[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The Pakatan Harapan government needs to do a reality check on its promise and allocation pertaining to the Defence Ministry in its recently tabled Budget 2019. Former Defence Minister …
Read More »Balangiga Bells to make Korea stopover before arriving in PH
[ad_1] The return of the Balangiga Bells ‘brings to a close a part of our history, the Filipino-American War in the 1990s,’ says Philippine Ambassador Babe Romualdez Published 12:12 PM, November 15, …
Read More »After return of Balangiga Bells, will Duterte visit U.S.?
[ad_1] President Duterte will not visit the US ‘until the Bells of Balangiga are returned,’ Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr recalls telling US Ambassador Nikki Haley Published 10:53 AM, November 15, 2018 …
Read More »Lebanese Christian civil war foes shake hands, make up after 40 years » Manila Bulletin News
[ad_1] Published November 15, 2018, 9:07 AM By Reuters BEIRUT (Reuters) – Christian rivals from the Lebanese civil war, Samir Geagea and Suleiman Frangieh, shook hands with each other on Wednesday, marking …
Read More »Final Say: Theresa May admits Brexit can be stopped by new referendum as cabinet back draft deal
[ad_1] Theresa May has admitted Brexit can be stopped, with her senior officials accepting a new referendum on Britain’s departure from the EU is possible. The unprecedented admission from the top of …
Read More »Lieberman’s Colorful Career Reaches a Fork. Again.
[ad_1] JERUSALEM — As a youngster in the Soviet Union, he once won a playwriting prize. And as a politician in Israel, Avigdor Lieberman has shown a flair for the dramatic, time …
Read More »Calls Mount to Stop Orphanages Exploiting Poor Children to Lure Money, Tourists
[ad_1] LONDON — Six years after Australian lawyer Kate van Doore set up an orphanage in Nepal she was astounded to find that the children she thought she was helping were not …
Read More »California fires: More than 100 are missing in Camp Fire, sheriff’s office says
[ad_1] The Camp Fire is one of two major blazes burning in California that have left at least 50 people dead. At least 73 of the missing are 65 or older. “In …
Read More »New ideas necessary despite controversy over Budget 2019: Mahathir, SE Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Malaysia is willing to risk failure with controversial new ideas presented in Budget 2019 in its bid to overcome the financial, developmental and administrative problems of the government, said Malaysian Prime …
Read More »Myanmar’s violence against Rohingya Muslims inexcusable, US VP Pence says
[ad_1] The violence which drove 700,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar into Bangladesh was “without excuse”, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence told Aung San Suu Kyi in stinging comments on Wednesday. In a …
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