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Dark, new 'Fantastic Beasts' movie grounded in real world

Simon Thompson, Reuters
Updated as of Nov 16 06:52 AM

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Albus Dumbeldore is a young professor at Hogwarts School; the charismatic but evil Gellert Grindelwald is determined to manipulate the world for his own ends; and Newt Scamander, with his magical suitcase of strange creatures, is trying to stop him. Read more »

Blue carpet premiere ng 'Fantastic Beasts' sa London, dinagsa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 02:17 AM

Balik-eksena ang magic ni "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling sa sequel ng "Fantastic Beasts." Read more »

Peru annuls ex-president Fujimori’s pardon, orders arrest

Carlos Mandujano, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 04 04:47 AM

A Peruvian court on Wednesday annulled Alberto Fujimori's pardon for crimes against humanity and ordered the 80-year-old's immediate arrest, officials said. Read more »

OPINION: Duterte tells the truth

Ellen Tordesillas
Posted at Sep 30 06:22 PM

President Duterte’s admission  may yet be what truth-seeking, freedom-loving Filipinos have been praying for. Read more »

Philippines tells UN: Rights of citizens, law enforcers over rights of criminals

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 10:01 AM

MANILA - If forced to, the Philippines will protect the rights of its law-abiding citizens and law enforcers over drug lords and criminals who are out to "kill and destroy," Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano told the United Nations (UN) on Sunday. Read more »

Duterte 'umamin' sa EJK; Palasyo dumepensa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 08:08 PM

Kahit sa bibig mismo ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte nagmula ang kaniyang "pag-amin" sa pagkakasangkot sa EJKs, sinabi pa rin ng Palasyo na hindi ito dapat seryosohin. Read more »

That's karma, Duterte says of slain suspect in Ombudsman’s lawyer’s killing

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 06:50 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said karma worked against the primary suspect in the killing of a pregnant Ombudsman prosecutor after he was killed in a police operation over three months ago. Read more »

PH withdrawal from ICC has no bearing on Duterte case, says official

Jofelle Tesorio, ABS CBN Europe News Bureau
Posted at Sep 23 01:57 AM

The International Criminal Court can still prosecute the President, even if the withdrawal of the Philippines from the organization becomes final. Read more »

'They want to send me to prison': Duterte blasts ICC, EU anew

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 02:12 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday slammed the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the European Union (EU) anew in a speech at the Asia Pacific Association of Gastroenterology forum in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. Read more »

New SWS survey shows gains in fight vs common crimes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 08:40 PM

MANILA - A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey in June 2018 shows fewer families reporting that they were victims of any of the common crimes, such as robbery and physical violence, in the past 6 months.  Read more »

ICC 'undeterred' after US sanctions threat

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 11 08:09 PM

The International Criminal Court on Tuesday said its work would continue "undeterred" after Washington threatened to prosecute its officials if Americans are charged with war crimes committed in Afghanistan.   Read more »

U.S. threatens to arrest ICC judges who probe war crimes

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 11 03:13 AM

The United States threatened Monday to arrest and sanction judges and other officials of the International Criminal Court if it moves to charge any American who served in Afghanistan with war crimes. Read more »

Myanmar rejects ICC decision over Rohingya crisis

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 08 01:02 AM

Myanmar on Friday "resolutely" rejected a ruling by the International Criminal Court empowering the tribunal to probe alleged crimes against the Rohingya even though the Southeast Asian nation is not a member of it. Read more »

ICC says can rule on Rohingya deportations from Myanmar

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 07 12:19 AM

The International Criminal Court said Thursday it had jurisdiction to probe the forced deportation of Rohingya Muslims by Myanmar's military as a possible crime against humanity. Read more »

OPINION: Families of drug war victims bring plea for justice at the ICC

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Updated as of Aug 31 12:59 PM

While President Duterte may be able to prevent his arrest in the country, he would be risking arrest if he is in another country that has signed and ratified the Rome statute. Read more »

War crimes suspect rejects 'Terminator' label at trial

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 30 01:57 AM

The lawyer for a former Congolese warlord accused of recruiting child soldiers told judges Wednesday his client was like a father to his troops and that his nickname "Terminator" was undeserved. Read more »

Human rights group, nagsampa ng bagong reklamo sa ICC laban kay Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 02:24 AM

Nagsampa ng bagong kaso sa International Criminal Court ang isang human rights group laban kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Victims of Duterte drug war tame anger, overcome fear as they bring fight to ICC

Inday Espina-Varona, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 28 11:02 PM

“This is historic because this is the first time victims themselves are filing a case against President Durerte,” said Neri Colmenares of the National Union of Peoples' Lawyers, counsel for the complainants. Read more »

Supreme Court told: PH withdrawal from ICC has no legal basis

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 07:53 PM

The Philippines' withdrawal from the ICC has no legal basis and was just a "whimsical and arbitrary" decision of President Duterte, a public interest lawyer told the SC on Tuesday.  Read more »

Bagong reklamong 'crimes against humanity' vs Duterte, isinampa sa ICC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 07:39 PM

Pero ayon sa Palasyo, walang kahulugan at walang kahihinatnan ang kasong ito. Read more »