Philippine police file complaints against V-P Sara Duterte, aides
Philippine police officials on Wednesday filed criminal complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte and her security staff for allegedly assaulting and disobeying orders from authorities in a recent altercation in Congress. The criminal complaints filed by the Quezon City police were separate from any legal action may arise after she publicly...
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As peace holds, Lebanese begin streaming south to their homes
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Trump team claims credit for truce deal brokered by Biden govt
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Peace deal designed for permanent cessation of hostilities: Biden
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Foreign ministers meet in Italy for last G7 of Biden admninistration
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Leftist opp candidate Orsi becomes new president of Uruguay
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Education, opportunities pull Indian students to US univs
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Court acquits S Korean opp leader on charges of instigating perjury
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Cargo plane crashes, killing Spanish crew member
A DHL cargo plane crashed on approach to an airport in Lithuania’s capital and skidded into a house Monday morning, killing a Spanish crew member but not harming anyone on the ground. The cause of the accident is under investigation. A surveillance video showed the plane descending normally as it approached...
Imran supporters march towards Islamabad amid crackdown
Thousands of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf workers, led by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, were moving towards Islamabad on Monday as the top party leaders met ex-premier Imran Khan in jail and dismissed any rumours about the protest march being called off. The 72-year-old former premier issued a “final call” on...
Iraq’s population grew to 45.4 million according to first survey in decades
Preliminary results from an Iraqi national census, the first in nearly 40 years, show that the population has grown to 45.4 million, the prime minister said on Monday. The nationwide population census, carried out earlier this month, is a step aimed at modernising data collection and planning in a country...
UAE arrests three Uzbek nationals for killing of rabbi
The United Arab Emirates said on Monday police arrested three Uzbek nationals for the killing of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi. The statement from the country’s Interior Ministry offered no motive for the slaying of Zvi Kogan. Kogan, 28, an ultra-Orthodox rabbi who went missing on Thursday, ran a kosher grocery store in...
‘Israeli strike that killed 3 Lebanese journalists most likely deliberate’
An Israeli airstrike that killed three journalists and wounded others in Lebanon last month was most likely a deliberate attack on civilians and an apparent war crime, an international human rights group said on Monday. The October 25 airstrike killed three journalists as they slept at a guesthouse in southeast Lebanon...
Hezbollah ceasefire deal could come ‘within days’
The Israeli ambassador to Washington says that a cease-fire deal to end fighting between Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah could be reached “within days.” Ambassador Mike Herzog told Israeli Army Radio on Monday that there remained “points to finalize” and that any deal required agreement from the government. But he said...
Romanians cast ballots in presidential race
Romanians are casting ballots on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election that could pit a far-right nationalist against the incumbent leftist prime minister in the runoff. Thirteen candidates are vying for the presidency in the European Union and NATO member country, and the vote is expected to go...
