MANILA, Philippines – Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte will remain detained at the International Criminal Court prison in The Hague after the appeals chamber denied his appeal for an interim release or temporary freedom on November 28.

Judge Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza, a Peruvian jurist who heads the five-person chamber, read out the decision. Carranza had previously also ruled against Duterte in June 2023, when the chamber allowed the continuation of the investigation.

Meanwhile, Hong Kong fire authorities said they expected to wrap up search and rescue operations after the city’s worst fire in nearly 80 years tore through multiple high-rise towers of a residential complex in Hong Kong’s northern Tai Po district on November 26, killing at least 128 people and leaving scores more missing.

The death toll from floods across large swathes of Southeast Asia rose to at least 321 on November 28, with authorities working to rescue stranded citizens, restore power and communications, and coordinate recovery efforts as the waters began to recede. Large parts of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand have been stricken by cyclone-fueled torrential rain for a week, with a rare tropical storm forming in the Malacca Strait.

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People wade through a flooded area in Hat Yai district, Songkhla, Thailand, on November 22, 2025. PHOTO BY ROYLEE SURIYAWORAKUL/REUTERS

Oxfam activists wearing big head masks depicting world leaders stage a protest demanding the taxing of the super-rich, outside of the Nasrec Expo Centre during the opening day of the G20 leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 22, 2025. PHOTO BY ALET PRETORIUS/REUTERS

A woman lights a candle at the compound of a memorial complex to Holodomor victims during a ceremony commemorating the famine of 1932-33, in which millions died of hunger, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on November 22, 2025. PHOTO BY GLEB GARANICH/REUTERS

Marrit Fledderus of Nederlands and Femke Kok of Nederlands compete in the women’s 500m during the ISU Speedskating World Cup at Calgary Olympic Oval in Alberta, Canada, on November 22, 2025. PHOTO BY SERGEI BELSKI/IMAGN IMAGES VIA REUTERS

Mourners react as they attend the funeral of Palestinians who, according to medics, were killed in November 22 Israeli strikes, in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on November 23, 2025. PHOTO BY MAHMOUD ISSA/REUTERS

A person impersonating Belgium’s Prime Minister Bart De Wever gets slimed outside the Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European Commission, as activists and members of NGOs take part in a ‘Toxic Trade Tour’ protest against the EU-Mercosur trade agreement, as trade ministers gather at the EU Foreign Affairs Council, in Brussels, Belgium, on November 24, 2025. PHOTO BY PIROSCHKA VAN DE WOUW/REUTERS

The National Thanksgiving Turkeys Waddle and Gobble, from North Carolina, wait in their room a day ahead of their Thanksgiving holiday pardoning at the White House, at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, DC, on November 24, 2025. PHOTO BY NATHAN HOWARD/REUTERS

Seventeen-year-old giant panda Yuan Zi, star attraction with panda Huan Huan of the ZooParc de Beauval in France, is seen through the glass of his transport cage before being loaded onto a plane to depart for China, leaving behind twins born in France, at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, on November 25, 2025. PHOTO BY STEPHANIE LECOCQ/REUTERS

Dancers perform on the Spanish Steps during the ‘No Violence, Only Love’ event organized by Telefono Rosa, a women’s rights group, to raise awareness on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Rome, Italy, on November 25, 2025. PHOTO BY REMO CASILLI/REUTERS

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves walks with the red budget box, on Downing Street in London, Britain, on November 26, 2025. PHOTO BY TOBY MELVILLE/REUTERS

Greek actress Mary Mina, playing the role of High Priestess, lights the flame during the ceremony of the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics in Ancient Olympia, Greece, on November 26, 2025. PHOTO BY LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/REUTERS

The Spider-Man balloon is inflated on the eve of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Manhattan’s upper west side in New York City, on November 26, 2025. PHOTO BY KYLIE COOPER/REUTERS

Wong, 71, reacts after claiming his wife is trapped inside Wang Fuk Court during a major fire, in Tai Po, Hong Kong, on November 26, 2025. PHOTO BY TYRONE SIU/REUTERS

The Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev lifts off to the International Space Station from the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on November 27, 2025. PHOTO BY PAVEL MIKHEYEV/REUTERS

Brother and sister Ralph and Posy view illuminated installations at the annual winter Glow Wild lantern trail at Wakehurst wild botanic garden, near Haywards Heath in southern Britain, on November 27, 2025. PHOTO BY TOBY MELVILLE/REUTERS

Pope Leo XIV looks out of a plane window upon his arrival at Ataturk Airport during his first apostolic journey in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 27, 2025. PHOTO BY DILARA SENKAYA/REUTERS

Sudanese refugee children from Darfur play and jump from a tree at the Iridimi refugee camp, northwest of the town of Iriba, in Wadi Fira province, eastern Chad, on November 27, 2025. PHOTO BY AMR ABDALLAH DALSH/REUTERS

Members of the National Guard walk near a makeshift memorial set up after two National Guard members were shot in Washington, DC, on November 28, 2025. PHOTO BY NATHAN HOWARD/REUTERS

A relative of a victim of extrajudicial killings during the Duterte administration cries after the International Criminal Court decided against the granting of an interim release petition by the Duterte defense during a live streaming broadcast of the hearing at the UP College of Law in Diliman, Quezon City, on November 28, 2025. PHOTO BY JIRE CARREON/RAPPLER

– with reports from Reuters/Rappler.com