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by Martin ABBUGAO Agence France Presse SINGAPORE (AFP) — The United States warned China on Saturday against threatening its neighbours’ sovereignty and said Washington is investing in new military technology to defend its Asian allies. Washington and Beijing have been vying for influence in the region, which hosts potential flashpoints such as the South China Sea, the Korean Peninsula and the Taiwan Strait. Ties between the two powers are once again taking centre stage […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — The chairman of the top US telecoms regulator on Wednesday announced his opposition to allowing China Mobile to operate in the United States, citing risks to American national security. The statement from Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai could mark the beginning of the end for the Chinese telecoms giant’s eight-year effort to crack the US market. China Mobile — the world’s largest mobile operator with nearly 930 million […]
by Paul Handley Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Some 25 White House officials including top advisors of President Donald Trump were given security clearances despite staff recommendations against it, a whistleblower has told Congress. House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings said in a letter Monday that White House security official Tricia Newbold detailed to his panel “grave breaches of national security at the highest levels of the Trump Administration.” None of […]
by Marc BURLEIGH / Esteban ROJAS CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — President Nicolas Maduro blamed “terrorists” for a new, near-nationwide blackout that gripped Venezuela Tuesday, two weeks after a similar outage caused deaths and chaos. In a statement on Twitter, Maduro said a deliberately set “large-scale fire” hit facilities around the Guri hydroelectric plant in the south of the country that supplies power to 80 percent of Venezuela’s 30 million inhabitants. Another operation by “criminal hands” […]
by Luc OLINGA NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Boeing has flown test flights of its 737 MAX to evaluate a fix for the system targeted as a potential cause of two deadly plane crashes, two sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday. The aviation giant, which has been under fire and has seen its flagship narrow-body planes grounded since March 13, tested the system upgrade on Monday, two days after pilots from American and […]
OGASSOGOU, Mali (AFP) — Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita vowed Monday to beef up security as he visited a village where more some 160 people were killed by suspected militiamen from a rival ethnic group. “We need security here — this is your mission,” Keita said, giving a public order to military chief General Aboulaye Coulibaly, who was abruptly appointed on Sunday after the massacre. “Justice will be done,” he vowed. The deadly raid took […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — An explosion in Cairo on Monday killed two policemen who were chasing a man believed to have targeted security staff near a mosque last week, Egypt’s interior ministry said. “As security surrounded the man and was set to arrest and control him, an explosive device in his possession went off,” the ministry said. The blast in the crowded Darb al-Ahmar district in downtown Cairo also killed the bomber and injured three other policemen. The man was being pursued […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Suspected drone activity briefly disrupted flight departures Friday from Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international traffic, the airport said. It said in a statement that departures were suspended between 10:13 (0613 GMT) and 10:45 am (0645 GMT) “due to suspected drone activity”. “Dubai Airports has worked closely with the appropriate authorities to ensure that the safety of airport operations is maintained at all times and to minimize […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran Tuesday that Israeli missiles can travel “very far”, on the eve of a conference in Poland about peace and security in the Middle East. Speaking during a visit to a naval base in the northern port of Haifa, Netanyahu said: “The missiles you see behind me can go very far, against any enemy, including Iran’s proxies in our region” — an apparent reference to Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement. “We […]
Ni Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Marami ang nagulat nang biglang magpatupad ng mahigpit na seguridad ang pamunuan ng Metro Rail Transit at Light Railway Transit nitong mga nagdaang linggo. Hindi na pinapayagan ang mga pasahero na magpasok ng anumang uri ng liquid sa lahat ng istasyon, mapa-inuming tubig at hangang sa pabango. Sa pahayag na inilabas ng pamunuan ng MRT 3, kinumpirma nila na nakatanggap sila ng bomb threat sa pamagitan […]
(Eagle News) — Nagpadala ng apatnaput-siyam na pulis ang Misamis Occidental Provincial Police Office sa Lanao del Norte kaugnay ng ikalawang plebisito para sa ratipikasyon ng Bangsamoro Organic Law. Ang send-off ceremony ay pinangunahan nina Police Senior Supt. Danilo Tumanda, acting director ng Misamis Occidental Provincial Police Office at Police Supt. Lemuel Gonda, commander ng 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company. Ang nasabing mga pulis ay tutulong sa pagpapanatili ng kaayusan at kapayapaan sa anim na […]
LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — The same technology used in self-driving cars is being touted as a potential high-tech solution to the US border wall conundrum — with some added benefits. At least one startup at the Consumer Electronics show is showcasing how Lidar, a laser-based detection system widely used in autonomous vehicles, could be deployed along the US-Mexico border at a far lower cost than a physical wall or fence, and with fewer […]
