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Thousands gather in the southern city of Davao for one of 200 rallies held across the Philippines and The Hague.

Family and supporters of former President Rodrigo Duterte have held rallies across the Philippines to mark his 80th birthday and to protest his detention in The Hague where he faces a charge of crimes against humanity over his deadly war on drugs.

Police on Friday told the AFP news agency that they blocked a convoy of at least 100 motorcycle riders near the Philippine presidential…

Russia and Ukraine appeared to have stopped targeting each other’s energy infrastructure this week, although the details of an agreement reached on Sunday were still being worked out.

“I can confirm that since this date, March 25 … there have been no attacks on energy objects. Neither Russian attacks on our energy objects, or our attacks on Russian energy objects,” Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi told the Kyiv Independent on Thursday.

In reaching the…

Alves had been found guilty in February 2024 of raping a women in a Spanish nightclub in December 2022.

Former Barcelona player Dani Alves won his appeal against a sexual assault conviction as a Spanish court overturned the ruling.

Alves was found guilty in February 2024 of raping a woman in a nightclub in December 2022 and sentenced to four years, six months in prison. The former Brazil and Barcelona defender denied wrongdoing during the three-day trial.

That court ruled Friday that there…

Hundreds of elderly Palestinians began arriving at the Qalandiya checkpoint in the early hours of Friday, hoping to reach Jerusalem to pray at the mosque.

Israeli authorities continued to impose restrictions on Palestinians’ access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem for the fourth consecutive and final Friday of…

At the beginning of March, an expansive clandestine crematorium was discovered on a ranch in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, complete with burned human remains and 200 pairs of shoes. According to local officials, the apparent extermination site was likely operated by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which also reportedly used the ranch as a recruitment and training centre.

As Al Jazeera correspondent John Holman noted in a video dispatch following the discovery, the “strange…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Israeli airstrikes continue to target Gaza, causing further massacres, while the blockade on humanitarian aid and food supplies exacerbates the worsening crisis.

At least three Palestinians were killed and several others injured early on Friday morning in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house east of Gaza City. 

The Israeli military continues its brutal campaign, demolishing residential…

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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has raised alarm over the growing accumulation of waste in Gaza, warning that it is endangering both public health and lives.

In a post shared on X on Friday, UNRWA asserted that many people in Gaza have been forced to live in tents surrounded by heaps of waste. The agency added that this worsening waste crisis is intensifying both environmental and health challenges,…