Organisers of Vancouver’s annual Lapu Lapu festival in Canada, where a car ramming attack killed 11 people on Saturday, have said they are “heartbroken” and “collectively shattered”.
An exhausted and emotional RJ Aquino said the Filipino community…
Category: 2. World
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Defiant amid ruins: US airstrikes rock Sanaa
Abdullatif Al-washali
Press TV, Sana’a
In Yemen, American airstrikes have once again struck residential neighborhoods — this time in the early evening, as families…
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PA President Abbas names likely successor in move deemed ‘illegitimate, divisive’
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed a close aide as the first-ever vice president and a potential successor in a move deemed by critics as “illegitimate and divisive.”
Hussein al-Sheikh,…
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Yemeni army attacks sensitive Israeli military sites with ballistic missiles
Yusef Mawry
Press TV, Sana’a
Despite weeks of relentless US airstrikes and billions spent trying to cripple Yemen’s capabilities, the Yemeni Armed Forces have not only…
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Death toll in Lapu Lapu festival attack rises to 11
Vancouver’s Filipino community has been left in shock and mourning after a car ramming attack left 11 people dead on Saturday.
The attack, which took place at the annual Lapu Lapu festival which celebrates Filipino culture, also left dozens…
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Israeli forces tighten siege on Jenin refugee camp, installing iron gates at entrances.
Teebah Assi
Press TV, Jenin
The Israeli occupation has intensified its operations in the West Bank, with a sharp focus on the Jenin refugee camp.
Military activity in the…
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Israel launches air strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs
Israel carried out an air strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday, after ordering an evacuation of a building that it said was being used by the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah.
The attack occurred despite a ceasefire that came into force…
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Russia dispatches special firefighting planes to Iran
“Following a nighttime call from my respective country’s officials to request assistance from the Russian Federation to contain the fire, I immediately contacted that country’s authorities (at midnight on Saturday) and, despite the official…
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