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Security officers patrol the airport after former President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested, in Manila, Philippines, Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Former Philippine leader Duterte arrested on an ICC warrant over drug killings
MANILA — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested by police at Manila's international airport Tuesday on orders of the International Criminal Court in connection with a case of crime against humanity filed against him, the Philippine government said.Duterte was arrested after arriving from Hong Kong and police took him into custody on orders of the ICC, which has been investigating the massive killings that happened under the former president's deadly crackdown against illegal drugs, President Ferdinand Marcos' office said in a statement.“Upon his arrival, the prosecutor general served the ICC notification for an arrest warrant to the former president for the crime of crime against humanity,” the government statement. “He’s now in the custody of...
March 11, 2025

Former Philippine leader Duterte arrested on an ICC warrant over drug killings

FILE- People watch a TV showing a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021
North Korea fires ballistic missiles as South begins drills with US
SEOUL — North Korea fired several ballistic missiles into the sea on Monday, South Korea's military said, hours after Seoul and Washington resumed a major annual military drill known as "Freedom Shield."North Korea has long viewed the exercise as a provocation.South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile firings were detected from North Korea's Hwanghae province, making them the North's fifth missile launch event this year.Earlier on Monday, South Korea and the US began their joint military exercises which are set to last 11 days. The "Freedom Shield" exercise will include "live, virtual, and field-based training" according to the US government.North Korea issued a statement in response to the start of the drills, calling the...
March 10, 2025

North Korea fires ballistic missiles as South begins drills with US

Data from India's weather agency shows that last month was India's hottest February in 125 years
Early summer could spell trouble for India's farms and factories
MUMBAI — A shorter winter has literally left Nitin Goel out in the cold.For 50 years, his family's clothing business in India's northwestern textile city of Ludhiana has made jackets, sweaters and sweatshirts. But with the early onset of summer this year, the company is staring at a washout season and having to shift gears."We've had to start making t-shirts instead of sweaters as the winter is getting shorter with each passing year. Our sales have halved in the last five years and are down a further 10% during this season," Goel told the BBC. "The only recent exception to this was Covid, when temperatures dropped significantly."Across India as cool weather beats a hasty retreat, anxieties are building up at farms and factories, with cropping patterns and...
March 10, 2025

Early summer could spell trouble for India's farms and factories

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North Korean hackers cash out hundreds of millions from $1.5bn ByBit hack
SEOUL — Hackers thought to be working for the North Korean regime have successfully cashed out at least $300m (£232m) of their record-breaking $1.5bn crypto heist.The criminals, known as Lazarus Group, swiped the huge haul of digital tokens in a hack on crypto exchange ByBit two weeks ago.Since then, it's been a cat-and-mouse game to track and block the hackers from successfully converting the crypto into usable cash.Experts say the infamous hacking team is working nearly 24 hours a day — potentially funnelling the money into the regime's military development."Every minute matters for the hackers who are trying to confuse the money trail and they are extremely sophisticated in what they're doing," says Dr Tom Robinson, co-founder of crypto investigators...
March 10, 2025

North Korean hackers cash out hundreds of millions from $1.5bn ByBit hack

Former King Gyanendra Shah of Nepal waves upon his arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sunday, March 9, 2025
Grown frustrated with the republic, many Nepalis want the monarchy back
KATHMANDU — Supporters of Nepal’s former king Gyanendra Shah demanded his abolished monarchy be reinstated and Hinduism brought back as the state religion.An estimated 10,000 supporters who blocked the main entrance to Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport greeted the ousted monarch as he arrived from a tour of western Nepal on Sunday, the Associated Press reported.“Vacate the royal palace for the king. Come back king, save the country. Long live our beloved king. We want monarchy,” the crowds chanted. Passengers were forced to walk to and from the airport.Hundreds of riot police blocked the protesters from entering the airport and there was no violence.Massive street protests in 2006 forced Gyanendra to give up his authoritarian rule, and two years later the parliament...
March 10, 2025

Grown frustrated with the republic, many Nepalis want the monarchy back

Authorities deliver sandbags to areas on the path of Cyclone Alfred in Queensland
'Scary' tropical Cyclone Alfred nears Queensland
BRISBANE — The wind has been kicking up along Australia's Gold Coast and so too has the swell. But while authorities have been warning residents to stay indoors as Cyclone Alfred approaches, die-hard surfers have been throwing caution to the increasing wind."This is what we look forward to," said Jeff Weatherall as he waited for a jet ski to pick him up from Kirra beach and carry him into the big waves. "This is the fifth day straight — I've done nothing but eat, sleep, surf and do it again."Kirra beach is famous for its breakers and this week has been busy as surfers wait for Cyclone Alfred.The cyclone is expected to make landfall as a category two system on Saturday morning.Its path has slowed in recent days and has been moving "erratically"...
March 07, 2025

'Scary' tropical Cyclone Alfred nears Queensland

The incident happened on a Jetstar service at a Melbourne airport
Teen armed with gun overpowered by passengers onboard plane
SYDNEY — Police in Australia have charged a 17-year-old who got on a plane with a shotgun and ammunition.He was filmed being wrestled to the ground by passengers and crew as the aircraft prepared to take off from Avalon Airport, near Melbourne, carrying 160 people bound for Sydney on Thursday afternoon.Police believe the teenager got onto the airport tarmac by breaching a security fence, before climbing the front steps to the plane, where he was tackled to the ground near the front door.The 17-year-old - who has not been identified — was taken into custody and will appear in youth court to face eight charges.Among them are unlawfully taking control of an aircraft, endangering the flight's safety and creating a bomb hoax.Victoria Police said a bomb specialist had to be brought in to...
March 07, 2025

Teen armed with gun overpowered by passengers onboard plane

North Korea sealed itself off at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020
North Korea halts tourism just weeks after reopening
SEOUL — North Korea has stopped tourists from visiting, just weeks after the first Western tourists entered the country for the first time in five years.North Korea sealed itself off at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, and started to scale back restrictions in the middle of 2023.It opened up to Russian visitors in 2024, but it was only last month that Western tourists were allowed into the remote, eastern city Rason.However several tour companies now say that trips to the reclusive country have been canceled until further notice. Pyongyang has not given a reason for the sudden halt."Just received news from our Korean partners that Rason is closed to everyone. We will keep you posted," China-based KTG Tours, which specializes in North Korean tours, said...
March 06, 2025

North Korea halts tourism just weeks after reopening

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New Zealand fires envoy to UK over Trump comments
WELLINGTON — New Zealand has fired its most senior envoy to the United Kingdom over his remarks that questioned US President Donald Trump's grasp of history.High Commissioner to the UK Phil Goff's comments were "deeply disappointing" and made his position "untenable", New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters said.At an event in London on Tuesday, Goff compared efforts to end the war in Ukraine to the Munich Agreement in 1938, which allowed Adolf Hitler to annex Czechoslovakia.Goff recalled how Sir Winston Churchill criticised the agreement, then said of the US leader: "President Trump has restored the bust of Churchill to the Oval Office. But do you think he really understands history?"Goff's comments come after Trump paused military aid...
March 06, 2025

New Zealand fires envoy to UK over Trump comments

South Korea's air force said that its KF-16 fighter jet accidentally dropped eight bombs outside of its firing range during a military drill
15 injured after South Korean fighter jet accidentally drops bombs
SEOUL — Fifteen people in South Korea were injured, two of them seriously, after a pair of fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs in a civilian district during a live-fire military exercise, local media reported. The incident involving the Air Force KF-16 aircraft took place at around 10:04 local time (01:04 GMT) in the city of Pocheon, near the border with North Korea. South Korea's Air Force said that it was investigating the incident and apologized for the damage, adding it would provide compensation to those affected. While shells from live firing exercises sometimes land near civilian residences, they rarely cause injuriesOnly one bomb is believed to have exploded. A bomb disposal team is working on safely disposing of the other seven unexploded bombs, Pocheon...
March 06, 2025

15 injured after South Korean fighter jet accidentally drops bombs

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