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FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2017, file photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the troops during the 82nd anniversary celebration of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

ICC postpones hearings for former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte over health concerns

7:58 AM on Monday, September 8

The International Criminal Court has postponed a pretrial hearing for former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte due to health concerns

People look at a screen broadcasting a live TV news program showing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaking at a press conference, in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP)

The leadership race for Japan's governing LDP party explained

7:09 AM on Monday, September 8

The jockeying for a new prime minister has begun as outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's beleaguered long-governing Liberal Democratic Party struggles to stay in power

George Washington’s worries are coming true

7:00 AM on Monday, September 8

Private contractors Pacifico Discaya. left, and wife Sarah speaks during investigations on flood-control projects at the Senate Blue Ribbon committee in Pasay city, Philippines on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Explosive testimony identifies legislators, officials in Philippine flood-control corruption inquiry

6:39 AM on Monday, September 8

A wealthy business couple has identified several Philippine congressmen and public works officials, alleging they forced them to pay huge kickbacks so they could secure lucrative flood-control projects from the government in explosive testimony during a nationally televised Senate investigation

FILE - Samoa's Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, right, talks to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern during a bilateral meeting in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. (Hagen Hopkins/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Samoa's first woman leader is ousted in an election following the collapse of her government

5:54 AM on Monday, September 8

Samoa’s incumbent ruling party will return to power with a new leader at the helm after the country’s first woman prime minister was toppled in elections that followed months of political turmoil

Police watch during the 2025 Pilsen Mexican Independence Day parade Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Potential federal intervention poses challenges for Chicago police on the ground

5:06 AM on Monday, September 8

As President Donald Trump signals plans to order federal intervention in Chicago, experts say the likely escalation of immigration enforcement operations is setting the stage for a contentious dynamic between local police and federal authorities

A supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro protests his Supreme Court trial for allegedly leading a coup plot to keep him in office after his 2022 election defeat, in Sao Paulo, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Bolsonaro backers take to Brazil's streets before verdict. Lula calls for sovereignty against Trump

5:08 PM on Sunday, September 7

Tens of thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro took the streets on Brazil’s Independence Day, calling out against the Supreme Court trial that is scheduled to give a verdict against their leader in an alleged coup plot this week

Philipos Melaku-Bello talks to people during Peace Vigil in Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

A decades-long peace vigil outside the White House is dismantled after Trump's order

12:29 PM on Sunday, September 7

Law enforcement officials have removed a peace vigil that had stood outside the White House for more than four decades after President Donald Trump ordered it to be taken down as part of the clearing of homeless encampments in the nation’s capital

Argentina's President Javier Milei talks after legislative provincial election polls closed in La Plata, Argentina, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

Argentina President Milei suffers crushing defeat in Buenos Aires provincial election

6:08 AM on Sunday, September 7

The party of Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei has suffered a sweeping setback in the Buenos Aires provincial election that is viewed as a barometer of the party's performance in congressional midterms next month

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun listens to lawmaker's question during a session of the Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea will bring home 300 workers detained in massive Hyundai plant raid in Georgia

5:27 AM on Sunday, September 7

South Korea says it has reached a deal with the U.S. for the release of South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia

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