Sereno to APEC: Allow women to balance work, family
Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno talks about women's empowerment at the APEC Business Advisory Council Women's Luncheon.The Philippines' first female chief justice says: "Those who told me I will...
View Article'Reason to believe' man arrested in Germany linked to Paris attackers
BERLIN, Germany – Bavaria's state premier Horst Seehofer said Saturday, November 14, that there was "reason to believe" that a man arrested last week with several weapons in southern Germany was linked...
View ArticleFrench search for friends, shelter online after Paris attacks
PARIS, France – Survivors of the Paris attacks seeking shelter and people worried about friends or families all took to social media overnight following a wave of attacks in the French capital that...
View ArticleSyrian passport found near body of one of Paris attackers
PARIS, France – A Syrian passport was found near the body of one of the assailants involved in a wave of deadly attacks on Paris, police said Saturday, November 14. Police did not say where exactly the...
View ArticleTask Force APEC holds security simulation
As security alerts all over the world heighten after the Paris attacks, is the Philippines ready to host economic leaders in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit?Bea Cupin reports. -...
View ArticleEiffel Tower closed indefinitely following Paris attacks
MANILA, Philippines – The Eiffel Tower will be closed indefinitely following the wave of deadly attacks in Paris, the iconic landmark's operator said on Saturday, November 14.The company decided to...
View ArticleWorld mourns and condemns attacks in Paris
PARIS, France – Mourners across the globe reacted to the attacks in Paris with tears, shows of solidarity and condemnations of those who carried out the assaults that, according to French police, left...
View ArticlePoland won't accept refugees after Paris attacks
WARSAW, Poland – Poland will not take in refugees under a hotly contested EU program to distribute them among member states because of the Paris attacks, the country's incoming European affairs...
View ArticleFrenchman identified as possible concert hall attacker
PARIS, France – A French national is believed to be among the 4 men who stormed a Paris concert hall overnight, killing at least 82 people, police and a source close to the investigation said Saturday,...
View ArticleUN climate conference to go ahead near Paris despite attacks
PARIS, France – The UN climate conference will go ahead as planned near Paris later this month despite the terror attacks that, according to local police, killed 128 people in the French capital,...
View ArticleArmy, NPA clash in Davao City village
MANILA, Philippines – Soldiers from the 84th Infantry Battalion engaged in a firefight with New People’s Army (NPA) rebels Saturday morning, November 14, in Barangay Carmen, Davao City, the military...
View ArticleParis attacks: EU calls for minute's silence Monday
BRUSSELS, Belgium – The European Union on Saturday, November 14, called for a minute's silence to be held for the victims of a series of attacks in Paris in which, according to the French police, at...
View ArticleUS strike kills head of ISIS in Libya – Pentagon
WASHINGTON DC, USA – The head of the Islamic State (ISIS) group in Libya was killed in an air strike overnight, the Pentagon announced Saturday, November 14.Abu Nabil, also known as Wissam Najm Abd...
View ArticleFather, brother of one of Paris suicide attackers placed in custody
PARIS, France – Police on Saturday took into custody the father and brother of a French gunman linked to a string of deadly Paris attacks and were searching the family's home.Sources close to a probe...
View ArticleParis attacks: what we know so far
PARIS, France (UPDATED) – French investigators believe there were three teams involved in Friday's attacks on Paris and are probing possible links to the conflict in Syria in a joint inquiry with...
View ArticlePerils on the path to power for Myanmar's Suu Kyi
YANGON, Myanmar – Wielding an overwhelming mandate from Myanmar's voters, Aung San Suu Kyi has power in her sights after a quarter century of democratic struggle against the army, but analysts say...
View ArticleOmar Ismail Mostefai: from petty criminal to cold-blooded terrorist
COURCOURONNES, France – Omar Ismail Mostefai was known to police as nothing more than a petty criminal before he became the first gunman identified from Friday's attacks in Paris, which left at least...
View ArticleClinton urges war on ISIS, not Muslims
DES MOINES, United States – White House hopeful Hillary Clinton called for global unity to crush the Islamic State group, as the carnage in Paris took center stage at the Democratic presidential debate...
View ArticleRudy Fariñas' son killed in motorcycle crash
MANILA, Philippines – The son of Ilocos Norte 1st district representative Rodolfo Fariñas died in a motorcycle crash on Sunday, November 15.Rodolfo Fariñas Jr died in a crash in Barangay 40, Buyon, in...
View ArticleMyanmar president 'will hand power' to Suu Kyi after poll win
YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar's President Thein Sein on Sunday, November 15, said historic polls won in a thumping landslide by Aung San Suu Kyi's party were the consequence of his government's reforms and...
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