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Japan PM visits quake-hit Hokkaido as toll rises to 37

Agence France-Presse
Sep 09 04:58 PM

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the quake-hit northern region of Hokkaido Sunday, as officials confirmed two more deaths bringing the toll to 37. Read more »

Egypt sentences 75 to death, hundreds to jail over 2013 sit-in

Haitham Ahmed and John Davison, Reuters
Sep 09 12:44 PM

An Egyptian court sentenced 75 people to death on Saturday including prominent Islamist leaders Essam al-Erian and Mohamed Beltagi over a 2013 sit-in which ended with security forces killing hundreds of protesters. Read more »

Pope urges bishops to fight abuse, clerical culture behind it

Agence France-Presse
Sep 09 10:11 AM

Pope Francis on Saturday urged newly-ordained bishops to fight abuse and reject what he termed the "clerical" culture which has seen a series of sex abuse scandals rock the Catholic Church.  Read more »

Obama urges voters to mobilize against the 'politics of fear'

Agence France-Presse
Sep 09 09:56 AM

Former US president Barack Obama on Saturday urged voters to mobilize and return control of Congress to Democrats as he denounced what he said was the "politics of fear" dividing the country. Read more »

North Korea to hold military parade to mark 70th anniversary

Sebastien Berger, Agence France-Presse
Sep 09 08:42 AM

Hundreds of trucks carrying thousands of troops lined a Pyongyang riverbank in the pale light of dawn early Sunday, as nuclear-armed North Korea prepared to celebrate its birthday with a huge show of military strength. Read more »

South Korea reports first MERS case in 3 years

Agence France-Presse
Sep 08 09:29 PM

South Korea reported its first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in three years, health officials said on Saturday.   Read more »

US accused of blocking UN climate talks amid protests

Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Sep 08 06:09 PM

Experts warn that the world is running out of time to prevent catastrophic temperature rises. Read more »

Japan death toll rises to 30 after powerful quake

Agence France-Presse
Sep 08 05:04 PM

The death toll from a powerful quake that triggered landslides in northern Japan rose to 30 Saturday, as tens of thousands of rescue workers raked through the mud for survivors. Read more »

Ex-Trump campaign aide sentenced to 14 days in prison

Reuters
Sep 08 05:39 AM

WASHINGTON - George Papadopoulos, a former aide to then-Republican candidate Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, was sentenced on Friday to 14 days in prison after pleading guilty last year to lying to federal agents investigating whether campaign members coordinated with Russia before the election. Read more »

Workers cheer in France as court blocks McDonald's sale

Agence France-Presse
Sep 08 02:50 AM

Employees of a McDonald's in a deprived neighbourhood of Marseille, southern France, erupted in joy Friday after a court blocked the restaurant's sale. Read more »

Obama: 'Republican Party cozying up to Russia, ex-KGB boss'

Agence France-Presse
Sep 08 01:38 AM

Former U.S. President Barack Obama forcefully rebuked the Republican Party on Friday, criticizing it for divisive politics and its retrenchment in global leadership. Read more »

Trump calls for probe on New York Times

Reuters
Sep 08 01:03 AM

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday called on the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the New York Times after the news outlet published a column this week by an anonymous administration official questioning his fitness for office. Read more »

Myanmar rejects ICC decision over Rohingya crisis

Agence France-Presse
Sep 08 01:02 AM

Myanmar on Friday "resolutely" rejected a ruling by the International Criminal Court empowering the tribunal to probe alleged crimes against the Rohingya even though the Southeast Asian nation is not a member of it. Read more »

Former Trump aide to be sentenced

Agence France-Presse
Sep 08 12:13 AM

The foreign policy advisor to President Donald Trump's election campaign whose contacts with Russians set off the investigation into possible collusion with Moscow is to be sentenced on Friday. Read more »

Duterte, Jordan king discuss undocumented Pinoys

ABS-CBN News
Sep 07 11:32 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday sang praises for Jordan's King Abdullah bin Al-Hussein, who he called "a man of his words." Read more »

3 mortars land inside Baghdad's Green Zone, no casualties

Reuters
Sep 07 08:30 PM

BAGHDAD - Three mortar shells landed inside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone just after midnight local time on Friday, the Iraqi military said in a statement. Read more »

DFA tells Pinoys in Baghdad to be vigilant following mortar attack

ABS-CBN News
Sep 07 08:09 PM

MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs reminded Filipinos in Baghdad to stay vigilant after mortar rounds were fired towards the city's Green Zone past midnight Friday (local time). Read more »

66 Pinoy tourists in Sapporo safe: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Sep 07 07:16 PM

MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday 66 Filipino tourists in Sapporo in Hokkaido, Japan were safe after the powerful quake that hit the northern Japanese island Thursday. Read more »

Rescuers with dogs search for survivors after deadly Japan quake

Kaori Kaneko and Malcolm Foster, Reuters
Sep 07 05:53 PM

TOKYO - Rescue workers with dogs searched for survivors on Friday in debris-strewn landslides caused by an earthquake in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, as electricity was restored to just over half of households. Read more »

Search for survivors

Kyodo/via Reuters
Sep 07 02:59 PM

Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) search for survivors from a house damaged by a landslide caused by an earthquake in Atsuma town, Hokkaido, northern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo on Friday.    Read more »

DFA looking after OFW involved in Kuwait stabbing incident

ABS-CBN News
Sep 07 01:39 PM

MANILA – A Filipino domestic helper held in Kuwait for allegedly stabbing her employer will receive all possible assistance, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Read more »

Husband wants answers in death of Pinay cyclist in Florida

ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Sep 07 01:13 PM

JACKSONVILLE, Florida - The husband of 41-year-old Filipina cyclist Jennifer Cabaliw Bryant wants a full investigation into circumstances surrounding her death during a cycling event more than a month ago. Read more »

Trump calls on Times to reveal 'coward' behind critical op-ed

Jerome Cartillier, Agence France-Presse
Sep 07 12:06 PM

Donald Trump on Thursday called on the New York Times to reveal the name of the "coward" who wrote an explosive, anonymous article that has plunged his presidency into its worst crisis yet. Read more »

Death toll from Japan's Hokkaido doubles to 16 - prime minister

Kaori Kaneko and Makiko Yamazaki, Reuters
Sep 07 09:54 AM | Updated Sep 07 09:56 AM

TOKYO - The death toll from a powerful earthquake that rattled the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido doubled to at least 16, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday, with more than half the island's 5.3 million residents still without power.   Read more »

Pinay dies from snorkeling incident

ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Sep 07 09:45 AM

A Filipina-American from Illinois drowned while on a snorkeling trip in Florida last Saturday.   Read more »