The Afghan president and the top United Nations representative to the country appealed for calm after four people were reported killed amid confrontations between police and antigovernment protesters in Kabul. Meanwhile, a leading human rights group criticized the use of “excessive” force on the protesters, who were demanding the resignation of President Ashraf Ghani’s government […]
Myanmar authorities on Friday charged three Muslims for conducting Ramadan prayers in front of a shuttered Islamic school in the commercial capital Yangon and warned other Muslims not to hold prayer sessions on public streets, a township official said. The Islamic school was one of two madrasas that were temporarily closed in the city’s Thaketa […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — At least 30 bodies were recovered from a shooting scene at the Resorts World Manila leisure complex in the Philippine capital of Manila, a local radio cited sources from the Bureau of Fire Protection as saying Friday. The ABS-CBN radio said most of the victims suffocated after the gunman, who stormed a […]
Philippine media have been sharing a post from retired Philippine military veteran Abe Purugganan which claims that the ISIS war on Philippines is part of an internal coup organised by members of the opposition Liberal Party with an aim to illegally oust democratically elected Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Mr. Purugganan claims that he is publishing […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – There have been reports of gunfire and explosions at a tourist complex in the Philippines. Police and Swat teams were deployed to Resorts World Manila at about 01:30 local time (17:30 GMT), CNN Philippines reports citing BBC News. Staff at one hotel told the outlet a masked gunman was on the second floor, […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The spokesman for Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, also known as Hashd al-Shaabi, said the Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorist group has suffered losses of more than 80 percent of its combat troops and equipment. Speaking to Syrian state television on Wednesday, Ahmed al-Assadi said the Iraqi popular forces were previously active in […]
An explosion has occurred at Taiwanese-owned Formosa Plastics Group’s steel mill in central Vietnam’s Ha Tinh province, one day after the facility came online for the first time since causing a catastrophic toxic waste spill in April 2016. The official Tuoi Tre News quoted vice-chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Duong Tat Thang as saying […]
Two top editors at Malaysia’s leading English daily newspaper have been suspended and other journalists have been questioned by police over a front page published on the first day of Ramadan that was deemed offensive to Muslims. The government has given The Star a week to explain why it should not be suspended for the […]
