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...
As other Southeast Asian countries saw their positions unchanged or up in a survey of expats, Thailand and the Philippines went in the opposition direction. This...
TUGUEGARAO, Philippines – Typhoon Mangkhut killed at least 25 people in the Philippines as it smashed homes and left behind torrents of floodwater, and is...
MANILA – Typhoon Mangkhut tore across the northern tip of the Philippines on Saturday, killing at least twelve people, wrecking homes and triggering landslides before heading...
MANILA – The Philippines braced early Friday for the onslaught of Super-Typhoon Mangkhut, whose 240kph (150 mph) winds were on a path for a direct...
MANILA – Criminal charges have been filed against 43 Muslim militants from two armed groups linked to the Islamic State group for two bomb attacks...
MANILA – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday left for a visit to Israel and Jordan, pursuing a pivot away from his nation’s long-time reliance...
MANILA – The Philippine justice department on Monday struck down an order for the deportation of an Australian nun after she joined a political rally,...
MANILA – An Australian man has been sentenced to life in a Philippine prison as part of a unspeakable child sexual abuse case in which prosecutors...
MANILA – Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has told a U.N human rights expert who said the country’s judicial independence was under threat to ‘go to...
MANILA – A former US Army sniper and two other ex-American soldiers were convicted Wednesday in the contract killing of a real estate agent in the...
– MANILA – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced Wednesday that his country is withdrawing its ratification of the treaty that created the International Criminal Court, where...
– MANILA – A Philippine court has sentenced an Australian man to life imprisonment after finding him guilty on human trafficking and child pornography charges. Drew...
BANGKOK – Thai Immigration Police spokesman Cherngron Rimpadee said today that a Zimbabwean family stranded at Suvarnabhumi airport for months has left Thailand for the...
– MANILA – Thailand’s 22 year-old Renuka Suksukont captured her first international title on Saturday when the Thai completed a wire-to-wire victory at the ICTSI Philippine...
– MARAWI, Philippines – A Catholic priest who was taken hostage by militants linked to the Islamic State group says he’s being held alongside 200 other...
– MARAWAI – Endorsing the idea that the attack in Marawi City was an “invasion,” the government said on Friday that foreign terrorists were killed...
– MANILA – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte placed the whole Mindanao region under martial law on Tuesday night, after terrorist group loyal to Islamic State occupied...