Новости за 21.08.2015

Midsayap, North Cotabato — Police and military authorities here are hunting down two suspected hit men of outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) who executed an Army corporal in a remote village here Thursday. Supt. Reynante delos Santos, Midsayap police chief, said Corporal Angelo Magtubo of the 7th Infantry Battalion, died instantly due to multiple […]

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his troops onto a war footing from 5 p.m on Friday after Pyongyang issued an ultimatum to Seoul to halt anti-North propaganda broadcasts by Saturday afternoon or face military action.

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his troops onto a war footing from 5 p.m on Friday after Pyongyang issued an ultimatum to Seoul to halt anti-North propaganda broadcasts by Saturday afternoon or face military action.

PYONGYANG, Aug. 21 (PNA/Xinhua) — The top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un has ordered the country’s frontline combined forces to enter state of war from 5 p.m. (0830 GMT) Friday, the official KCNA news agency reported Friday. Kim made the order at an emergency enlarged meeting of the […]

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is promising Democratic lawmakers that the U.S. will continue to keep economic pressure on Iran — and keep military options open — if his administration’s nuclear deal with Tehran goes through. Obama says in a letter addressed to New York Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler that if Iran rushes to build […]

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad has called for an immediate vote of no-confidence against Prime Minister Najib Razak, saying Najib has made members of parliament beholden to him by giving them lucrative government posts.

A man accused of illegally renting Lowcountry homes he didn't own is facing new charges. Now real estate agents warn that it's a situation that happens far too often.

Camarines Sur Third District Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo opted to run for a Senate seat in the upcoming national elections than the vice presidency as called for by some members of the ruling administration Liberal Party. The 50-year-old widow of the late Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo had graced the […]

North Korea's state media KRT releases photos it says shows leader Kim Jong Un convening an emergency meeting declaring a "quasi-state of war" against South Korea. Rough cut (no reporter narration).

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Kyushu Electric Power has halted the ramp-up of power output from its Sendai No. 1 nuclear reactor due to a problem with a pump in the plant's secondary cooling system, a spokesman said on Friday.

A discussion on the township’s role and ability to protect historic trees Thursday led Township Council to a few options to be explored in the future.

In these last days of summer fun, we are multitasking, combining our usual pursuit of truth-in-punditry with a bit of national security role-playing.

Two years ago, an unattended train pulling 72 tank cars of crude oil, its brakes unable to hold, began rolling downhill into Lac-Megantic, Quebec, reaching a speed of 65 mph.

Aug 20 (Reuters) - France's Karine Icher upstaged big names Lydia Ko and Stacy Lewis to storm to a two-shot lead after the opening round of the Canadian Pacific Women's Open in Vancouver on Thursday.

An AP report has revealed that the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency has agreed with Iran that Iranian experts and equipment will be used to inspect Iran's Parchin military site, located not far from Tehran,...

“While the temperature was ‘only’ 115 degrees, the dew point was an unfathomable 90 degrees. … The combination of heat and humidity, measured by the dew point, is what makes…

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Taxi services firm Cabcharge Australia Ltd has hired software developers to rush a payment app to the market as its fights against the soaring popularity of ride-sharing service Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL].

A year ago at this time, Penn State women’s soccer coach Erica Walsh and her staff had a lot of questions about their team.

An hour-by-hour schedule of events at Grange Fair…

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Safety hazards have been found at almost 70 percent of firms handling dangerous chemicals inspected in Beijing since two massive blasts killed 114 people last week, including a branch of Asia's largest refiner Sinopec Corp, state media reported.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Safety hazards have been found at almost 70 percent of firms handling dangerous chemicals inspected in Beijing since two massive blasts killed 114 people last week, including a branch of Asia's largest refiner Sinopec Corp, state media reported.

Hundreds of U.S. government employees - including some with sensitive jobs in the White House, Congress and law enforcement agencies - used Internet connections in their federal offices to access and pay membership fees to...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Former college basketballer Jason Holmes will become the first born-and-bred American to play top-flight Australian Rules when he takes the field for Melbourne team St Kilda on Saturday.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Summerville’s Patrick Walters, who earned a spot in the Forrest Wood Cup as a member of the University of South Carolina’s national championship bass fishing team, is tied for 13th after Thursday’s opening day of the tournament being fished on Lake Ouachita.

In the pitchers’ meeting before the game, the State College Spikes identified pitches to avoid against certain Williamsport hitters.