville, Connecticut, a scenic town that was brought to life by the Iglesia Ni Cristo in the United States, was also one of the more than 300 sites of the Worldwide Walk to Fight Poverty on Sunday, May 6. Hundreds of church members trooped to the Johnsonville site in Connecticut to participate in the historic global charity walk that will benefit poor communities in Africa. The INC purchased the deserted town […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP)– Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that if the United States quits the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers then Washington would regret it “like never before”. US President Donald Trump has threatened to abandon the agreement when it comes up for renewal on May 12, demanding his country’s European allies “fix the terrible flaws” or he will re-impose sanctions. “If the United States leaves the nuclear agreement, you will […]
