Friday, September 25

Tag: Featured

Islamists lure youngsters in the Philippines with payments: promise of paradise
21Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

Islamists lure youngsters in the Philippines with payments: promise of paradise

    When he saw his commander holding the severed head of one of his neighbors, teenage Islamist fighter Jalil knew it was time to escape from Marawi City. Churches and homes had been ransacked, people had been shot or taken hostage, and now Philippines government troops, planes and helicopters were pounding the Islamic State loyalists who had taken over large parts of the town on May 23. Six days into the occupation, 17-year-old Jalil said he came across a crowd of fellow fighters led by rebel chief Abdullah Maute, including a boy who looked about 10. They were cheering the beheading of a Christian from Jalil’s neighborhood who was accused of being a spy. ‘Abdullah Maute was holding a man’s head, he was shouting ‘Allahu akbar’ (God is Greatest),’ said Jalil, who spoke on cond...
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PM May in traped as she enters crucial 48 hours
21Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

PM May in traped as she enters crucial 48 hours

    Theresa May is embarking on a critical make-or-break 48 hours which could determine whether she can deliver Brexit successfully and survive as Prime Minister. Her authority has been badly damaged this week by a bruising clash with Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson over payments to Brussels and the UK's relationship with the EU after Brexit. May and Johnson The PM is chairing one of the most crucial Cabinet meetings of her premiership, ahead of making a landmark speech on her Brexit strategy in the medieval Italian city of Florence. In her speech, she is expected to attempt to break the deadlock in Brexit negotiations, caused by a row over the UK's so-called "divorce bill", by making an offer of €20bn. Her twin aims over the next two days are first to try and restore some uni...
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Rescuers desperate search to save young girl in Mexico City earthquake trapped
21Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Rescuers desperate search to save young girl in Mexico City earthquake trapped

    Rescuers toiled to wrest a young girl from the rubble of a partially collapsed school in Mexico City on Wednesday, offering a small glimmer of hope more than a day after a devastating earthquake killed at least 230 people . Television stations broadcast the nailbiting, hours-long rescue attempt live after crews at the school in the south of the city reported seeing the girl move her hand. They threaded a hose through debris to get her water. The girl's name was not made public, but her family waited in anguish nearby. Rescuers moved slowly, erecting makeshift wooden scaffolding to prevent rubble from crumbling further and seeking a path to the child through the unstable ruins. They implored bystanders to be quiet to better hear calls for help. It was part of the careful se...
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Meet the TH Mayor on 26 September
21Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Meet the TH Mayor on 26 September

John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, is inviting residents to the next 'Ask the Mayor' question and answer event on Tuesday 26 September at the Harford Health Centre, 115 Harford St, London E1 4FG from 7.30pm – 9pm. The 'Ask the Mayor' session gives local people the chance to put questions to Mayor Biggs, to quiz him about plans for the borough and tell him about issues that need resolving. At the event the Mayor will also be setting out his approach to the upcoming council budget following a wide ranging public consultation. Mayor Biggs said: I welcome the chance to speak to residents about the issues that matter to them, and that's why I introduced my 'Ask the Mayor' sessions. I look forward to a discussion at the Harford Centre about people's views on the future of the Borough. Everyone ...
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Two more arrests in Wales over Parsons Green attack
20Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Two more arrests in Wales over Parsons Green attack

    Two more men have been arrested in South Wales over the Parsons Green terrorist attack, police say. The pair, aged 48 and 30, were arrested in Newport just after 5am. It follows the arrest of a 25-year-old man in the city on Tuesday night after a counter-terrorism raid. The latest arrests bring the number of people being held over Friday's bomb attack to five. Two other men, aged 18 and 21, are still in custody in connection the attack in southwest London. Two properties in Newport are being searched by officers Detectives were earlier given more time to question the pair arrested at the weekend. Yahyah Farroukh, 21, is listed as living at an address in Stanwell, Surrey, which was searched by officers on Sunday. Yahyah Farroukh, 21, was arrested in west London The 18-year-...
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Facebook designates Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army dangerous organisation
20Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

Facebook designates Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army dangerous organisation

    Amid international accusations that Myanmar’s military is engaging in ‘ethnic cleansing’ of the Rohingya Muslim minority, Facebook designated a Rohingya insurgent group a dangerous organisation and ordered moderators to delete any content by or praising it. The decision, which the company said was made after an internal assessment of the group, came shortly before activists began complaining that the company was censoring posts about the brutal military campaign against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, reports the Guardian. The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) was placed on Facebook’s ‘dangerous organization’ list in recent weeks, a Facebook spokesperson confirmed. The company’s community standards ban posts by or in support of such organizations, which it defines as grou...
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Joining United States in military action against North Korea a possibility: Downing Street says
20Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Joining United States in military action against North Korea a possibility: Downing Street says

    The British Government has refused to rule out joining its US ally in using military force against North Korea after Donald Trump threatened to totally destroy the rogue state if attacked. The US President said he would be left with “no choice but to totally destroy North Korea if forced to in a dramatic speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. He sparked gasps of shock among members as he called dictator Kim Jong-un a rocket man on a suicide mission for himself and his regime. Downing Street has since confirmed it would consider joining Mr Trump in military action against North Korea. In a statement, a spokeswoman said no-one wants to see military action but it would be wrong to rule anything out. Mr Trump has been criticised in some quarters for his infl...
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Saudi Arabia offers $15 million aid for Rohingya refugees
20Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, ENGLISH

Saudi Arabia offers $15 million aid for Rohingya refugees

    Saudi Arabia King Salman has ordered the payment of $15 million aid for the Rohingya refugees fleeing from Myanmar as a result of genocide and torture. The announcement came in a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) following a meeting of the Saudi Cabinet, which was briefed by Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabiah, general supervisor of Riyadh-based King Salman Centre for Relief and Humanitarian Aid on the situation in Myanmar with the Muslim minority Rohingya refugees that have been forced to flee, reports arabnews.com. The Saudi Cabinet renewed the Kingdom’s calls on the international community to take urgent action to stop the attacks and to allow the Myanmar Muslim minority their basic human rights. Rohingya Muslims have lived in Myanmar for generations, but have ...
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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe to Sleep while Trump deliver his Speech in UN
20Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe to Sleep while Trump deliver his Speech in UN

    President Donald Trump touched on many hot-button subjects during his 41-minute address at the United Nations in New York on Tuesday. The U.S. president pontificated on the potential impending destruction of North Korea; railed against Iran as a rogue regime and described the Venezuelan government as a socialist dictatorship and corrupt regime that had inflicted terrible pain and suffering on its people. But it seems that none of these topics was particularly engaging for Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe. The 90-year-old African leader—the world’s oldest serving head of state—appeared to try and catch up on sleep during Trump’s address. While Trump was speaking about how the United States bears an unfair cost burden for maintaining the UN, a cutaway showed members of the...
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Met Police may press manslaughter charges Grenfell Tower fire which could see individuals jailed
19Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Met Police may press manslaughter charges Grenfell Tower fire which could see individuals jailed

    Met Police may press manslaughter charges, which could see individuals jailed Police investigating the Grenfell Tower fire say they may press individual manslaughter charges which could see those responsible for the disaster jailed. Corporate manslaughter charges may also be looked at, police previously said. Officers are also probing eight cases of fraud involving people who claimed money after the disaster and four possible thefts from flats on the lower levels of the Tower while it was under 24-hour security, according to a spokesperson. Met Police may press manslaughter charges, which could see individuals jailed Police now believe that the death toll from the blaze on 14 June could be slightly lower than the current estimate of around 80.
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