Speaking via his lawyer, President Rodrigo Duterte rejected the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) probe into his war on drugs, claiming his country has “left the Rome statute” and the tribunal “no longer has jurisdiction.” The ICC gave its prosecutor the green light on Wednesday to investigate allegations of crimes committed in the Philippines between 2011 […]
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Prosecution witness in Netanyahu’s corruption trial killed as his plane crashes in Greece
Former senior Israeli official Haim Geron has been killed in a plane crash near the Greek island of Samos. Geron was among the witnesses in the ongoing corruption trial of ex-PM Benjamin Netanyahu. The light plane, carrying Geron and his wife Esther, crashed into the sea close to the Samos airport late on Monday. The […]
Philippines’ Duterte orders officials to get his consent before attending senate probes, accused of trying to ward off scrutiny
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered that members of his cabinet are required to get his consent to appear at Senate investigations, with some critics calling the move an attempt to avert scrutiny. Duterte issued the orders in a recorded televised address on Tuesday, declaring: “I will require every cabinet member to clear with me […]
Belarus: Protasevich and his wife almost fell into a coma after the interview
Belarusian authorities announced on Tuesday that they are inviting representatives of the US and European Union aviation as well as international civil aviation to investigate the urgent landing in Minsk on Sunday of a Ryanair flight in which journalist and opponent Roman Protasevici was on board. According to international news agencies, the Belarusian Ministry of […]
Michael Avenatti has been kept in solitary confinement for ‘his own safety,’ prison warden says
Avenatti became a household name as the attorney for Stormy Daniels when the adult film star sued President Donald Trump. Since then, federal prosecutors in New York and California have charged Avenatti with a spate of financial crimes. sursa
Cory Booker was asked who broke his heart. He gave an emotional response
It was the final question during Sen. Cory Booker’s interview with The New York Times editorial board: Who has broken his heart? sursa