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By Saleem Ahmed QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Separatist militants blew up a railway track and opened fire on a passenger train in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, taking dozens of hostages and battling security forces conducting a rescue operation, police and the insurgents said. Police have not specified how many passengers were taken hostage in the …

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MANILA (Reuters) – Before he was elected president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte already was nicknamed “The Punisher” and “Duterte Harry” for his years-long and often violent campaign against drug offenders as mayor of his hometown of Davao. He promised to take his take-no-prisoners style of law and order to the whole of the Philippines, …

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By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) -A 15-page International Criminal Court arrest warrant for Rodrigo Duterte, made public by the court, outlines the accusations against the former Philippines president over killings in his war on drugs.  Duterte has long insisted he instructed police to kill only in self-defence and has defended the crackdown. …

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JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia’s government on Tuesday introduced in a parliamentary committee a watered-down version of contentious legislation that would enable President Prabowo Subianto to appoint military personnel to civilian posts, officials said. After a landslide election victory last year, Prabowo, a former military officer, has quickly expanded the armed forces’ role, triggering alarm in a …

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MANILA (Reuters) – The youngest daughter of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday her father had been put on a plane and his family not told of its destination. “They took dad from us, put him on a plane and wouldn’t say where to. People, wake up,” Veronica Duterte posted on Instagram with …

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