On Saturday night, the president left a mysterious tweet, writing that “something very big has just happened,” with the White House later saying he would make an announcement on Sunday morning. President Trump has confirmed that US special forces have killed Daesh (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. “Last night the US brought the world’s number […]
Security forces killed seven suspected members of an Islamic State-inspired militant group during a clash in the southern Philippines, the military said Friday. Combined police and military forces attacked the suspects’ hideout in a village in southern Midsayap town on Wednesday, sparking a firefight that led to the casualties, local infantry commander Lt. Col. Glen […]
Yazid Sufaat, the only Malaysian directly involved in the 9/11 terror attacks against the United States, is set to be released from prison next month, but police will continue to monitor him, the nation’s police chief says. The 55-year-old convicted terrorist from Johor has finished his two-year sentence under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) […]
TOKYO, Oct 22 (TNA) Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his wife on Tuesday attended the enthronement ceremony of Japanese Emperor Naruhito. Gen Prayut and Naraporn arrived in Tokyo Tuesday morning for the visit to join around 2,000 dignitaries from over 180 countries and regions at the ceremony called Sokui no Rei. Full story: tna.mcot.net […]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to endorse police killing drug suspects in the central city of Bacolod, in what a government official on Friday said was the president’s way of exaggerating to make a point. During a business conference late Thursday, Duterte launched into a tirade against illegal drugs and at one point mentioned Lt. […]
TOKYO (Sputnik) – Japanese companies canceled 1,929 international and domestic flights over the approaching powerful typhoon Hagibis, local media reported on Saturday. The NHK broadcaster reported that earlier in the day, that Japan Airlines Corporation (JAL), All Nippon Airways (ANA), Peach Aviation had canceled 262 international flights. Meanwhile, 13 air carriers, including JAL and ANA, […]
Two Filipinos and three Indonesians were confirmed dead, while another Philippine man was missing after a bridge collapsed over a bay in eastern Taiwan, officials in Manila and Jakarta said Wednesday. The Filipino fatalities, identified as Andree Abregana Serencio and Gorge Jagmis Impang, were aboard a fishing boat that was under the bridge when the […]
Saudi Arabia today launched its new tourist visa, inviting a wider range of foreigners to visit the country in an effort to diversify the country’s economy. In what Tourism Minister Ahmed Al-Khateeb called an “historic moment”, the kingdom’s new visa system offers access to tourists from 49 countries and calls on foreign companies to invest […]
