A news conference by a Thai rights group was called off on Tuesday following a police warning not to hold the event or risk violating a junta ban on public gatherings.

Pirates freed a ship carrying 22 Indian crew and 13,500 tonnes of gasoline on Tuesday, Hong Kong-based Anglo-Eastern, which was managing the ship, said in a statement.

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has suspended investigations of taxpayers, saying yesterday it needs to review policies and procedures in this regard after its head said last month that the practice has not improved collections.

China has successfully carried out another test of an anti-missile intercept system, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday, describing it as defensive and not aimed at any country.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday accused Democrats of being “un-American” and “treasonous” for their lack of applause during his State of the Union address last week when he spoke of rising wages and historically low African-American unemployment.

(UPDATE 3 - 1:30 p.m.) President Rodrigo Duterte ordered a stop to all foreign exploration and study in the Philippine Rise, also known as Benham Rise, Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said Tuesday, February 6.

The indie sweetheart boosts her career status with an endearing digital ad for the Valentine season.

The frequent police operations and shadowy murders have hit the slum hard and those who live there say more blood has been spilled since Duterte was elected president on the promise to wipe out drugs and crime in six months.

Thailand’s tourism body expects 300,000 visitors from China during the Lunar New Year holidays, a nearly 18 percent rise from a year ago.

(UPDATE 3 - 12:40 p.m.) President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration was taken to task on Tuesday, February 6, for seeming to shrug off China's militarization of the South China Sea.

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen on Monday declared a state of emergency, ordered security forces into the supreme court and arrested a former president, in moves the opposition called a “purge” in the Indian Ocean island nation.

The singer-songwriter, 76, is 'bringing my performing career to a natural end' with a tour of North America and Europe this year.

Fuel prices increased Tuesday, the sixth hike this year, with gasoline prices up by 50 centavos a liter, diesel by 35 centavos a liter, and kerosene, 60 centavos a liter.

The fate of some 37,000 Africans in Israel is posing a moral dilemma for a state founded as haven for Jews from persecution and a national home.

Digital currency bitcoin BTC=BTSP fell more than 15 percent on Monday to a nearly three-month low amid a slew of concerns ranging from a global regulatory clampdown.