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Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Isa-isang inalam ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang kalagayan ng mga Overseas Filipino Workers sa Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, kung saan siya ay naka-state visit simula pa noong Lunes. Sa pagbisita ng Pangulo, naging emosyonal ang mga OFW. “My first question is, where is the Department of OFWs? That is the first question–the Department of OFWs. We want it,” sabi ng isa. Sagot naman ni Duterte, “A (Department of OFWS) is […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte promised to bring home to the country Overseas Filipino Workers who had been granted clemency in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain. There are currently 5000 OFWs who received pardon from the Middle East and are scheduled to be repatriated to the Philippines. The President went to the Middle East for a round of official visits.
by Mona Salem Agence France-Presse ALEXANDRIA, Egypt – Hundreds gathered Monday to mourn 45 Egyptians killed in jihadist bombings, after Cairo declared a state of emergency following the attacks on two Coptic churches. The Islamic State group said it was behind the twin bombings that targeted services at churches in the cities of Tanta and Alexandria, and threatened further attacks. Sunday’s first bombing at the Mar Girgis church in Tanta city north of Cairo killed […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte departed on Monday, April 10, for state visits to three Middle East countries — Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar — saying it was important to “reinforce” ties with the Gulf states where the largest group of Filipinos are working. In his departure speech, President Duterte said this would be first meeting with the “esteemed leaders” in the Gulf, stressing how this is important as “there is much […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is set to visit the Middle East next week. Assistant Secretary Hjayceelyn Quintana of the Department of Foreign Affairs’ Office of Middle East and African Affairs told reporters Duterte would first visit Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on April 10. Two days later, on April 12, he is set to fly to Bahrain. He will cap off his visit to the Middle East with a trip to Qatar on April 14 to 16. […]
by Alex PIGMAN Agence France-Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium – For Diaeddin Al Zamel, the call to save Syria at a EU-UN conference in Brussels was not supposed to be a punch to the gut. The gathering was meant to be an all-too-typical plea for aid from rich donors — but then came the text message from the world’s bloodiest battleground. A source on the ground said the town of Khan Sheikhun in Idlib Province had […]
by Maya Gebeily with Delil Souleiman at Tabqa Dam Agence France-Presse BEIRUT, Lebanon – Four Syrian towns are to be evacuated under an agreement between pro-government forces and rebels, in the latest of a series of deals to end crippling years-long sieges. The agreement, brokered by rebel supporter Qatar and regime ally Iran, is expected to involve more than 30,000 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The deal reached late Tuesday involves Zabadani […]
by Ben Simon Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland – Over 300 civilians have been killed since last month in an offensive against the Islamic State group in western Mosul, the UN said Tuesday, adding the toll could exceed 400 if fresh killings are verified. “According to information verified by the UN Human Rights Office and the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq, at least 307 people were killed… between 17 February and 22 March,” the UN rights […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Airlines impacted by Britain’s cabin ban on electronic devices on flights from some Middle East and North Africa countries have until Saturday to implement the measure, officials said Wednesday. But passengers “should go to the airport with the expectation that the measures are already in effect”, a transport ministry spokeswoman said. On Tuesday, Britain said it would tighten airline security on direct flights originating from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, […]
by Maher al-Mounes with Maya Gebeily in Beirut Agence France-Presse DAMASCUS, Syria – Syrian government forces clashed with rebels and hammered opposition-held areas of east Damascus on Monday, before calm returned to the capital after a surprise assault. In the north of the country, meanwhile, a Kurdish militia said the Russian military is to train Kurdish forces fighting the Islamic State group. Rebels and allied jihadists, led by former Al-Qaeda affiliate Fateh al-Sham Front, early […]
by Tony Gamal-Gabriel Agence France-Presse MOUSL, Iraq – Iraqi forces said Monday that they have taken more territory from jihadists and were searching for militants and bombs on the edge of the Old City as they press an offensive in west Mosul. They are also striking IS with armed drones as part of a renewed push launched on March 5 that has forced the jihadists out of several neighbourhoods and key sites, including the famed Mosul […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Violence against children in war-ravaged Syria was “at its worst” in 2016, the United Nations children’s agency said Monday as the conflict nears its seventh year. The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund said that cases of children being killed, maimed, or recruited into armed groups were the “highest on record” last year. “The depth of suffering is unprecedented. Millions of children in Syria come under attack on a daily basis, […]
