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US Secretary of State John Kerry (centre) looks over his notes before delivering remarks on climate change after a tour of the Foton...

New recruits enter a military van as relatives try to shake hands with those on board during a military recruitment ceremony at Quan...

Members of the Iglesia ni Cristo, a conservative Filipino Christian sect, march on a Manila street yesterday to raise funds to help millions...

Filipino couples gaze at the sunset in Manila a day before Valentine’s Day in Manila, the Philippines, on Thursday.

Beijing:  China cleared out illegal occupants from 27,000 military apartments over a seven-month period last year as part of a wider anti-corruption drive,...

TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s most influential aide yesterday rejected criticism from China that Japan is lurching toward militarism and said Tokyo would...

JAKARTA:  Three airports in Indonesia reopened yesterday while four others remained closed, officials said, after a volcanic eruption killed three people and forced...

BANGKOK: Anti-government protesters vowed yesterday to maintain their campaign to unseat Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra despite dwindling numbers on the streets and...

MANILA: Two former regional directors of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) have been convicted by the Sandiganbayan for violation of the Anti-Graft...

MANILA: The Philippines and the United States are committed to sealing an agreement on increased rotational presence of American forces in the country...

MANILA: The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) closed yesterday the Butuan airport following a commercial aircraft carrying more than 100 people...

MANILA: Foreign and local business groups are keenly anticipating the formation of the autonomous Bangsamoro region in Mindanao that is expected to lead...

NORTH COTABATO: Investigators believe that the grenade explosions that rocked the state-run University of Southern Mindanao (USM) in Kabacan town on Thursday night...

Rep Jim Costa (right), California Governor Jerry Brown (left), US President Barack Obama (second left), Joe Del Bosque (centre) and Maria Gloria Del...

Rough seas pound Brighton Marina on England’s South Coast yesterday. LONDON: Two people were killed and 32 rescued from a seaside restaurant on...

BERLIN: Conservative allies of German Chancellor Angela Merkel rebuked their Social Democrat governing partner yesterday over actions that led to the ouster of...

LONDON: Two people were killed and 32 rescued from a seaside restaurant on Friday as storms and strong winds battered Britain, adding more...

PARIS: France’s military operation in the Central African Republic will last longer than initially planned because the situation in the country is worse...