Section: Philippines
41 dead, 239 wounded in Istanbul attack
This picture obtained from the Ilhas News Agency shows injured people lying on the ground next to a terminal, after two explosions followed by gunfire hit the Turkey’s biggest airport of Ataturk in Istanbul, on Wednesday. AFP PHOTO / ILHAS NEWS AGENCY ISTANBUL: A triple suicide bombing at Istanbul’s international airport left 41...
Poland to create park for Soviet-era statues
WARSAW: Poland said Tuesday it would create a park for more than 200 Soviet-era statues and Red Army monuments scattered across the country that symbolize its decades-long communist era domination by Moscow. “There’s no reason to glorify monuments devoted to the memory of the Red Army which twice invaded Poland (WWI, WWII) and is...
Europeans, Asians battle for UN power seats
UNITED NATIONS: Three European countries and two Asian nations are battling for seats on the UN Security Council in elections on Tuesday that are drawing attention to the refugee crisis and human rights. Five non-permanent seats are up for grabs in the vote at the UN General Assembly, but two are all but decided. Ethiopia and Bolivia are running...
Ukraine launches joint military drills with NATO
KIEV: Ukraine on Monday launched joint military exercises with the United States and a string of other NATO countries as tensions with Moscow remain high over the pro-Kremlin insurgency in the country’s east. The annual Rapid Trident military exercises, taking place in the western Ukrainian city of Yavoriv until July 8, involve some 1,800...
Will the Dutch follow Britain out the door?
THE HAGUE: Britain’s vote to leave the EU has sent shockwaves across the Netherlands, a founding father of the European community, but despite a push by euroskeptics analysts say a “Nexit” referendum is unlikely soon, if ever. “Now it is our turn,” trumpeted Geert Wilders, the leader of the anti-Islam far-right Freedom Party (PVV), just...
China, Russia eye closer ties amid tensions
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin promised ever-closer cooperation and oversaw a series of deals on Saturday, as the two countries deepen ties in the face of growing tensions with the West. In what was Putin’s fourth trip to China since Xi became President in 2013, the two men stressed their...
Kerry to visit Brussels, London for talks on UK’s EU exit
ROME — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will rush to Brussels and London on Monday to meet the top British and European Union diplomats, as the world grapples with the implications of Britain’s historic vote to leave the European Union. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a tour the Jakobshavn Glacier and the Ilulissat Icefjord,...
China, Russia eye closer friendship amid tensions with West
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin promised ever-closer cooperation and oversaw a series of deals Saturday, as the two countries deepen ties in the face of growing tensions with the West. In what was Putin’s fourth trip to China since Xi became President in 2013, the two men stressed their...
‘Brexit’ threatens to undermine U.S.-Britain special relationship
Britain’s decision to quit the European Union could send damaging shockwaves through the bedrock Anglo-American “special relationship,” raising questions about London’s willingness and ability to back U.S.-led efforts in global crises ranging from the Middle East to Ukraine. The loss of the strongest pro-U.S. voice within the...
The Florida massacre: Implications for Mindanao
Filipinos have been following developments in the recent mass killing in Orlando, Florida, United States. Anytime so many are massacred in one place at one time anywhere in the world, it is news, whether it be in Paris, Kenya, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, or Ukraine. Filipinos are specially drawn to reports of a massacre in the United States because...
