"My orders to the police and military ... if there is trouble and they fight back and your lives are in danger, shoot them dead."
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced the lockdown of Manila, including a halt to domestic travel. The lockdown is in a bid to contain the deadly Wuhan...
Taal’s last disastrous eruption, in 1965, killed hundreds of people. It is the second-most restive of about two dozen active volcanoes in the Philippines. Consequently it...
President Rodrigo Duterte has banned two Democrat Senators from visiting the Philippines and will introduce tighter restrictions for US citizens. Should Washington enforce sanctions over the...
Typhoon Phanfone that barreled through the central Philippines left at least 28 dead and 12 missing. The typhoon forced thousands to flee their homes, devastating Christmas...
Earthquakes are common in the Philippines, which is on the geologically active Pacific Ring of Fire.
The ban on gambling in Thailand goes back to 1935 and has more than 40 different laws and gambling regulations banning virtually all forms of wagering...
MANILA – Two strong earthquakes hours apart struck a group of sparsely populated islands in the Luzon Strait in the northern Philippines early Saturday. The earthquakes...
MARAWI – As the Philippine government undertakes the rebuilding process of Marawi city more than two years after it was overrun by Islamic militants, an issue...
BANGKOK – The leader of Thailand’s Liberal Party, Pol. Gen. Sereepisuth Temeeyaves, has insisted that his political party had no involvement in the illicit drug trade...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Deputy Police Chief Chalermkiat Srivorakhan said at a media briefing on Sunday that Narcotics suppression police have arrested two Chinese and two Thai...
MANILA – U.S. Assistant Secretary Bureau of Conflict & Stabilization Operations and Philippine officials are discussing a new program to help thwart efforts by Muslim extremists...
JOLO, Philippines – In one of the deadliest bomb attacks to strike the southern Philippines in years, 18 people were killed Sunday when a double...
MANILA – The Philippine’s out spoken President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday denounced bishops in the Catholic-majority country as “sons of bitches”, renewing his attacks on...
BICOL – The death toll from a storm that struck the Philippines shortly after Christmas rose to 68 with the number of fatalities expected to...
BICOL – At least 22 people died from a storm that swept through the central Philippine islands at the weekend, authorities said Sunday, with rescue...
DAVAO – A powerful undersea earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Saturday, prompting people to scramble out of shopping malls and buildings. Authorities warned...
BANGKOK – Miss Philippines Catriona Gray was crowned Miss Universe 2018 at a glittering pageantry at Impact Muang Thong Thani in Bangkok Monday. The first...
BANGKOK – Thailand may be among the world’s top 10 tourism destinations, but for overseas investors it’s about as popular as a beach holiday in...
MINDANAO – Despite Islamic State’s failure last year to establish a caliphate in the southern Philippine city of Marawi, foreign militants continue to flock to the...