10 dead, Filipino hurt in Libya hotel attack
By
Esam Mohamed
| January 28, 2015 - 10:29am
In the latest sign of Libya's descent into chaos, gunmen stormed a luxury hotel used by diplomats and businessmen in the capital...
Pinoy Worldwide
EDITORIAL - Bracing for trouble
January 12, 2015 - 12:00am
Some people may find it comforting to hear Philippine security officials saying an attack such as the one on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo isn’t going to happen here.
Opinion
About 700,000 French rally against terrorism
January 11, 2015 - 12:00pm
No to terrorism, said hundreds of thousands of people who took to the street on Saturday in France's main cities after deadly shooting at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and hostage-taking in a Jewish supermar...
World
Libya FM: Extremists seek to capture oil resources
By
Sarah El Deeb
| December 29, 2014 - 6:43am
Libya's foreign minister said yesterday that extremist groups are making a renewed push to seize oil resources, after an assault on eastern terminals set storage tanks ablaze, sending massive clouds of black smoke...
World
Muzzling speech in Bangladesh
December 25, 2014 - 12:00am
The fine is modest, about $65, but the message from Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal is ominous: anyone who challenges — however legitimately, however respectfully — the official number...
Letters to the Editor
Egypt to criminalize 'insulting revolutions'
December 4, 2014 - 2:41am
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has said his office is drafting a law to criminalize insulting the uprisings that toppled President Hosni Mubarak in 2011 and his Islamist successor Mohammed Morsi last ...
World
News Analysis: Prosecution appeal unlikely to change Mubarak's acquittal
November 30, 2014 - 11:01am
Cairo Criminal Court acquitted on Saturday former President Hosni Mubarak, his two sons Gamal and Alaa and six of his top security aides, including his interior minister Habib al-Adli, of financial corruption and...
World
UN slams deadly terrorist attack on bus in northern Kenya
November 23, 2014 - 2:01pm
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday condemned a terrorist attack on a commuter bus in northern Kenya that left at least 28 people dead, hoping that "those responsible for today's attack will be brought to...
World
UAE lists Muslim Brotherhood among terrorist groups
November 16, 2014 - 8:01am
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has officially branded the Muslim Brotherhood and its local affiliates as terrorist groups, in a latest terror list that includes a total of 83 Islamist organizations, state news agency...
World
Fighting in eastern Libya sets oil tanker on fire
November 4, 2014 - 5:18am
Libya's army spokesman said an oil tanker caught fire on yesterday amid fierce fighting between pro-government forces and Islamist militias in the eastern city of Benghazi, sending heavy black smoke into the sk...
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