ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan said on Thursday that Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on July 22.

"At the invitation of U.S. President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Washington D.C. and hold a meeting with President Trump on July 22, 2019," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Faisal told a weekly news conference here.(Pakistan-U.S.-Visit)

- - - -

MANILA -- A 50-year-old man died after he accidently swallowed a live tilapia fish and got his airway blocked, while fishing in a central Philippine river, local news reported on Thursday.

According to the report, the victim, identified as Roger Marcelino, and his son went fishing in the river in Tagutud, a village in Bungasong town in Antique province in the central Philippines, on June 29 when the accident happened. (Philippines-Accident)

- - - -

JAKARTA -- Indonesian police have arrested leader and members of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militant network, affiliated with al-Qaida, and began investigating the network's palm oil and other businesses connected with their activities, police said on Thursday.

The police's anti-terror squad has arrested the leader of the network Para Wijayanto, 54, and six other suspects, police spokesman Brigadier General Dedi Prasetyo said. (Indonesia-Terror Group)

- - - -

WELLINGTON -- The need to ensure high levels of public safety is the focus of New Zealand's plans revealed on Thursday for the first firearms collections during the buyback and amnesty program following the Christchurch mosque attacks on March 15 that killed at least 51 people.

Police have publicly demonstrated how a community collection of firearms will work in practice, during an exercise in Wellington's Hutt Valley. They want to prioritize safety for the frontline officers and others involved in the process. (NZ-Firearms Buyback)

- - - -

MANILA -- Military authorities planned to impose a "no jacket policy" on people entering Davao City in southern Philippines, to prevent possible suicide bombers from penetrating crowded events or during major festivities.

Colonel Consolito Yecla, Task Force Davao commander, has said the new security measure will be implemented to thwart possible suicide attacks by terrorists off the west coast of Mindanao island in the southern Philippines, mainly in the island provinces of the Sulu Archipelago, namely Basilan and Sulu. (Philippines-Security) Enditem

Related

Go to Forum >>0 Comment(s)