International from Tuesday, March 11th, 2025

Spain's government approved a bill on Tuesday imposing massive fines on companies that use content generated by artificial intelligence (AI) without properly labelling it as such, in a bid to curb the use of so-called "deepfakes".

At least 35 passengers have been taken hostage by a separatist group that attacked a train in southwestern Pakistan, and nearly 350 other passengers are believed to be safe, local police said on Tuesday.

Ukraine targeted Moscow early on Tuesday in what seemed its biggest drone attack of the war on the Russian capital, killing at least three people, sparking fires and suspending air and train transport in the region, authorities said.

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was served an Interpol arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) on his arrival at Manila's main airport on Tuesday, the government said.

The Kurdish-led and US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which controls much of Syria's oil-rich northeast, signed a deal with the Damascus government on Monday to join Syria's new state institutions, the Syrian presidency said.

President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ahead of talks between Ukrainian and US officials that Washington hopes will deliver substantial progress towards ending Russia's war with Ukraine.

The Arab Parliament has condemned Israel’s decision to cut off electricity to the Gaza Strip, saying the move is considered a war crime.