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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — Bangladesh security forces ended a siege Saturday after storming a cafe in Dhaka where dozens of diners had been held captive through the night and shot dead six of the hostage-takers. Police said at least 13 hostages, including three foreigners, had been rescued after commandos took control of the cafe in the upmarket Gulshan quarter but added that there had been an unknown number of casualties. Two police officers were also […]
by Dario THUBURN LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The favorites to succeed Prime Minister David Cameron pushed Friday for a delay in initiating Britain’s talks to leave the EU as French President Francois Hollande insisted “Brexit” cannot be cancelled or delayed. In further signs of economic fallout from last week’s shock vote, the government also warned it would likely abandon a key promise to achieve a budget surplus by 2020, while no-frills airline EasyJet announced […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — Thirteen hostages have been rescued after security forces ended a siege at a cafe in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Saturday, a top commander said. “Three of them are foreigners. Ten locals,” Tuhin Mohammad Masud, a commander of the elite Rapid Action Battalion which stormed the cafe, told India’s Times Now television network. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — Heavily armed Bangladeshi commandos stormed a Dhaka restaurant Saturday where suspected Islamist militants were holding dozens of people hostage, including foreigners, after a deadly firefight with police, officials said. “The operation has began. Commandos have stormed the restaurant,” a security official said. An AFP photographer at the scene said he could hear a massive gunfight as security forces launched the rescue operation more than 10 hours after militants seized the hostages. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Friday she will abide by decisions of the FBI and prosecutors on whether to bring charges over presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton’s use of personal email while at the State Department. The announcement by Lynch was pushed to the fore after her impromptu meeting with former president Bill Clinton at the Phoenix, Arizona airport this week touched off a political firestorm. In a noteworthy admission, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Rating firm Standard & Poor’s said it was prepared to cut Puerto Rico’s credit rating to default as it expects the US territory will fail to make a crucial payment Friday. Puerto Rico already has missed several payment deadlines. The Caribbean island was expected to default on some $2 billion in debt payments due Friday, despite a rescue plan signed into law Thursday by President Barack Obama. “Puerto Rico, in […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) by Patrice NOVOTNY The Brexit vote could cool London’s superheated property market, with some professionals already noting signs of a slowdown, though Gulf investors have signalled their interest is so far undimmed. After a slump in 2008 during the global financial crisis, the sector recovered, first tentatively and then at full pelt, with average prices this year reaching 54 percent higher than their pre-crisis peak. The growth was fuelled by […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte met Vice-President Leni Robredo on Friday, July 1 for the first time after their separate inauguration ceremonies on Thursday (June 30). The occasion was the turn-over ceremonies at the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City where the new AFP chief of Staff, Lieutenant. Gen. Ricardo Visaya took his oath of office. Visaya replaced AFP Lt. Gen. Glorioso Miranda. Duterte also referred to Robredo while […]
https://youtu.be/P8atdKngdr4 (Eagle News) – Senate President Franklin Drilon has filed the Transportation Crisis Act of 2016 that would give emergency powers to President Rodrigo Duterte to solve the traffic problem in Metro Manila and other key cities. The proposed law aims to give the Duterte administration a free hand in adopting alternative methods to solve the traffic problem, including the setting up of the needed infrastructure and transportation projects. If approved into law, the emrgency powers […]
Eagle News Service’s Mar Gabriel reports on the major revamp at the Philippine National Police which was immediately undertaken by PNP chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa after he took his oath on July 1, 2016.
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) by Katy Lee with Fulya Ozerkan in Ankara The suicide attackers who launched the deadly Istanbul airport assault were planning to take dozens of passengers hostage, Turkish media reported Friday, as two of the bombers were identified. Turkish officials have pointed blame at the Islamic State jihadist group for Tuesday’s gun and bomb spree at Ataturk airport, which left 44 people dead including 19 foreigners. “They say they are doing this […]
(Eagle News) – On the first day of President Duterte in Malacanang, Malacanang announced the President’s new cabinet appointments. They include former Postmaster General and former National Food Authority Administrator Angelito Banayo who was designated as managing director and resident representative of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) by Duterte. The President also chose another militant and former pary-list representative, Liza Maza, to head the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC). Information and technology expert Rodolfo […]
