Phillippines
Philippines typhoon toll climbs as searchers dig for landslide missing
World
September 18, 2018
Philippines typhoon toll climbs as searchers dig for landslide missing
The death toll in Typhoon Mangkhut hit 74 on Tuesday, Philippine authorities said, as rescuers used their bare hands…
32 killed in bloody night for Duterte’s war on drugs
World
August 16, 2017
32 killed in bloody night for Duterte’s war on drugs
Thirty-two suspected drug dealers were killed in shootouts across one province in the Philippines on Tuesday, police said, in a…
Marawi standoff enters third month, underlining crisis in Philippines
World
July 23, 2017
Marawi standoff enters third month, underlining crisis in Philippines
Two months after Islamist militants launched an assault on one of the biggest southern cities in the Philippines, the fighting…
Philippine Congress extends martial law in south amid siege
World
July 22, 2017
Philippine Congress extends martial law in south amid siege
The Philippine Congress on Saturday overwhelmingly approved the president’s appeal for martial law in the south to be extended to…