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by Rosie Scammell Agence France Presse MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain raced Thursday to track down a jihadist network suspected of orchestrating the Manchester concert attack, while a row escalated between London and Washington over leaked material from the probe. As more children were named among the 22 victims of Monday’s massacre, the suicide bomber’s father and brother were arrested in Libya and police in Britain made new arrests. However, British authorities were left […]
MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – Residents took shelter at makeshift evacuation centers in the southern Philippines on Thursday (May 25), as government troops continued their assault against Islamic militants. The Islamic State-linked Maute group occupied parts of the southern city of Marawi on Tuesday (May 23), prompting President Rodrigo Duterte to declare martial law in the entire Mindanao island. Thirteen militants and seven members of the security forces have so far been killed and 33 […]
(Eagle News) — Government troops are closing in on the “desperate” members of the Maute terrorist group in Marawi, determined to “flush them out” and end the “crisis” there. In an ambush interview on Thursday, Lt. Col. Jo-Ar Herrera, the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ 1st Infantry Division spokesperson, said clearing operations were now focused in barangays Gadungan, Basak and Bangan. He said government troops were facing “remnants” of the local terrorist group, numbering from “30 to 40.” Isnilon […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) — Indonesians on Thursday (May 25) expressed fears and concerns over the suspected suicide blasts that killed three police officers and wounded several others the night before. Crowds of people packed the blast site at the Jakarta’s Kampung Melayu terminal to see the damage. National Police spokesperson Setyo Wasisto said three officers had been killed, and that examination of the scene had shown that there appeared to have been two suicide bombers, […]
WUZHEN, China (Reuters) — A Google artificial intelligence program defeated a Chinese grand master at the ancient board game Go on Tuesday (May 23), a major feather in the cap for the firm’s AI ambitions. In the first of three planned games in the eastern water town of Wuzhen, the AlphaGo program held off China’s world number one Ke Jie in front of Chinese officials and Google parent Alphabet’s chief executive Eric Schmidt. The victory […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday (May 25) that he expected the North Korean missile threat and the bombing in Manchester to head the agenda at the Group of Seven leaders’ summit in Italy. Over the last two weeks North Korea successively launched two missiles, which are believed to be a significant advance in its technologies and drive for an intercontinental ballistic missile. At least 22 people were killed by […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of National Defense on Thursday reminded government forces that the rule of law and human rights should still prevail in Mindanao. In a memorandum to the chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and to other DND offices and bureaus, Eduardo del Rosario, DND officer in charge, noted that the declaration of martial law in Mindanao does not mean a suspension of the “operation of the Constitution” nor “(a supplanting of) the […]
(Eagle News) — Naaresto ng National Bureau and Investigation Cyber Crime Division ang isang Nigerian national matapos hingan ng pera ang isang Pilipina kapalit ang isang pekeng negosyo na inaalok nito. Nakilala ng Pilipinang biktima ang suspek na si Joseph Kamano sa isang social media site noong Enero ng kasalukuyang taon. Matapos makuha ang tiwala niya ay doon na anila inalok ng suspek ang biktima at sinabing siya ang magmamando ng negosyong kanilang itatayo sa […]
(Eagle News) — Nagbabala na ang British government sa kanilang mga kababayang nasa bansa na iwasan munang magtungo sa Western Mindanao, kabilang na ang Marawi City kung saan nagpapatuloy ang operasyon ng tropa ng gobyerno laban sa teroristang grupong Maute. Sa travel advisory ng Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) ng United Kingdom sa kanilang website, inaabisuhan nila ang mga Briton na huwag magtungo sa lugar dahil sa terorismong nagaganap doon. Kabilang sa travel warning ang iba […]
(Eagle News) –Malaking tulong daw sa operasyon ang deklarasyon ng martial law sa Mindanao. Ito ay ayon sa Armed Forces of the Philippines, na kasalukuyang nakikipagbakbakan sa mga miyembro ng Maute terrorist group sa Marawi. Ayon sa militar, makakatulong ang pagdeklara ng martial law sa Mindanao sa pagpigil na makatakas sa ibang lugar ang mga bandido. Samantala, kinumpira ng mga awtoridad ang impormasyon na may mga pinugutan at may hawak na mga hostage ang mga terorista. […]
(Eagle News) — Asahan pa raw ang pagpapaigting ng seguridad sa Metro Manila. Ito ang sinabi ni National Capital Region Police Office Director Chief Superintendent Oscar Albayalde sa gitna nang kaguluhan sa Marawi City kung saan sangkot ang pinagsanib na pwersa ng grupong Abu Sayyaf at Maute Group, laban sa militar at mga pulis. Ang bakbakan ang naging dahilan ng pagdeklara ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ng martial law sa Mindanao. Ayon kay Albayalde, asahan pa raw ang […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A US Navy ship has sailed in disputed South China Sea waters near a reef claimed by Beijing in the first “freedom of navigation” exercise under President Donald Trump, a US official said. The USS Dewey sailed “less than 12 nautical miles” from Mischief Reef — part of the Spratly Islands — early Thursday morning local time, the official said. The exercise is likely to provoke anger from Beijing as the […]
