PARIS, France - The families of nine Israeli victims of last month's Hamas attacks have lodged a complaint at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for suspected war crimes, their lawyer said Friday. The families also want Hamas prosecuted for genocide, and the ICC to issue an international...
RAFAH, Palestinian Territories - Israeli ground troops fighting a war to destroy Hamas had surrounded Gaza City on Friday as top US diplomat Antony Blinken arrived in Israel and declared that the country has right and a duty to defend itself. Israel, meanwhile, began expelling thousands of...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced on Friday, Nov. 3, that some roads in Manila will be closed on Sunday, Nov. 5, for the 2023 Supreme Court Sportsfest. A fun run will be conducted on Sunday for the sportsfest along Padre Faura Street and the northbound lane of Roxas...
Manila Police District (MPD) operatives arrested a drunk security guard after taking hostage a mother and her three children in Port Area, Manila on Thursday, Nov. 2. Photo from MPD-SWAT/MANILA BULLETIN The MPD-Baseco Police Station (PS-13) identified the suspect as Justine Sagun, 33, a resident of...
Quezon City Police District Director Brig. Gen Redrico Maranan said on Friday, Nov. 3, that ‘Undas’ or All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day 2023, was observed peacefully in the city. “Tuwing ginugunita ang Undas taun-taon, matinding preparasyon ang isinasagawa namin upang masiguro ang...
Bulacan police seized P79,000 worth of alleged illegal drugs during a series of anti-criminality operations carried out on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 2 and 3, which also resulted in the arrest of seven drug suspects and three lawbreakers. In reports submitted to Col. Relly B. Arnedo, Bulacan...
An 89-year-old woman was injured after the electric fan in her home overheated and started a fire in Sampaloc, Manila on Friday morning, Nov. 3. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) identified the victim as Caridal Roldan. She sustained abrasions on her left lower foot and a minor burn on her right...
STOCKHOLM,Sweden -- Sweden's coast guard said Thursday the passenger ferry that ran aground last month causing a large oil spill had been safely towed to port without further leaks. The Marco Polo ferry, operated by TT-Line, ran aground south of the southern city of Karlshamn on October 22, with...
BERLIN, Germany -- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Thursday that Kyiv was confident about its quest to open EU membership talks this year, touting reforms it made even in the face of the Russian invasion. Speaking ahead of a conference on Europe in Berlin, Kuleba told reporters...
ATHENS, Greece -- Greek police said Thursday 13 people were arrested after far-right and far-left groups clashed in Athens on the anniversary of the fatal shootings of two neo-Nazis a decade ago. Police had banned gatherings related to the deaths of the two members of the Golden Dawn party and on...
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories -- Three Palestinians were killed Thursday by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, and an Israeli was killed in a Palestinian shooting attack, according to first responders. Violence has surged across the West Bank for...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine said Thursday that Russian assaults on the nearly encircled eastern town of Avdiivka had eased as the Kremlin rejected Kyiv's assessment that the 20-month conflict was deadlocked. Avdiivka, an industrial hub at the centre of fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces...
