Pinoy caregiver hostaged by Hamas returns home
MANILA, Philippines — Caregiver Jimmy Pacheco, one of the Filipinos kidnapped by the Islamist group Hamas in October, arrived yesterday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1.
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Girl out to watch baraat, abducted & raped; two held
GHAZIABAD: Two persons were arrested on Thursday for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl on December 10 evening, when the minor had gone to the Rashi Ali Gate area in Loni to watch a wedding procession with two friends.The two accused, police said, offered to take the three girls home in their Echo car. They dropped two girls near their homes and then took the third to a forested, deserted spot and gangraped her.The two men later dumped the girl at the same spot from where they had picked her up.
Philippine government and communist rebels agree to resume talks on ending their protracted conflict
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Philippine government and the country’s communist rebels have agreed to resume talks aimed at ending decades of armed conflict, one of Asia’s longest, Norwegian mediators announced Tuesday.
Blinken urges Israel to create safe zones in Gaza when fighting resumes
TEL AVIV, Israel — Visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday urged Israel to create safe zones for Palestinian civilians in Gaza before it resumes "major military operations" in the Hamas-ruled territory.
Hamas frees more hostages as Gaza truce expiry looms
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — More hostages were freed from Gaza on Wednesday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, as mediators raced to broker another extension to the truce between Israel and Hamas hours before it was due to expire.
DoJ: Heinous crimes excluded from amnesty
THE Department of Justice (DoJ) reiterated on Wednesday that the recent proclamations issued by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. granting amnesty to various rebel and insurgent groups do not cover heinous crimes.
Cops appeal for lives of 2 kidnapped Chinese
MANILA, Philippines — After four of six Chinese kidnapped from Ayala Alabang Village in Muntinlupa City last October were found dead, police yesterday urged the kidnappers not to kill the other two remaining victims.
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Probably because the victims are foreigners, alarm bells aren’t ringing loudly amid reports that four Chinese nationals kidnapped last month were found dead days later. Police said the four were kidnapped together with two other Chinese and three Filipinos by six armed men from Ayala Alabang Village in Muntinlupa on Oct. 30.