A plane carrying the former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has left Manila after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity over his deadly "war on drugs". He was taken into police custody shortly after his arrival at the capital's international airport from Hong Kong on Tuesday morning. Duterte, 79, contested his detention but within hours was on a chartered jet en route to The Hague in the Netherlands, whe

At least two people have died and 186 others are missing after four boats carrying migrants from Africa capsized overnight in waters off...

In the 2005 epic film, Kingdom of Heaven, the crusader Balian of Ibelin comes face to face with Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub at the entrance of Jerusalem and asks, “What is Jerusalem worth?” to which the charismatic leader answers “Nothing!” as he walks back toward his army before turning briefly and stating, “Everything!” Jerusalem is worth nothing and everything. Impossible to quantify, impossible to put a price on – an intricate and ever-changing tableau marked by the many

Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too. Mahmoud Khalil outside the gates of Columbia University’s campus on April 30, 2024. Photo by USA TODAY Network via Getty Images On Saturday, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers detained Mahmoud Khalil – a recent Columbia University graduate who helped lead the Gaza solidarity encampment – at his New York City home, an apartment building owned by the school,

Displaced Palestinians live in a school run by UNRWA, the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees, west of Gaza City, Sunday, March 9,...

The recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when US politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care. Image via MapChart In recent years, U.S. politicians have selectively framed European healthcare policies to justify restrictions on transgender care, seizing on a handful of conservative policies to claim that “Europe is pulling back.” The most extreme example, the United Kingd

Sudan alleges the UAE is ‘complicit in the genocide on the Masalit’ by supporting the Rapid Support Forces. The rulings of the...

Earlier on Wednesday, family members of Nimrod Cohen, Omri Miran, and Elkana Bohbot met with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights....

Yeghishe Kirakosyan, Armenia’s Representative for International Legal Affairs, has resigned. In response to an inquiry from CivilNet, the Prime Minister’s press office stated that “Yeghishe Kirakosyan will be stepping down from his position by mutual agreement reached several months ago, following his personal request.” The statement also refuted media reports claiming that the entire staff of the Office of the Armenian Representative for International Legal Affairs had submi

In a blistering social media post, the president told Hamas that if it continued to hold hostages, “you are DEAD!” Hamas militants during the release of three Israeli hostages last month in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Credit...Saher Alghorra for The New York Times President Trump has directly warned Hamas militants to immediately release all the hostages held in Gaza or face death. In a blistering social media post on Wednesday, Mr. Trump addressed Hamas militant