UN plans food airdrop in Syria

01/23/2016

UNITED NATIONS — As images and reports of starvation in besieged Syrian communities drew an international outcry and two rare aid convoys this month, an urgent question arose: Why not drop food and other needed supplies by…

France fights back

11/17/2015

Paris – French warplanes pounded Islamic State’s Syrian stronghold Sunday in retaliation for a wave of coordinated attacks claimed by the jihadists which left 129 people dead in Paris. As the nation prepared to mourn the victims…

PARIS MOURNS

AP 11/15/2015

127 killed in terrorist attacks of concert hall, stadium, cafes French President François Hollande, speaking to the nation, said attacks on Friday that killed 127 people were “an act of war” by  terrorists of the Islamic State.…

Deadly strikes

AP 07/06/2015

Beirut — US-led coalition aircraft unleashed a series of air strikes targeting the Islamic State group’s stronghold of Raqqa in eastern Syria, killing at least 10 militants and wounding many others in one of the largest coalition…

OFWs’ numbers up despite economic boom

Vanessa Claire Lucero 06/10/2015

The number of Filipinos going overseas to work is projected to continue to increase despite the country’s good economic performance, an official said. Evelyn Durato, regional director of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), said the number…

‘He’s no terrorist. He’s a preacher who blogs’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Edison Delos Angeles 07/13/2014

Cebuana arrested with suspected Jihad preacher defends her man He is a preacher, not a terrorist. He uses his blog to teach Islam, said 32-year-old Joean Montayre, the woman who was arrested with  suspected “jihad” recruiter  Robert…

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