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Here's how to vet claimsSouth Korea's ambitions for AI robots start with workers folding napkinsAdults relive the musical camaraderie of their youth at band camps reprised for grown-upsTrump trata de minimizar las diferencias con Xi ante de salir para cumbre en ChinaA burst of gunfire rang out Wednesday night in the Philippine Senate, where authorities have tried to arrest a senator who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for a charge of crime against humanity, an Associated Press journalist and other witnesses said. A protester carries a slogan with a photo of Philippine Senator Ronald dela Rosa crying during a rally outside the Philippine Senate in Pasay, Philippines on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
Philippine troopers exchange fire along a hallway at the Philippine Senate in Pasay, Philippines on Wednesday May 13, 2026. Philippine Senator Ronald dela Rosa gestures to reporters at the Philippine Senate in Pasay, Philippines on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
A burst of gunfire rang out Wednesday night in the Philippine Senate, where authorities have tried to arrest a senator who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for a charge of crime against humanity, an Associated Press journalist and other witnesses said. A protester carries a slogan with a photo of Philippine Senator Ronald dela Rosa crying during a rally outside the Philippine Senate in Pasay, Philippines on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
A protester carries a slogan with a photo of Philippine Senator Ronald dela Rosa crying during a rally outside the Philippine Senate in Pasay, Philippines on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. Philippine troopers exchange fire along a hallway at the Philippine Senate in Pasay, Philippines on Wednesday May 13, 2026. Philippine troopers exchange fire along a hallway at the Philippine Senate in Pasay, Philippines on Wednesday May 13, 2026.
Philippine Senator Ronald dela Rosa gestures to reporters at the Philippine Senate in Pasay, Philippines on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. Philippine Senator Ronald dela Rosa gestures to reporters at the Philippine Senate in Pasay, Philippines on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. on a charge of murder as a crime against humanity led to a burst of gunfire Wednesday and a standoff in the Senate building.
, who served as national police chief under former President Rodrigo Duterte and helped carry out his anti-drug crackdowns in which thousands of mostly petty suspects were killed.
Issued in November, the warrant charges dela Rosa with the crime against humanity of murder of no fewer than 32 people between July 2016 and the end of April 2018, when he led the police force.left the court in 2019 after telling the United Nations it was doing so following then-ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda’s announcement that she was opening a preliminary probe into allegations of extrajudicial killings under Duterte’s anti-drug campaign.said it would cooperate if the ICC asked international police to take Duterte into custody through a so-called red notice — a request for law enforcement agencies worldwide to locate and temporarily arrest a suspect.
It wasn’t immediately clear if such a notice was issued for dela Rosa.from Duterte’s legal team to throw out the case on the grounds that the court didn’t have jurisdiction because the Philippines had withdrawn from the court. Countries can’t “abuse” their right to withdraw from the Rome Statute “by shielding persons from justice in relation to alleged crimes that are already under consideration,” the ruling said.
The court was set up in 2002 and aims to hold leaders and senior officials accountable for crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide. It has 125 member states, but three major global powers — the United States, Russia and China — are not members. Ukraine officially More than 900 staff work for the court, which has a budget this year of just over 196 million euros .
The ICC is a court of last resort, meaning it only takes on cases when countries’ legal systems are unable or unwilling to prosecute suspects.on the court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, some ICC judges and Khan’s two deputies. Trump accuses the court of “illegitimate and baseless actions” targeting America and Israel. Corder is a reporter in the Netherlands who covers international courts in The Hague, Dutch politics, news and sport.
He has worked at The AP for more than 30 years, including seven years in Australia covering the Asia-Pacific region.
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