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Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, who was arrested on an Internatiuonal Criminal Court warrant on Tuesday

Ex-Philippine President Duterte Arrested For Crimes Against Humanity

Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested Tuesday in Manila by police acting on an International Criminal Court warrant tied to his deadly war on drugs.

Military Chiefs In Paris To Discuss Ukraine Security Guarantees

Countries in Europe and NATO are scrambling to back Ukraine as America, under Donald Trump, steps back

Military chiefs from 30 European and NATO countries willing to contribute to security guarantees for Ukraine after any negotiated truce with Russia are to meet in Paris on Tuesday.

Syrian Presidency Announces Agreement To Integrate Kurdish Institutions

Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) shakes hands with Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) head Mazloum Abdi after signing an agreement in Damascus

The Syrian presidency announced on Monday an agreement with the head of the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to integrate the institutions of the autonomous Kurdish administration in the northeast into the national government.

Flags of Saudi Arabia and Ukraine line a road in Jeddah before a visit by Ukainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

Ukraine To Present US With Russia Partial Truce After Row

Ukraine will present the United States on Tuesday with a plan for a partial ceasefire with Russia, hoping to restore support from its key benefactor, which under President Donald Trump has demanded concessions to end the three-year war.

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Canada's Liberal Party looks set to choose former central banker and political novice Mark Carney as its next leader

Canada's Next PM Mark Carney Vows To 'Win' US Trade War

Canada's incoming prime minister Mark Carney struck a defiant note as the former central banker vowed to win US President Donald Trump's trade war, saying his country will "never" be part of the United States.

AFP news Mar 10, 2025

South Korean protesters hold banners that collectively read "Stop the military exercise between the US and South Korea" during a rally in front of the Defence Ministry in Seoul on March 10

North Korea Fires Missiles As South Begins Drills With US

North Korea fired "multiple unidentified ballistic missiles" on Monday, South Korea's military said, the same day Seoul and Washington began a major annual joint military drill known as Freedom Shield.

AFP news Mar 10, 2025

A rally in Israel calling on the government to secure the release of the remaining hostages held in Gaza

Israeli Negotiators Head To Qatar For Gaza Truce Talks

Israel is due to send a delegation to Qatar on Monday for a fresh round of talks on extending a fragile ceasefire in Gaza, after cutting off the electricity supply to ramp up pressure on Hamas.

AFP news Mar 10, 2025

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through Columbia University's campus in New York in October 2024

Trump Admin Detains Pro-Palestinian Campus Protest Leader

Immigration officers have arrested a leader of the protests at Columbia University against Israel's war in Gaza, authorities said Sunday, after US President Donald Trump vowed to deport foreign pro-Palestinian student demonstrators.

AFP news Mar 10, 2025

People walk through flood waters in Bahia Blanca, Argentina on March 8, 2025

Argentina Declares National Mourning As Flood Death Toll Hits 16

Argentina announced three days of national mourning late Sunday after authorities raised the death toll from recent flash flooding to 16, with more still missing.

AFP news Mar 10, 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet Saudi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, then his team will stay on to meet US officials

Ukraine Set For Crucial Talks With US On Ending War With Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to arrive in Saudi Arabia on Monday, a day ahead of crucial talks between Ukrainian and US officials on ending the war with Russia.

AFP news Mar 10, 2025

Floods Hit Eastern Australia, 190,000 Properties Blacked Out

Torrential rain from the remnants of Cyclone Alfred flooded swathes of Australia's east coast on Monday, as workers battled to restore power to more than 190,000 homes and businesses.

AFP news Mar 10, 2025

Scientists protest in Washington square park in New York City on March 7, 2025

Scientists Say Trump Cuts Threaten Climate Research, Public Safety

Climate scientist Tom Di Liberto had dreamed of working at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) since college.

AFP news Mar 10, 2025

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum has been acclaimed at home for her determined response to US President Donald Trump's threats of tariffs

At Mass Rally, Mexico President Says Confident Trump Tariffs Resolved

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told cheering crowds Sunday that she is confident that her country has headed off the threat of US tariffs for now.

AFP news Mar 10, 2025

The US trade gap hit a new record in January, government data showed, as imports surged

Trump Backs Off Mexico, Canada Tariffs After Market Blowback

US President Donald Trump on Thursday delayed some tariffs targeting Canada and Mexico, leading Ottawa to halt an upcoming wave of countermeasures -- offering a reprieve to companies and consumers after blowback on financial markets.

AFP news Mar 07, 2025

Speaking at a press conference on the sidelines of a key political meeting, Wang Yi warned the "law of the jungle" could take hold in the world

China To 'Firmly Counter' US Trade Pressure, Foreign Minister Warns

China's foreign minister on Friday vowed Beijing would "firmly counter" US pressure, after Donald Trump heaped tariffs on Chinese goods and torched off a trade war between the world's two largest economies.

AFP news Mar 07, 2025

A woman and her dog walk past a sandbagged store in Brisbane on March 6, 2025, as tropical cyclone Alfred approaches. The outer fringe of a tropical cyclone started whipping eastern Australia on March 6, bringing drenching rains and record-breaking waves

Australians Told 'Prepare For Worst' As Tropical Cyclone Nears

Violent winds toppled power lines Friday as a tropical cyclone inched towards Australia's eastern coast, sparking evacuation orders and leaving 80,000 homes without electricity.

AFP news Mar 07, 2025

Health centers and family planning clinics in several provinces have reported shortages of abortion pills and condoms following drastic cuts to the national sexual health program

Abortion Access Under Threat In Milei's Argentina

Four years after Argentina became the first big Latin American country to legalize abortion, women are finding it hard to access terminations due to President Javier Milei's "chainsaw" economics and anti-feminist diatribes, critics say.

AFP news Mar 07, 2025

US President Donald Trump speaks after signing executive orders in the Oval Office

Trump Again Casts Doubt On His Commitment To NATO

President Donald Trump on Thursday renewed doubts over his commitment to the NATO alliance, saying countries that are not spending adequately on their militaries do not deserve defense.

AFP news Mar 07, 2025

Elon Musk is the political force behind DOGE, where staffers aim to gut federal staffing and spending

Trump Says Musk Should Use 'Scalpel' Not 'Hatchet' In Govt Cuts

President Donald Trump responded Thursday to growing criticism over unprecedented cuts to the US government overseen by his billionaire advisor Elon Musk, saying they should be carefully targeted.

AFP news Mar 07, 2025

Trump takes credit for record-low apprehensions of undocumented immigrants at the US-Mexican border

Drop In US Border Crossings Goes Deeper Than Trump

President Donald Trump boasts he has brought illegal border crossings into the United States to record lows, but experts say the reasons for the drop go beyond his hardline anti-immigration stance.

AFP news Mar 07, 2025

Map of Syria showing the religious and ethnic composition of the country in 2018, based on the work by Dr. M. Izady (Columbia University)

Over 70 Killed In Syria Clashes Between Govt Forces, Assad Loyalists: Monitor

More than 70 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Syria in fighting between government security forces and militants loyal to deposed ruler Bashar al-Assad, a war monitor said Friday.

AFP news Mar 07, 2025

US President Donald Trump (R) meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House on February 4, 2025

US-Hamas Talks Complicate Gaza Truce Efforts: Analysts

Unprecedented direct talks between the US and Hamas are a sign of dysfunction in fraught negotiations to prolong a truce in Gaza, analysts said Thursday.

AFP news Mar 07, 2025

Intuitive Machines' Athena lander in circular orbit around the Moon

US Firm Targets Moon Landing With Drill, Rovers, Hopping Drone

A drill to search for ice. Also aboard Athena is PRIME-1, a NASA instrument carrying a drill to search for ice and other chemicals beneath the lunar surface, paired with a spectrometer to analyze its findings.

AFP news Mar 06, 2025

Beijing set an ambitious annual growth target of around five percent on Wednesday, vowing to make domestic demand its main economic driver as an escalating trade war with the United States hit exports

China Vows To Fight US Trade War 'To The End'

China vowed to fight a trade war with the United States "to the end" on Thursday, as tariffs from Washington buffeted the global economy and threatened to hit Beijing's lagging growth.

AFP news Mar 06, 2025

A fire truck next to the hotel in Kryvyi Rig hit in a Russian strike

Zelensky Urges Pressure On Russia After Deadly Hotel Strike

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged "no pause" in pressure on Russia to halt its "terror" after a Russian missile strike on a hotel in his hometown killed four civilians.

AFP news Mar 06, 2025

Mourners wait outside the morgue in Rishon LeZion in central Israel for the funeral procession of Ohad Yahalomi (pictured), one of the Israeli hostages taken captive by Palestinian militants in the October 2023 attacks

Hamas Says Trump's 'DEAD' Threat To Gaza Undermines Ceasefire

Hamas said Thursday that Donald Trump's threats would encourage Israel to disregard the fragile ceasefire, after the US president said that unless hostages are freed, the people of Gaza would be "DEAD".

AFP news Mar 06, 2025

US President Donald Trump, whose January inauguration was attended by big tech CEOs, vowed to protect US firms from foreign governments' actions

EU Vows To Enforce Digital Rules Despite Trump Tariff Warning

The EU promised on Monday to enforce its digital rules and to defend its laws "decisively" if necessary, after US President Donald Trump threatened to slap tariffs on countries that levy digital taxes on US tech firms.

AFP news Feb 25, 2025

Members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and their supporters opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) confront bulldozers working on the new oil pipeline in an effort to make them stop on September 3, 2016, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota

Greenpeace Trial Begins In North Dakota In Key Free Speech Case

A US oil pipeline operator's lawsuit seeking millions of dollars from Greenpeace for allegedly orchestrating a campaign of violence and defamation begins Monday in a North Dakota court, in a case with broad free speech implications.

AFP news Feb 25, 2025

The SPD came out of the election as the 'big loser"

Stunned SPD Turns To Supporting Role In New German Government

After a humbling election defeat for Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democrats (SPD), the party looked to collect itself on Monday in preparation for a potential new role as the junior partner in a conservative-led government.

AFP news Feb 25, 2025

Candles, flowers and portraits of Pope Francis have been laid at the statue of the late John Paul II outside the Gemelli hospital where Pope Francis is hospitalized with double pneumonia

Critically-ill Pope Had A Good Night, Vatican Says

Pope Francis, hospitalised in critical condition with pneumonia in both lungs, spent a peaceful night and was "resting" Monday, the Vatican said amidst global concern over the pontiff's health.

AFP news Feb 24, 2025

Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, is already in jail after a court in 2020 found him guilty of abusing four children

Paedophile French Surgeon On Trial For Abusing Almost 300 Patients

A former surgeon is to go on trial in France on Monday charged with raping or sexually assaulting almost 300 former patients, most of them children.

AFP news Feb 24, 2025

Ukrainian soldiers told AFP they were nervous about Trump's bid for a swift peace.

Zelensky Hails Ukraine's 'Heroism' On Third Anniversary Of Russia's Invasion

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky hailed his country's "resistance" and "heroism" on Monday on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion as European leaders arrived in Kyiv in a show of solidarity.

AFP news Feb 24, 2025

US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron will meet at the White House and give a joint press conference after its conclusion

Macron To Present Trump With 'Proposals' On Peace In Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron will meet with his US counterpart Donald Trump in Washington on Monday, saying he will present "proposals for action" to counter the "Russian threat" in Europe and ensure peace in Ukraine.

AFP news Feb 24, 2025

The Reichstag building in Berlin houses Germany's Bundestag, or lower house of parliament

German Vote Winner Merz Faces Tough Talks To Build Govt

Germany's conservative election winner Friedrich Merz vowed to get to work Monday on the arduous task of building a new coalition government, warning "the world isn't waiting for us".

AFP news Feb 24, 2025

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