When attached to a semi-automatic rifle, a bump stock uses the gun’s recoil energy to “bump” the trigger into the finger, causing it to fire far more quickly than possible if using one’s hand manually.

Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III blasted the Philippine National Police, including Director General Ronald dela Rosa, saying “criminals are being emboldened” by law enforcers’ perceived “incompetence,” following the murder of a councilor of Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro and his teenage son.

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As governments thresh out the complicated arrangements needed to stop the exodus of the Rohingya - the stateless, Muslim minority in Myanmar - into overcrowded temporary shelters in Bangladesh, the United Nations has renewed its urgent call for help to ease the humanitarian crisis.

The U.S. embassy in Manila and its affiliated offices will be closed on Monday, October 9, which is Columbus Day, an American holiday.

Google unveiled the second generation of its Pixel smartphone along with new voice-enabled home speakers, redoubling its commitment to the hardware business as it competes with a surge of devices from Apple Inc and Amazon.

The Office of the Civil Defense Cordillera and the local disaster risk reduction management councils of local governments in the region have been placed on alert after the Philippine Atmosphere, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration confirmed a low pressure area in the vicinity of Natonin, Mountain Province.

(UPDATE - 9:23 a.m.) Five soldiers from Niger and three U.S. Army Special Forces troops were killed in an ambush on a joint patrol in southwest Niger on Wednesday, according to Nigerien and U.S. officials. Two other American soldiers were wounded

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Bangladeshi authorities have destroyed about 20 boats that ferried Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar, accusing smugglers of using the huge exodus to bring methamphetamine into the country.

Catalonia will move on Monday to declare independence from Spain after holding a banned referendum, pushing the European Union nation toward a rupture that threatens the foundations of its young democracy.

(UPDATE 2 - 10:00 p.m.) The girlfriend of the Las Vegas gunman who killed 58 people and himself in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history was questioned by the FBI on Wednesday and said through a lawyer she had no idea beforehand that he was “planning violence against anyone.”

Claiming President Rodrigo Duterte is the country's only top leader with a very rude behavior, Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday denied the chief executive's latest accusation that he had obtained bank records through the lawmaker's alleged mistress at the Anti-Money Laundering Council.