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'Bring him home': Philippines migrant workers grapple with Duterte fallout
Hong Kong (AFP) Mar 18, 2025 As dusk fell on a Hong Kong beach, around a dozen Filipino migrant workers turned on their phone flashlights and placed them around the image of a clenched fist, a symbol of support for Rodrigo Duterte. The group bowed their heads and said a prayer for the former Philippines president, who is being tried at the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity over his war on drugs. "Please touch the hearts of President Marcos and the judges of the ICC," one of them said during the Sunday ... read more |
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Iraq says kills senior Islamic State group leaderBaghdad (AFP) Mar 15, 2025 Iraqi security forces have killed a senior Islamic State (IS) group leader responsible for foreign operations, according to the country's prime minister, with US President Donald Trump saying later Friday his "miserable life was terminated". ... more 
Iraq repatriates more families from IS-linked Syria campBaghdad (AFP) Mar 13, 2025 Iraq has repatriated more than 150 additional families from Al-Hol camp in neighbouring Syria, an Iraqi security official said on Thursday, the latest such transfer from the camp where many have alleged jihadist links. ... more 
U.S., local officials say 'no specific credible' terror threats exist for upcoming Super BowlWashington DC (UPI) Feb 3, 2025 Officials say there are no "credible threats" to the looming Super Bowl in New Orleans after a New Year's Day terror attack killed 14 people and injured 57. ... more 
CENTCOM kills key figure of al-Qaida affiliate in Syrian airstrikeWashington DC (UPI) Jan 30, 2025 The U.S. military said Thursday night that it killed a senior operative of an al-Qaida-affiliated group in an airstrike in northwest Syria. ... more |
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Erdogan warns no place for 'terrorist' groups in SyriaIstanbul (AFP) Jan 7, 2025 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said there was no place for "terrorist organisations" in Syria under its new Islamist leaders, in a warning over Kurdish forces there. ... more 
US releases 11 Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo prisonWashington (AFP) Jan 6, 2025 The US Defense Department said Monday it had resettled 11 Yemeni detainees from its Guantanamo prison to Oman, leaving 15 people still held at the controversial American base in Cuba. ... more 
New Orleans attacker had recorded street using Meta glasses: FBIWashington (AFP) Jan 5, 2025 The man accused of the ramming attack that killed 14 revelers on a crowded New Orleans street had earlier visited the city on apparent reconnaissance missions, once recording the location using camera-equipped glasses, investigators said Sunday. ... more
Pentagon repatriates Guantanamo Bay detainee to TunisiaWashington DC (UPI) Dec 31, 2024 Guantanamo Bay detainee Ridah bin Salah al-Yazidi was repatriated to Tunisia, leaving 26 remaining at the Cuba-based U.S. military facility, the Pentagon said on Monday. ... more 
Syrian medics say were coerced into false chemical attack testimonyDouma, Syria (AFP) Dec 23, 2024 Two Syrian doctors and a nurse told AFP in a series of interviews over the weekend that Bashar al-Assad's government coerced them into providing false testimony to international investigators after a deadly 2018 chlorine attack. ... more |
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US transfers two from Guantanamo Bay to Malaysia following Kenya transfer
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 18, 2024 Two men held at Guantanamo Bay for 18 years in connection with the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed more than 200 people were repatriated to Malaysia on Wednesday, U.S. authorities said. Mohammed Farik bin Amin and Mohammed Nazir bin Lep were handed over to the Malaysian government to serve the remainder of the five-year prison sentences they received after pleading guilty in a Military Commission court to multiple breaches of the laws of war including murder, causing bodily harm, consp ... read more 
Rapes, torture, killings -- a litany of abuses blamed on Assad forcesParis (AFP) Dec 12, 2024 Bashar al-Assad's government has been accused of carrying out torture, rape, summary executions and other abuses since since Syria's civil war started in 2011. ... more |
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Former prisoner revisits Syrian airbase ordealDamascus (AFP) Dec 11, 2024 The surrender of the Mazzeh air base outside Syrian capital Damascus by Bashar al-Assad's forces triggered a round of Israeli air strikes designed to prevent his former arsenal falling into the hands of Islamist rebels. ... more
Syria chemical weapons: 'large quantities' and major questionsThe Hague (AFP) Dec 9, 2024 The world's chemical weapons watchdog has been probing Syria's stockpiles since 2013, encountering delays, obstructions, and suspicions that Damascus was not giving a full picture. ... more 
NATO chief says Russia, Iran 'share responsibility' for Assad crimes; Tortured bodies in hospital near DamascusBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Dec 9, 2024 NATO chief Mark Rutte on Monday said Russia and Iran were complicit in the crimes of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, and his fall showed they were "unreliable partners". ... more
US 'appalled' by alleged Russia use of banned gas in UkraineThe Hague (AFP) Nov 25, 2024 Western countries and Russia crossed swords on Monday at a chemical arms control meeting, with a US official saying it was "appalled" by Moscow's alleged use of a banned riot control gas in Ukraine. ... more 
Chinese man sentenced to 20 months for Falun Gong harassment in USWashington (AFP) Nov 19, 2024 A 71-year-old Chinese man was sentenced to 20 months in prison on Tuesday for taking part in a plot targeting the Falun Gong spiritual movement in the United States. ... more |
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