According to the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (NBDM), cited by Reuters, at least 13 people were rescued Wednesday at the site of the gold mine landslide. According to Reuters, Indonesian rescuers were searching for survivors after more than 60 people were reportedly buried by the collapse of an illegal gold mine on the […]
Former separatist guerrillas formally assumed the leadership of an autonomous Muslim region in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, despite the presence of Islamic State-linked militants in the region and discontent from ex-colleagues about being left out. At a ceremony in southern Cotabato city, Murad Ebrahim, who led the 10,000-strong Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) during […]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who is internationally known for his stern and sarcastic remarks, has repeatedly lashed out at the Catholic Church, slamming bishops in his country as “useless fools” and “sons of b***hes”. In his latest verbal attack on the Roman Catholic Church, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte predicted that “this church will disappear in […]
The Philippine military vowed Thursday to rescue all hostages in Abu Sayyaf militant custody, while Indonesian and Malaysian officials said they were working with Filipino counterparts to free sailors from their countries who were abducted at sea in December near the southern Philippines. Col. Gerry Besana, spokesman for the Western Mindanao Command in southern Zamboanga […]
At least 5 soldiers have been injured as result of an ammunition explosion in the Turkish city of Polatlı, the Turkish Defence Ministry said as quoted by milliyet.com.tr news website. The incident reportedly occurred at 7:00 pm local time, while the injured have been taken to a hospital. “According to the preliminary data, five soldiers […]
Protests calling for a full-blown military offensive against Pakistan erupted across India on Friday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned that terror groups would pay “a heavy price” after suspected militants killed at least 46 Indian troops in one of the deadliest attacks in volatile Kashmir. On Thursday, a suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant rammed a […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – Turkey has issued arrest warrants for a further 1,112 people with suspected connections to the outlawed Gülenist movement, as the impact of the 2016 failed military coup continues to reverberate around the country. The operation announced on Tuesday by Turkey’s state-run news agency is one of the biggest to date targeting followers of […]
Thai authorities have deported eight Cambodian Muslims who were part of a group of 18 arrested after they were initially suspected of training to join separatist insurgents in Thailand’s mainly Muslim southern border region, diplomats said on Monday. An official at the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said in an […]
