HIROSHIMA (Jiji Press)--Hibakusha atomic bomb survivors and bereaved families offered prayers at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Thursday, hoping for a peaceful world without nuclear weapons 81 years after the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city. Kinuko Hiura, 83, was exposed to the...
HIROSHIMA, Aug. 6 (Jiji Press) -- Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui called on policymakers around the world to show determination and implement policies for nuclear abolition, in an annual peace declaration Thursday, the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city. Noting...
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a railway track as a passenger train passed through the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Sunday, killing at least 23 people and wounding over 70 others, officials said. The force of the explosion caused...
DAVAO CITY – Acting Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte II urged the people to remain alert and united in protecting the community during the 23rd anniversary of the 2003 Sasa Old Airport bombing here on Wednesday afternoon, March 4. The commemoration paid tribute to the victims of the attack and...
KORONADAL CITY – A suspect in the 2019 bombing in North Cotabato that injured five people surrendered to police Tuesday, officials announced Wednesday. The suspect, identified as alias Nasser, is a 40-year-old member of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front...
COTABATO CITY – After months of covert operations, agents of the National Bureau of Investigation in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (NBI-BARMM) on Thursday arrested a suspected bomber linked to Mindanao bus bombings and bus burning in 2021. NBI-BARMM Director Jonathan Balite...
The Philippine government has called for the compliance of Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic Relations following the bombing of the residence of the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates in Khartoum, Sudan. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it deeply regrets the...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief, General Romeo Brawner Jr. renders a salute to one of the six soldiers who died in a recent encounter with the Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) during his visit to Camp Major Cesar Sang-an in Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur on February 20, 2024. (Photo by...
The battle has ended, they are finally home, but the fight is far from over. The remains of six Philippine Army (PA) soldiers who died during an armed engagement with the Islamic State-linked Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) were brought to the headquarters of the 1st Infantry Division (1ID) at...
ILIGAN CITY – The 1st Infantry Division condoled with the family of soldiers killed in a gun battle with the Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group in Barangay Ramain, Munai, Lanao del Norte on Sunday, February 18. READ:...
The continuing pursuit operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) against members of the Islamic State (IS)-linked Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group who allegedly perpetrated a bomb attack at the Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City last year resulted in yet another bloodbath on...
After the bombing incident at a Catholic Mass in Marawi last December, Muslim and Christian leaders have joined forces to condemn the use of religion for violence. Photo from Lanao Del Sur Provincial Government In a joint statement posted on the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines...
