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NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) – The international community on Thursday hit out at a call from South Sudan’s rebel leader Riek Machar for renewed war with the government, raising concerns about heavy fighting in recent weeks. Machar, the former vice president, last month urged “a popular armed resistance” against his rival Salva Kiir’s government, in a statement from Khartoum where he is in exile. In a joint statement, the European Union, Norway, the United States and […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) – by Kerry SHERIDAN with Daniel Woolls in Washington Residents of the US state of Florida scrambled to escape the path of Hurricane Matthews on Thursday as it pounded the Bahamas after leaving 27 people dead in the Caribbean. The storm, which is swirling near the northwest Bahamas, is expected to intensify to a Category Four hurricane as it moves northwest towards Florida. Matthew, the worst storm to hit the Caribbean […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) – by Sara HUSSEIN Syrian government forces advanced against rebels inside Aleppo on Thursday, making their biggest gains in the ravaged city in years just hours after announcing they would ease their air bombardment. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said loyalist fighters now controlled around half of the Bustan al-Basha district near the centre of the divided metropolis. “It’s the most important advance for the regime in Aleppo since 2013,” said […]
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AFP) – All 36 referees and judges used at the Rio Olympic boxing have been removed for the time being as the sport’s amateur governing body investigates the officiating which overshadowed the action in the ring, it said on Thursday. Several beaten fighters in Rio alleged they had been the victim of poor or even corrupt judging at the August Olympics and the International Boxing Association (AIBA) sent home an undisclosed number of referees […]
CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — A US flight was evacuated prior to takeoff when a passenger’s Galaxy Note 7 — reportedly a replacement in Samsung’s global recall — caught fire, landing the company in new controversy. Samsung has been struggling with a recall of 2.5 million Galaxy Note 7 handsets due to complaints of exploding batteries, a problem the replacement phones are supposed to fix. But on Wednesday, a Southwest Airlines flight leaving Louisville, Kentucky was […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korea’s boy band SHINee promoted their fifth full-length album “1 of 1” on Tuesday (October 4) in Seoul. “This is an album in which we’ve put a lot of effort to start out a new concept, that’s why the title is a retro style, which we have never tried before. Members’ participation in making the songs was high and we have done a lot of thinking. I hope many people […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — At least 20 Syrian rebels were killed in a blast at a border crossing with Turkey on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Britain-based monitoring group said it was unclear what caused the blast at the Atme crossing between Turkey and the northern Syrian province of Idlib, adding that around 20 people had also been wounded. Turkey’s state-run Anatolia news agency confirmed the blast left 20 people dead […]
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) — Actor and director Ben Stiller said on Tuesday (October 4) that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer two years ago, and said a controversial early screening test had saved his life. The “Zoolander” star, 50, said he was diagnosed in June 2014 and that after surgery he was declared cancer free three months later. “So, I had cancer a couple of years ago and I wanted to talk […]
DAVAO CITY (Eagle News) – Handa ng hulihin ng Davao City Police Office (DCPO) ang nagpakilalang miyembro ng Davao Death Squad (DDS) na si Edgar Matobato. Inilabas na ng korte ang warrant of arrest laban kay Matobato na may kinalaman sa illegal possession of firearms and ammunition na isinampa sa kaniya noong taong 2014. Ayon kay DCPO Police Senior Inspector Catherine Dela Rey, handa na umano silang ihain ang warrant of arrest kay Matobato kahit saan man ito naroroon […]
(Eagle News)– The House of Representatives on Wednesday (October 5) approved on second reading the Duterte administration’s first national budget worth P3.35 trillion. 268 congressmen witnessed the approval of House Bill 3408 or the General Appropriations Bill for 2017. The budget is expected to be approved on third reading after the chamber emerges from its break which runs from October 22 to November 6. From August 22 to September 14, the appropriations committee conducted at […]
File photo of NDFP new chief negotiator Fidel Agcaoili (Eagle News)– The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) has named Fidel Agcaoili as its new chief negotiator in its peace talks with the government. Luis Jalandoni’s resignation as the chairman of the NDFP negotiating panel was granted by NDFP leaders, thus granting the post to Agcaoili. However, Jalandoni will continue to serve as a senior adviser of the panel. NDF Consultant Benito Tiamzon has […]
(Eagle News) — A former policeman who has been detained at the New Bilibid Prisons for the last 15 years testified of how he personally delivered P1.5 million in cash to then former Justice Secretary Leila De Lima placed inside a gift-wrapped shoe carton box. Former Police Officer 3 Engelberto Durano, a member of the Batang Cebu Brotherhood member, told the House committee on Justice hearing that he personally handed over to De Lima […]
