Rodrigo Duterte personally authorised murders and hand-picked some of the victims of his "war on drugs", the International Criminal Court heard on Monday, as proceedings against the former Philippines president kicked off.
Iran said Monday that a US attack of any scale would spur the Islamic republic to respond "ferociously", after President Donald Trump said he was considering limited strikes against the country.
A new Dutch government took power on Monday, with 38-year-old centrist Rob Jetten sworn in as the country's youngest-ever prime minister and the first openly gay one.
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The United Nations leader warned Monday that "the rule of force" was spreading, as the powerful trample on international law and wield artificial intelligence and other technologies to attack human rights.
February 23, 2026
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February 23, 2026
Asian stocks mostly rose and the dollar fell Monday after the US Supreme Court struck down a large part of President Donald Trump's tariffs policy that had sent shockwaves through the global economy last year.
February 23, 2026
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The new Dutch government will be sworn in on Monday, with 38-year-old centrist Rob Jetten set to be the country's youngest-ever prime minister and the first openly gay one.
February 23, 2026
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Sunday ordered the shutdown of the city's entire traffic network for all but emergency travel as a massive snowstorm began to hit the northeast United States.
February 23, 2026
The International Criminal Court will begin a hearing on Monday to decide whether former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte should stand trial for crimes against humanity linked to his deadly anti‑drug crackdown.
February 23, 2026
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A Paris criminal court will on Monday examine former president Nicolas Sarkozy's request to merge two sentences for convictions in separate cases related to graft and illegal campaign financing.
February 23, 2026
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Jacob Bridgeman held his nerve as his seven-shot lead dwindled to one, draining a short par putt at the 72nd hole to claim his first PGA Tour title with a one-shot triumph at the Genesis Invitational on Sunday.
A Hong Kong appeals court will decide on Monday whether to overturn the convictions of a dozen democracy campaigners jailed for subversion during the city's largest trial under a Beijing-imposed national security law.
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February 23, 2026
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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / February 23, 2026 / In collaboration with the U.S. Air Force, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) conducted its latest demonstration performing an autonomous mission out of Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California using its MQ-20 Avenger® unmanned jet and an F-22 Raptor equipped with the latest government reference autonomy software. The test, which showcased Manned-Unmanned Teaming between the F-22 and MQ-20, leveraged autonomy and the tactical data link to enable coordination between the platforms.
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New Yorkers were left scrambling Sunday after authorities announced non-essential road journeys would be banned in response to what's expected to be the worst blizzard in a decade.
More than 200 Venezuelan political prisoners were on hunger strike Sunday to demand their release under a new amnesty law that excludes many of them.
International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry lauded Milan-Cortina 2026 as a "new kind of Winter Games" as she declared them closed on Sunday.
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