A Canadian man freed in 2017 nearly five years after being abducted in Afghanistan has been arrested in Ottawa and faces several charges, including assault and forcible confinement, his lawyer said on Tuesday.

'Oh dear. If you can’t handle the heat, get out of the kitchen.'

(UPDATE - 8:24 a.m.) At least 36 people were killed in Peru on Tuesday when a bus collided with a truck and careened off a cliff along a sharply curving highway north of the capital, Lima, the country’s health ministry said.

Iran’s supreme leader accused the country’s enemies on Tuesday of being behind days of street unrest, as the death toll from anti-government demonstrations rose to 21.

(UPDATE - 7:40 a.m.) U.S. President Donald Trump said in tweets on Tuesday that the United States may withhold future aid payments to Palestinians, accusing them of being “no longer willing to talk peace” with Israel.

(UPDATE - 7:02 a.m.) Tropical depression “Agaton” slowed down slightly as it began to exit the Philippine area of responsibility early Wednesday morning, January 3, and storm warning signals were lifted.

Mayor Evelio Leonardia is scheduled to meet with top urban planner Felino “Jun” Palafox Jr. this January to discuss the development of a masterplan for Bacolod.

The narrative on the Philippines’ robust economic growth remains intact, judging from the strong earnings performance of the country’s top 1,000 firms.

The Philippines - which had been in the global limelight amid a fierce anti-drug campaign on the Duterte administration’s watch — placed third among the ten happiest countries in the world, according to a survey on 55 countries by Gallup International covering the period of October to December last year.

In its Severe Weather Bulletin #11 for Tropical Depression #AgatonPH, the state weather bureau PAGASA (Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration) declared that...

Regulators and bank officials are currently in talks over the possibility of introducing a third Term Deposit Facility (TDF) tenor -- "probably between seven and 28 days", according to BSP deputy governor Diwa Guinigundo.

BUTUAN CITY - Some 11 families, corresponding to 65 individuals, from Barangay Bonbon were evacuated by personnel of the Butuan City Disaster Risk Reduction...

Philippine Electricity Market Corp. (PEMC), the governance arm of the country’s wholesale electricity spot market (WESM), is studying a proposal to allow market operations to become a “for-profit” entity to attract interest from the private sector.

DUBAI - Iranian protesters attacked police stations late into the night on Monday, news agency and social media reports said, as security forces struggled...

Metrobank, which touts its superior services through the strength of its extensive offshore branch network, was recently awarded the Best Trade Finance Bank in the Philippines for 2017 by The Asian Banker.