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MANILA, Phillippines – The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, which begins on Monday, is set to frame the Philippines 2028 presidential race and deepen a schism between two storied political dynasties that has plunged the Senate into turmoil. The outcome will not only determine whether Duterte could run for the presidency, it will also test confidence in the Southeast Asian nation’s institutions and politicians. Analysts say the ​key will be whether the public sees the verdict as credible or instead driven by partisan interests.

JERUSALEM – Israeli cabinet members on Sunday voted to defy a Supreme Court decision regarding the country's broadcast regulator, raising concerns of a constitutional crisis.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed Ukraine and the upcoming NATO summit in Turkey in a phone call Saturday. Putin congratulated Trump on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in the call that lasted 85 minutes, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said in an audio message to reporters. “The presidents naturally touched on the topic of a ...

SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the test firing of a strategic cruise missile and evaluations of anti-ship, anti-submarine ​and air defense systems aboard the naval destroyer Kang Kon, state media KCNA reported on Sunday. The tests ⁠were conducted on Friday as part of an assessment of ‌the newly built warship's combat ​systems. They included checks of target-detection and information-processing capabilities, integrated firepower systems, naval guns, automatic cannons and electronic warfare equipment, KCNA said.

With hopes of finding additional survivors fading, Venezuela is entering a new phase of its earthquake response centered on rebuilding shattered communities as officials reported 2,954 dead and a U.N.-backed assessment estimated $37 billion in direct physical damage. The twin 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes that struck north-central Venezuela on June 24, just 39 seconds apart, have left ...

Iran’s ambassador to Beijing said China and other friendly nations will be granted “special considerations” when Tehran determines the level and nature of service fees charged to ships using the Strait of Hormuz. Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said the critical waterway for energy supplies is now a matter of “national security” in the aftermath of the four-month U.S. and Israeli war on the Islamic ...

LAMPEDUSA, Italy – Pope Leo marked the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence on Saturday with an appeal to Americans to welcome and protect immigrants, in a letter sent to his home country as he visited Italy's migrant frontline island of Lampedusa. Leo, who drew the ire of Donald Trump last year after calling the U.S. president's hardline anti-immigration policies inhumane, also urged the world to become "more human" and to help ​those fleeing war and poverty.

ERFURT, Germany – Thousands protested against Germany's far-right AfD and blocked roads to its annual conference in the eastern city of Erfurt on Saturday, where the party re-elected the two leaders who have overseen its rise as a national force. Protesters from unions, civil society groups and left-wing parties gathered as large numbers of police, including reinforcements from across Germany, were deployed ahead ​of the AfD's two-day conference. AfD stands for Alternative for Germany.

DUBAI – Iran’s ruling clerics are preparing days of mass funeral rites for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a show of public devotion to the Islamic Republic and proof that its revolutionary fervor still burns strong.

Venezuela’s official earthquake death toll climbed to 2,645 on Friday as a new United Nations-backed assessment estimated the twin earthquakes caused at least $37 billion in direct physical damage, underscoring the enormous reconstruction challenge facing a country already weakened by years of economic decline and deteriorating infrastructure. The twin 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes that ...

A treatment trial for the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo enrolled its first patient on Thursday, marking a milestone in efforts to combat the epidemic, World Health Organization chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters.

A massive Russian glide bomb strike on the center of the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy killed at least four people, including a child, on Friday and injured 27, regional Gov. Oleh ​Hryhorov said.

Pope Leo praised the United States' history of welcoming immigrants in his first major address to his home country on Friday, urging in a video appearance that Americans live up to the ideals in the Declaration ​of Independence.

With each cappuccino that barista Anya Balyokha made on a recent morning, the scent of coffee gained a bit more on the smell of burned shopping mall - the air still acrid from the Russian ballistic missile that destroyed the stores across the street a week earlier.

Standing outside of her casual Venezuelan restaurant in downtown L.A., Kelly Montana clutched print-out photos of her parents as she visibly held back tears.

Following the unauthorized episcopal consecrations carried out by the ultra-conservative Society of St Pius X, the Vatican has officially confirmed the excommunication of the six individuals involved.