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President Rodrigo Duterte of Philippines has formally informed U.S of his decision to terminate the country’s bilateral Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). President Duterte who has not hidden his grudges and hatred with the United States believed that it is better for his country (Philippines) to be more independent militarily. The United States which is the
It was reported that a 32-year-old Thailand soldier identified as Sgt. Maj. Jakrapanth Thomma killed 29 people and wounded 57 others in the northeastern Thai city of Nakhon Ratchasima before he was shot dead on Sunday. According to the report, the soldier was angry over a financial dispute. He held an overnight siege at the
A THAILAND SOLDIER KILLED 29 PEOPLE AND WOUNDED MANY OTHERS BEFORE HE WAS SHOT DEAD. Read More »
It was reported that Li Wenliang, a Chinese ophthalmologist who first issued warning about deadly coronavirus has died. Li Wenliang who contracted the virus while working at Wuhan Central Hospital died on Thursday, 6 February 2020. On 30 December 2019, Dr. Wenliang sent warning to his medical colleagues about the virus but police warned him
The U.S Senate on Wednesday found President Trump not guilty, acquitted him on two articles of impeachment (abuse of power and obstruction of Congress), thereby ending a four-month impeachment process. Senator Mitt Romney (a Utah Republican) found President Trump guilty of abuse of power. He was the first senator in U.S history to vote to
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN ACQUITTED BY THE SENATE ON TWO ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT. Read More »
An Iranian man identified as Amir Rahimpour who was convicted of spying for the CIA has been sentenced to death by Iran’s court. It was alleged that Amir Rahimpour received money from the CIA to share details of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program with the American spy agency. Gholamhossein Esmaili, Iran’s Judiciary spokesman said that
It was reported that a Pegasus Airlines plane gone off the runaway after landing and crashed in Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport on Wednesday. Our correspondent in Istanbul learned that the plane split into three pieces and fifty two people were wounded. The plane was from the western province of Izmir and 177 people were on
Lufthansa, the German airline announced on Monday that it is extending its flights to Beijing and Shanghai until February 28 due to coronavirus outbreak. The company also said that flights to Shenyang, Nanjing and Qingdao would be suspended until March 28 but it would continue operating flights to Hong Kong. Many airlines have also suspended
A 42 year old man, Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Nouri wanted in Iraq for killing two police officers has been arrested in Phoenix, Arizona. According to the information our correspondent gathered, Al-Nouri acted as the leader of al Qaeda group in Fallujah (Iraq) when he allegedly killed those Iraqi policemen in 2006. He was wanted in
It was reported that the U.S President Donald Trump on Friday, 31 January issued a new travel ban which targets immigrants from six countries (Nigeria, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Sudan and Tanzania). Among the six countries added in the ban, four including Nigeria are African nations and three of them have Muslim-majority populations. Chad Wolf, the
The United kingdom will leave the European Union at 2300 GMT on Friday, 31 January 2020, ending its 47-year membership with the bloc. This would be the Britain’s most significant change since the loss of its empire and the country’s major blow of its 70 years efforts to forge European unity from the ruins of