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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Rodrigo Duterte is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity. He wanted his trial to take place in a court in the Philippines. "If I committed a sin, prosecute me in Philippine courts," he told police officers while in custody in Manila. Rights organisations have accused Duterte of running a “death squad” as mayor. "I don’t care about human rights, believe me,” he later declared. He offered soldiers and police his “official and personal guarantee” of immunity from prosecution for deaths undertaken in the performance of their duties. Amnesty International report found that most of the people who were killed were living under the poverty line. In 2016 Francisco Santiago Jr told Al Jazeera that he and another man were detained by police in Manila, before they were shot multiple times. But Santiago stumbled on the ground and played dead. In another case in 2017, the Commission on Human Rights found a hidden cell inside a police station in Manila with 12 detainees cramped inside. In 2021, the government dismissed the complaint against the police officers, accused of the illegal detention. One of the youngest to have been killed was three-year-old Myca Ulpina, who was hit during a 2019 raid targeting her father. Llore Pasco, mother of two young men killed in alleged police chase, says she's 'filled with mixed emotion' she said that the ICC is her one last hope for justice. Pasco's sons, Crisanto and Juan Carlos, went missing from their neighbourhood one day in May 2017. ICC investigation was suspended in 2021 but reactivated two years later. The current government of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said it would not cooperate with the ICC, but said in late 2024 that it would comply with any arrest warrant.

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Author: Unknown
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Over 70 drones targeted Moscow but were shot down before reaching the city, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Tuesday. According to local authorities, the attack in the surrounding region killed two people, injured three others, and damaged seven apartments.

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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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US President Donald Trump announced he will impose 50-percent tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium imports. He said the tariffs come in response to a decision by the province of Ontario to put a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to some US states.

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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Al-Shabab claims responsibility for attack on Cairo Hotel in Beledweyne. The gunmen detonated a car bomb before storming into the building firing. An intense battle with Somali security forces was triggered and a siege was ongoing.

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Author: Maziar Motamedi
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Iranian authorities are rolling out an electronic coupon scheme in recognition of the dire economic conditions under sanctions. But they are also hiking taxes across the board to cover budget deficits. The first use of coupons in Iran dates back to World War II. But coupons are mostly remembered for their widespread use in aftermath of 1979 revolution. People can buy only 11 items from a list of select suppliers and shops across the country. The credit purchases are separate from monthly government cash handouts that currently amount to about $4.85 per person. Goal is to marginally alleviate short-term pressure on families. The 1404 budget makes a long list of government services offered to Iranian and foreign nationals much more costly while ramping up financial penalties for offences. Fees to issue national IDs and passports are up, and it will be more costly to register vehicles and motorcycles. Authorities expect much higher revenues from traffic fines because they will be hiked by up to 30 percent until early April. Iranian government plans to make services offered to millions of migrants and refugees more expensive. These price rises will mostly impact refugees and migrants from neighbouring Afghanistan. Iranian authorities acknowledge at least six million Afghans live in Iran.

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Author: Unknown
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Daniel Levy, former Israeli government adviser, says there’s no way to reach phase two of the ceasefire in Gaza. Phase two requires Israel to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and commit to the end of the war.

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Author: SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press, JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 04:03:29

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Ukraine has key questions it wants answered as army chiefs arrive in Paris for talks on creating an international force to deter future Russian aggression. They include troop size, location and crucially, military options in the event of a transgression. The talks will include nearly all 32 NATO countries. The Associated Press spoke to Western and Ukrainian officials in Kyiv, as well as French officials in Paris and British officials in London. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to speak openly about sensitive matters. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has welcomed the proposal. Western official in Kyiv said they could incorporate direct and immediate strikes on Russian assets in the event of a violation. Details of the contours of the proposal have emerged piecemeal in recent weeks as technical discussions have been ongoing between Western diplomatic and military officials in Ukraine and other European capitals. Air power, including U.S. Air power based outside Ukraine, perhaps in Poland or Romania, would be in reserve to deter breaches. Allied navies could also play a role in the Black Sea clearing mines and patrolling to keep international waters safe. Some Western officials cautioned there will be several stages to a peace plan.

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Author: HOGIR ABDO Associated Press, ABSEWELL Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 12:38:34

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Elation follows announcement of breakthrough deal between central government in Damascus and Kurdish-led authorities. Some families take refuge in a Russian air base in coastal province of Latakia. Lebanon is hosting more than 755,000 registered Syrian refugees, with hundreds of thousands unregistered. The U.N. Human Rights Office has documented the killing of 111 civilians so far. The Associated Press has not been able to independently verify the figure. Kurds in northeast Syria are hopeful that the agreement announced Monday would end years of fighting between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed groups in northern Syria. The deal signals a step toward stabilizing Syria and consolidating control of the country under a single central authority in Damascus.

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Author: Olamide Samuel
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Growing anxieties about American retrenchment and the collapse of post-World War II security arrangements have sent European leaders scrambling to put forward alternatives. Ahead of the German elections last month, Friedrich Merz, the head of the Christian Democratic Union, opined: “We need to have discussions with both the British and the French – the two European nuclear powers” The proposal for some form of European nuclear sharing arrangement with France and the United Kingdom to protect against threats from Moscow is not new. German’s 90.6-billion euro ($98bn) military budget remains crippled by inefficiencies, with only 50 percent of army equipment meeting NATO readiness standards. France and the UK lack conventional force multipliers that underpin US extended deterrence. Trump has shown that he has no qualms about abandoning allies if he sees no benefit for the US strategic interest. Recent moves to stop intelligence sharing and military aid for Ukraine and his conditioning mutual defence on military spending have exposed NATO’s fraying norms. A European nuclear club would deepen fragmentation, emboldening revisionist actors like Russia and China while diverting resources from critical gaps in AI advancement. Austria, an EU member, has already played a key role in nuclear talks between the West and Iran as well as the 2020 US-Russia-China trilateral arms control discussions. Taking a lead on nuclear disarmament would be the sort of leadership that would reflect a mature interpretation of security policy. Some critics maintain that negotiating with Russia rewards aggression. Yet history shows even bitter adversaries can cooperate on arms control when interests align. Europe now faces a choice: to cling to Cold War relics while the planet burns, or to pioneer a security paradigm prioritising planetary survival over great-power vanity. The decision will define not just Europe’s future—but all of humanity’s.

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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Jackie Chen pleaded not guilty, but Deputy District Judge May Chung ruled that Chen had made unfounded accusations against police. After the ruling, she reassured her supporters in the public gallery, shouting that she would be fine. The case went to retrial after an appeal from Hong Kong’s Secretary for Justice. Beijing responded with a sweeping national security law, leading to the prosecution of many activists. Authorities claim the law has restored stability.

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Author: JANVIER BARHAHIGA Associated Press, CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 12:52:20

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Eastern Congo had been the epicenter of an mpox outbreak, spurred by a new form of the virus that quickly spread to African neighbors. But as the M23 rebel group moved into the region's largest city of Goma on Jan. 26, the conflict has hindered efforts to contain the virus and treat patients. Insecurity has disrupted everything, doctors and patients say. Congo saw a 31% weekly increase in mpox cases last week, bringing the total to 16,255. Only seven out of 26 provinces reported cases in the region last week. The Miti Murhesa treatment center is fast running out of supplies. Only two of the four treatment centers in the zone are currently functional. Many patients in Miti Murhe have had to “choose between staying under fire or fleeing” the rebels, Dr. Cikuru says.

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Author: Tamsin Paternoster
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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"We're working towards a just and lasting peace," Yermak tells reporters. "only way" to prevent suffering was to talk about concessions, implying US would be asking for Kyiv to reconsider changes to its peace plan. Russian officials say they would propose a ceasefire covering the Black Sea region, missile strikes, release of Ukrainian prisoners held in Russia. Ukraine's envoy for Crimea insists any deal should contain real security guarantees. The US paused military support and intelligence sharing between Washington and Kyiv. Ukraine has stood by its long-standing position that it would cease hostilities. People living in Crimea can be prosecuted for any connection to or sign of support for Ukraine. To reach Ukrainian-controlled territory, they must travel through Russia and Belarus, which is extremely dangerous. Residents must pass through so-called filtration camps, where they are interrogated. In the first months of Russia's full-scale invasion, many of these centres were also recorded in other occupied parts of Ukraine. Crimean Tatar Leniye Umerova was detained by Russian authorities while crossing the Georgian-Russian border. She was then abducted by security forces, taken to an unknown location, and later transferred to a facility in Beslan. Critics say these camps and centres violate international humanitarian law. In September 2024, Umerova returned to Ukraine as part of a prisoner exchange. "Capturing and torturing hostages is an act of terrorism," Ukrainian ombudsman Lubinets says. Russia kills Ukrainian citizens daily, publicly and cynically, he adds. Ukrainian outlet Euromaidan Press reported that occupied Crimea has undergone a "massive demographic shift" since 2022, at least 20,000 residents have also been forcibly conscripted into the Russian army. ADVERTISEMENT Kuryshko said that daily life in Crimea is marked by constant fear.

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