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Juan Ponce Enrile, architect of Philippine martial law, dies at 101: daughter
AFP, Published on 13/11/2025
» MANILA - Juan Ponce Enrile, a shrewd political operator who helped usher in the darkest repression of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos's rule, died on Thursday at the age of 101, his daughter said.
Troops combat deadly wave of bear attacks in Japan
Reuters, Published on 05/11/2025
» KAZUNO — Japan's military deployed troops to the country's mountainous north on Wednesday to help trap bears after an urgent request from local authorities struggling to cope with a wave of attacks.
Mexican fishermen join fight to save extraordinary amphibian
AFP, Published on 10/07/2025
» SAN JERóNIMO PURENCHECUARO — After decades working as a fisherman on a high-altitude Mexican lake, Froylan Correa is now helping to save an endangered amphibian with gills resembling a lion's mane and a remarkable regenerative ability.
Japan executes 'Twitter killer' who murdered 9 people
AFP, Published on 27/06/2025
» TOKYO - Japan on Friday executed a man dubbed the "Twitter killer" who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation's first enactment of the death penalty since 2022.
Massacre in Haiti leaves nearly 200 dead
New York Times, Published on 10/12/2024
» PORT-AU-PRINCE — More than 180 people were killed in a massacre over the weekend in one of the poorest neighbourhoods of Haiti’s capital, the United Nations (UN) human rights chief said Monday.
How the Hamas carnage unfolded on Israel's 'Black Shabbat'
AFP, Published on 27/10/2023
» JERUSALEM - It's just before sunrise on Saturday October 7, and hundreds of Hamas militants are creeping towards Gaza's border with Israel. Within minutes they will pour across, opening the gates of hell.
The ‘Devil’s Playground’ of urban combat Israel Is preparing to enter
New York Times, Published on 25/10/2023
» NEW YORK - Heavy fire from rooftops and booby-trapped apartments. Armor-piercing projectiles blowing up troop carriers. Fighters blending in with civilians, launching drone ambushes or surging from tunnels full of enough ammunition, food and water to sustain a long war.
Israel steps up Gaza strikes ahead of ground invasion
AFP, Published on 22/10/2023
» RAFAH (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES): Israel heavily bombarded Gaza overnight after warning it would intensify strikes ahead of a ground invasion, as the war sparked by Hamas's bloody attack entered its third week on Sunday.
Aid for Gaza piles up as Israel rallies troops for invasion
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» RAFAH (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Desperately needed international aid piled up Friday near Gaza, with Palestinians in dire need of food and water after relentless bombing by Israel, still reeling from the bloodiest attack in its history.
'Never seen such barbarity': the grim task of Israel's forensics teams
AFP, Published on 17/10/2023
» TEL AVIV - The stench of death is overwhelming in Israel's National Center of Forensic Medicine, where experts have been trying to identify the remains of hundreds of people slain in the Hamas attacks.