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Duterte set to make first ICC appearance 14 Mar 2025 - 01:04 pm
(L-R) Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency director general Aaron Aquino, and former senator and human rights campaigner Leila de Lima attend a senate probe on the drug war during Duterte's administration, in Manila on October 28, 2024. Photo by Jam STA ROSA / AFP
31 dead in Ethiopia cholera outbreak: MSF 14 Mar 2025 - 12:56 pm
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Greek cabinet reshuffled after 2023 train tragedy protests 14 Mar 2025 - 12:49 pm
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses the audience at the Greek Parliament in Athens, on March 5, 2025. Photo by Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP
Video: Fire aboard US airliner after diverted to Denver, 12 injured 14 Mar 2025 - 11:58 am
This image courtesy of Branden Williams shows passengers standing on the wing of an American Airlines plane as they are evacuated after it caught fire while at a gate at Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado, March 13, 2025. (Photo by Branden Williams / Courtesy of Branden Williams / AFP)
Trump takes bid to end US birthright citizenship to Supreme Court 14 Mar 2025 - 12:20 am
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 13, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)
US hunts man who decapitated California sea lion 14 Mar 2025 - 12:05 am
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Video: Indian man discovers snake and hatchlings in air-conditioning unit 13 Mar 2025 - 11:31 pm
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Pakistani military announces elimination of 10 militants in northwest Pakistan 13 Mar 2025 - 10:29 pm
A paramilitary soldier stands guard at a railway station in Quetta on March 12, 2025. Pakistan forces launched a
No room for any "Taiwan independence" separatist activities: mainland spokesperson 13 Mar 2025 - 10:23 pm
Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, answers questions at a regular press conference in Beijing, capital of China, March 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)
IMF welcomes new Lebanon govt request for help on ailing economy 13 Mar 2025 - 10:07 pm
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Duterte case seen as a 'gift' for embattled ICC 13 Mar 2025 - 09:59 pm
Protesters holding Filipino flags and a banner in support of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gather outside the The Hague Penitentiary Institution prison, which houses the International Criminal Court's (ICC) detention unit, on March 12, 2025. (Photo by Ramon van Flymen / ANP / AFP)
Trump on Greenland annexation: 'I think it will happen' 13 Mar 2025 - 08:40 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 13, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)
South Sudan projected to experience universal poverty in 2025 World Bank 13 Mar 2025 - 08:25 pm
People walk through the UN base outside Bentiu, South Sudan, September 17, 2015. AFP, Tristan McConnell
Chinese city offers cash rewards to boost birth rates 13 Mar 2025 - 08:07 pm
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Putin says Russia "in favor" of ceasefire, but nuances exist 13 Mar 2025 - 07:49 pm
Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a signing ceremony and a press conference following a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 13, 2025. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov / POOL / AFP)
Syria leader signs constitutional declaration, hailing 'new history' 13 Mar 2025 - 07:30 pm
Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa signs the country's constitutional declaration, which will be enforced throughout a five-year transitional period, at the presidential palace in Damascus on March 13, 2025. (Photo by Bakr Alkasem / AFP)
GCC calls for intensified global efforts to protect Palestinian children 13 Mar 2025 - 05:41 pm
A child looks on as his family prepares a fast-breaking iftar meal in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on March 11, 2025 during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
Merkel denies covering up report on Covid-19 origins 13 Mar 2025 - 05:31 pm
Then German Chancellor Angela Merkel puts onher face mask as she leaves after addressing a press conference following a video meeting with the heads of government of Germany's federal states at the Chancellery in Berlin on November 18, 2021, amid the novel coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Michael Kappeler / POOL / AFP