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CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga — The Police Regional Office 3 (PRO-3) formally welcomed BGen. Jess Mendez during a turnover of command ceremony presided over by Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. at Camp Olivas in this city on Tuesday.
Cuba’s government said late Wednesday that the 10 passengers on a boat that opened fire on its soldiers were armed Cubans living in the U.S. who were trying to infiltrate the island and unleash terrorism.
A Bangladeshi court has ordered the issuance of an Interpol red notice for the arrest of Tulip Siddiq, a British lawmaker, over corruption charges.
Some Israeli officials are considering paying compensation in a small number of high-profile cases in which Palestinians were killed during the war, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
South African men who were allegedly tricked into fighting for Russia in the war in Ukraine are escorted by police officers as they arrive at King Shaka International Airport in Durban, South Africa, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Str)
A Tunisian court on Thursday rejected demands to suspend operations at a fertiliser factory in Gabes, ruling there was "no sufficient proof of harm" despite years of protests blaming the plant for rising health problems in the community.
Families of those killed in the devastating floods in southeastern Brazil began burying the dead on Wednesday, as the death toll climbed to at least 40 in the state of Minas Gerais. (AP video by: Mario Lobao and Diarlei Rodrigues)
Authorities raid clinic in Cameron Commercial Centre on Hennessy Road after receiving tip-off that it is offering cell transplant treatment for hair loss
Kenyan police have arrested a key figure in a network that sent more than 1,000 Kenyans to Russia, where many were forcibly conscripted into the army and sent to Ukraine.
The seal of the United States is displayed on the facade of Federal court in Brooklyn, Jan. 17, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
The Supreme Court is seen, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
Four people have been found guilty and given jail terms by a Greek court after a wiretapping scandal shook the country in 2022.
The Jeffrey Epstein fallout continues to spread across the corporate and political worlds, with new headlines daily. Bill Gates told foundation staff earlier this week, "I did nothing illicit." Goldman Sachs' top lawyer, Kathy Ruemmler, stepped down last week over her ties, and former Prince Andrew was arrested on s…
Shah Hosein Almasi carried the bleeding body of his son Soheil in his arms. The boy, 17, had been shot twice in the chest, but was still alive.
An election poster of the German far right Alternative for Germany party (AfD), right, is attached to a lamppost in front of a giant election poster showing a map of Germany, at the headquarters of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 29, 2025. Slogan reads: ‘Now AfD’. (AP Photo/Micha…
Official Iranian reports have announced that at least seven people arrested during the recent anti-establishment protests have been sentenced to death, and their executions may be carried out soon.
MANILA, Philippines — Defense lawyers for former president Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday questioned the credibility of the prosecution’s witnesses at the confirmation of charges hearing before the International Criminal Court (ICC), arguing that unreliable testimony, hearsay accounts, and internal inconsistencies in s…
The Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court on Thursday extended the restrictive conditions imposed on Prime Minister’s Office chief of staff Tzachi Braverman until Sunday afternoon, as investigators await approval to carry out what they described as a central remaining step in an ongoing probe tied to the leak of classifi…
Police in Kenya have arrested a man accused of tricking Kenyans into fighting in Ukraine under the promise of skilled work in Russia. Festus Omwamba was caught in the northern town of Moyale and charged in Nairobi with trafficking 25 Kenyans last year. Authorities say he tried to flee after returning from Russia.
MANILA, Philippines — The defense counsel for former president Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday asked judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) to order the prosecution to amend its charges and consider his interim release if the chamber decides to alter the legal basis of liability in the case.
While Yusuf is believed to be trapped in Iraq’s opaque prison system, hundreds of kilometres away, his mother remains in a Syrian detention camp with other Australian families
MANILA, Philippines — The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday reaffirmed redactions applied to the transcript and live broadcast of the ongoing confirmation of charges hearings in the case against former president Rodrigo Duterte, citing the need to protect the identities of witnesses and victims.
Deputy Chief Secretary Warner Cheuk says two-month preparatory period will prioritise safety with access granted in stages
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Palestinians mourn over the bodies of two members of Hamas, Muhammad Abu Jabal, and Fadl Al-Burdini who were killed in an Israeli military strike, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Valencia now has a specialist e-scooter police unit which will monitor other e-scooter users in Spain's third city.
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Newly unsealed court filings have revealed that US singer D4vd - real name David Anthony Burke - is the target of a grand jury investigation into the apparent murder of a 14-year-old girl, whose remains were found in his car in September.
There is "extensive evidence" showing a purported gaming live stream conducted by the accused in the Natalie McNally murder trial was pre-recorded, a digital forensic analyst has said.
Soham double murderer Ian Huntley has been seriously injured in an assault at HMP Frankland in County Durham, the BBC understands.
A record 129 media workers were killed worldwide in 2025, marking the second consecutive annual high for such deaths, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has reported. The New York-based organization found that Israel was responsible for two-thirds of these killings, making the conflict in Gaza the deadliest …
The top Democrat on the congressional committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein has accused the US justice department of withholding files containing allegations of sexual abuse of a minor made against President Donald Trump.
A large fire at farm complex in Ohio used for hog production has killed about 6,000 of the animals, a fire official said.
A Greek court has sentenced four people, including two Israelis, to prison over a major wiretapping scandal involving the illegal use of Predator software to target dozens of politicians, journalists, business leaders and military officials.
Sources have told various press agencies that the drone strike near the Rubaya mining site on 24 February that killed M23 military spokesperson Willy Ngoma also killed nine other people. It however missed the movement's military commander.
The Metropolitan Police has apologised to the Speaker of the House of Lords after he was incorrectly identified as the source of information relating to Lord Mandelson's arrest.
An indictment was filed Thursday against a Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) employee accused of smuggling goods into Gaza for payment, in a case being handled under a sweeping publication ban.
A document that was included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, photographed Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, shows a photo of Epstein on a inmate report from the Federal Bureau of Prisons . (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
Police in Kenya have arrested a man accused of being a member of a human trafficking scheme that lured Kenyans to Russia with false promises of work, only for them to end up fighting on the front lines of Ukrainian battlefields.
MANILA, Philippines – The first session of Day 3 of the International Criminal Court pre-trial hearing saw lead defense counsel Nicholas Kauffman present key arguments challenging the charges against former president Rodrigo Duterte.
A coalition of about 60 Iranian opposition organizations has submitted a legal communication to the International Criminal Court (ICC), calling on prosecutors to examine alleged crimes against humanity committed by Iranian authorities and affiliated security forces during recent protest crackdowns.
Jeffrey Epstein paid private detectives to remove items from his Palm Beach property and store them in a secret storage locker shortly before he was raided by police in 2005. The storage unit contained three computers, 29 address books, a three-page list of Florida masseuses.
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan police detained two women who were reported by their neighbors to be engaging in same-sex activities in a remote part of northwestern Uganda, a police spokesperson said on Thursday, one of the first known instances of arrests under an anti-LGBTQ law enacted in 2023.
The number of elementary school children in Japan who became victims of sex crimes and other offenses through social media totaled 167 in 2025, the highest level in the past 10 years for which data is available, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
Firefighters are working to extinguish a blaze at a commercial building in Bukchang-dong, Jung-gu, central Seoul, on Thursday. Authorities said they received a report at 6:22 p.m. that gray smoke was rising from the second floor of the building and immediately dispatched personnel and equipment to the scene. Thick s…
Murderous governments and armed groups always considered reporters like Marie Colvin a nuisance – now they see them as legitimate targets
People walk past a mural of Che Guevara in Havana, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Tulip Siddiq, left, stands beside Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, Pool, File)
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