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For the families still grieving Duterte’s brutal drug war, the ICC might be their only hope

For the families still grieving Duterte’s brutal drug war, the ICC might be their only hope


April 13, 2025
Editor’s Note: This article contains graphic images and descriptions. Christine Pascual’s phone started buzzing while she was at work in a hair salon with messages saying former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was about to be arrested. Laxamana, a 17-year-old with dreams of becoming an online gamer, went missing in August 2018 on his way home […]
British government takes over running of UK’s last major steel plant from Chinese owner Jingye

British government takes over running of UK’s last major steel plant from Chinese owner Jingye


April 13, 2025
The UK government took effective control Saturday of Britain’s last remaining factory that makes steel from scratch from its Chinese owners, after lawmakers approved an emergency rescue. Prime Minister Keir Starmer summoned lawmakers for the unusual Saturday sitting, only the sixth since World War II, to back a bill primarily aimed at blocking British Steel’s […]
Pressures from Kyiv and Washington led to US ambassador’s resignation, sources say

Pressures from Kyiv and Washington led to US ambassador’s resignation, sources say


April 13, 2025
When US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink resigned her post two days ago, she was both under pressure from President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office in Kyiv, and feeling the strain of working for her ultimate boss in Washington, President Donald Trump, according to people who knew her. At the same time, she was almost three years […]
Tanzania’s top opposition party disqualified from polls, election commission says

Tanzania’s top opposition party disqualified from polls, election commission says


April 13, 2025
Tanzania’s main opposition party CHADEMA has been disqualified from elections due later this year, a senior election commission official said on Saturday, days after the party’s leader was charged with treason for allegedly seeking to disrupt the vote. Ramadhani Kailima, director of elections at the Independent National Elections Commission, said CHADEMA had failed to sign […]
‘This isn’t Russia, never was, and never will be’: Ukrainians living under occupation fear Trump’s peace talks

‘This isn’t Russia, never was, and never will be’: Ukrainians living under occupation fear Trump’s peace talks


April 13, 2025
Asked why she and other Ukrainian people choose to keep living under Russian occupation instead of fleeing, the woman paused for a moment. “I don’t know how to explain the feeling,” she said. “It’s like you just can’t believe that evil could win. Even after three years, people can’t believe that this is it. They […]
Russia strikes northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy in deadliest attack this year

Russia strikes northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy in deadliest attack this year


April 13, 2025
Russian missiles hit the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy in the deadliest attack this year, killing at least 24 people, including one child, as residents gathered for Sunday church services, local officials said. At least 84 people, including seven children, have also been wounded in the strike on the city’s center, according to the State […]
Israeli strike destroys part of last fully functioning hospital in Gaza City

Israeli strike destroys part of last fully functioning hospital in Gaza City


April 13, 2025
An Israeli air strike early on Sunday destroyed part of the last fully functioning hospital in Gaza City as the military expands and intensifies its campaign across the territory. No casualties were reported from the strike but the Anglican church in Jerusalem – which runs the Al-Ahli Baptist hospital – said a boy with a […]
Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro hospitalized with abdominal pain

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro hospitalized with abdominal pain


April 12, 2025
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been hospitalized after experiencing “severe abdominal pain,” his son Carlos said on X on Friday. Carlos Bolsonaro said his father was assessed for adhesions in the area of his abdomen where he was stabbed in 2018 and was sedated for tests at a hospital in Santa Cruz. He is […]
Dissent against war grows in Israel’s military as reservists from elite unit join protest movement

Dissent against war grows in Israel’s military as reservists from elite unit join protest movement


April 12, 2025
A small group of reservists from Israel’s elite military intelligence unit joined a call for an immediate return of the hostages in Gaza even if it requires an immediate end to the war, in a sign of a growing protest movement after more than 18 months of war. The public letter, with more than 250 […]
South Korea’s ousted Yoon moves back to apartment with 11 pets and security personnel

South Korea’s ousted Yoon moves back to apartment with 11 pets and security personnel


April 12, 2025
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol moved back on Friday with his wife and their 11 dogs and cats to their apartment in an upscale district of Seoul, close to the prosecutors’ office where the impeached leader worked before entering politics. Yoon and his wife Kim Keon Hee, known for their love of pets, […]
The baby at the heart of an investigation into an alleged Russian cult leader in Argentina

The baby at the heart of an investigation into an alleged Russian cult leader in Argentina


April 12, 2025
Doctors in Argentina were already on high alert when a pregnant Russian woman showed up at the hospital on March 21 with two other women to give birth. Hospital staff in the Patagonian city of Bariloche had seen them before – four days earlier, they struggled to answer questions about where they lived and how […]
Why Trump is scrambling for allies in his trade war with China

Why Trump is scrambling for allies in his trade war with China


April 12, 2025
Does America want its friends back? After three months of insulting, tariffing and even threatening to annex some of its best allies, the Trump administration suddenly needs some help. The US President has now escalated a full-on trade clash with China that he doesn’t seem to know how to win. So the administration is rushing […]
UN humanitarian agency will lay off hundreds of staff due to funding crisis

UN humanitarian agency will lay off hundreds of staff due to funding crisis


April 12, 2025
The United Nations’ emergency and disaster response agency will reduce its global workforce by 20% and scale back operations in nine countries, as it confronts a severe funding crisis and escalating global needs, it announced on Friday. In sobering letter to staff shared on the agency’s website, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs […]
60 years ago, she bit the tongue of the man who allegedly tried to rape her. Now, she’s trying to overturn her conviction

60 years ago, she bit the tongue of the man who allegedly tried to rape her. Now, she’s trying to overturn her conviction


April 12, 2025
“Women and dried pollock need to be beaten every three days for better taste” – so goes an old saying that was common in South Korea in the 1960s when Choi Mal-ja was growing up in a small city in the country’s southeast. Back then, male violence against women was widely accepted. So when Choi […]
Europe wants to ready its citizens for war. Will they listen?

Europe wants to ready its citizens for war. Will they listen?


April 12, 2025
Survival guides, stockpiling and mass evacuation drills. Europe is scrambling to prepare its citizens for the growing threat of conflict arriving on its doorstep. Several European nations have been offering sobering guidance in recent months – envisioning garages and subway stations transformed into bunkers and promoting psychological resilience. One overarching message is the need for […]