Philippines Senate launches investigation into Duterte's ICC arrest

Mar 18, 2025

Manila [Philippines], March 18: The Philippines Senate has announced it will probe the arrest and handover of former President Rodrigo Duterte to the International Criminal...

Yemen's Houthis and US launch new attacks amid Red Sea shipping threat

Mar 18, 2025

Sanaa [Yemen], March 18: Houthi rebels have claimed another attack on a United States naval vessel, calling it "retaliation" for US strikes on Yemen.

Pyongyang slams G7 for call to abandon nukes

Mar 18, 2025

Pyongyang [North Korea], March 18: North Korea has slammed the Group of Seven (G7) economically developed Western democracies after the group released a joint statement...

Environmental emergency in Ecuador due to oil spill

Mar 18, 2025

Buenos Aires [Argentina], March 18: Ecuadorian authorities on Sunday declared an environmental emergency due to an oil spill which contaminated a nearby river in the...

Rwanda severs ties with Belgium over 'neo-colonial delusions'

Mar 18, 2025

Kigali [Rwanda], March 18: Rwanda has cut diplomatic ties with Belgium, saying it has been "consistently undermined" by the European nation during the ongoing conflict...

Ex-Georgian president convicted on new charges

Mar 18, 2025

Tbilisi [Georgia], March 18: Georgia's former president Mikheil Saakashvili, imprisoned since 2021, has been sentenced to four and a half extra years in jail for...

Clashes along Syria-Lebanon border after three Syrian soldiers killed

Mar 18, 2025

Damascus [Syria], March 18: Clashes erupted along the Syrian-Lebanese border after three Syrian soldiers were kidnapped and killed by Lebanon's Iran-allied Hezbollah movement.

Dozens of North Macedonia fire victims sent abroad for treatment

Mar 18, 2025

Budapest [Hungary], March 18: Burn victims from the deadly fire that tore through a packed nightclub in North Macedonia are being sent to hospitals abroad...

Israeli airstrike kills at least three people in central Gaza

Mar 18, 2025

Tel Aviv [Israel], March 18: At least three people were killed in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza on Monday.