Section: Philippines
Montenegro’s ruling party leads in tinderbox polls
Podgorica (Montenegro) – Montenegro’s veteran premier Milo Djukanovic’s party was leading in Sunday’s tinderbox election during which authorities arrested 20 Serbs and accused them of planning attacks and hijacking the polls. Montenegro’s Prime Minister and leader of Democratic Party of Socialists Milo Djukanovic is the...
India, Russia sign energy agreements
BENAULIM, India: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin were set to sign lucrative energy and defense deals Saturday, aimed at shoring up economic ties between the long-time allies. Putin was greeted with a military band and traditional dancers after arriving in the Indian tourism state of Goa for talks with Modi...
Modi, Putin set to sign energy deals ahead of BRICS
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to sign lucrative energy and defence deals Saturday, aimed at shoring up economic ties between the long-time allies. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of the Indo-Russia Annual Summit at Taj Exotica Hotel...
Russia envoy: Tensions with US are probably worst since 1973
UNITED NATIONS — Russia’s U.N. ambassador said that tensions with the United States are probably the worst since the 1973 Mideast war. FILE- In this Feb. 7, 2016, file photo, Russia’s United Nations Ambassador Vitaly Churkin makes comments to the media prior to a Security Council meeting at U.N. headquarters. Churkin told reporters...
Global court warns govt over killings
PERFECT STATEMENT President Rodrigo Duterte graces the annual conference of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, where he said his international critics would be humiliated when they begin a probe into alleged summary killings of drug suspects in the country.PHOTO BY LANZ MENDOZA THE chief prosecutor of the International Criminal...
Int’l criminal court expresses concern over extra-judicial killings in PH
Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda of the International Criminal Court (ICC) expressed concern over ”worrying” extra-judicial killings (EJK) of alleged drug dealers and users in the country. Fatou Bensouda(Flickr / boellstiftung / MB.COM.PH) “My Office is aware of worrying reported extra-judicial killings of alleged drug dealers and users in the...
Clinton camp slams new email leaks
WHITE PLAINS, United States: The head of Hillary Clinton’s campaign team John Podesta slammed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) for helping Republican rival Donald Trump in the bitter White House race, while accusing Moscow of being behind the hack. The anti-secrecy website has published thousands of emails...
Putin cancels Paris visit amid heated Syria row
PARIS: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday cancelled a visit to France due to a furious row with French President Francois Hollande over Moscow’s role in the Syrian conflict. The announcement from the Kremlin came a day after French President Francois Hollande said Syrian forces had committed a “war crime” in the battered city of...
Duterte to keep US ties but questions the need for military alliance
AFTER previously declaring that he would eventually break up with the United States, President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday, October 11 that he does not intend to cut the military alliance with the country’s long-standing ally. “I do not mean to cancel or abrogate the military alliances [with the U.S.],” Duterte said after the...
Putin cancels visit to Paris in heated Syria row
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday cancelled a visit to France in a furious row over Moscow’s role in the Syrian conflict. Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with reporters during a visit for a summit of former Soviet republics at Kyrgyzstan’s international Manas airport outside Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, September 17, 2016....
