Government forces have used chemical weapons more than two dozen times during Syria’s civil war, including in April’s deadly attack on Khan Sheikhoun, U.N. war crimes investigators said on Wednesday.

Pope Francis arrived in Colombia on Wednesday with a message of unity for a nation deeply divided by a peace deal that ended a five-decade war with Marxist FARC rebels but left many victims of the bloodshed wary of the national healing process.

Myanmar said on Wednesday it was negotiating with China and Russia to ensure they block any U.N. Security Council censure over the violence that has forced an exodus of nearly 150,000 Rohingya Muslims to Bangladesh in less than two weeks.

Potentially catastrophic Hurricane Irma clobbered Caribbean islands with pounding winds, rain and surging surf on Wednesday as officials in Florida called for evacuations ahead of the storm’s expected landfall there this weekend.

The Clooneys, who welcomed twins earlier this year, are not looking to expand their brood further.

President Donald Trump’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., will testify privately to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday as it investigates allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.

The Bureau of Immigration on Tuesday arrested a 60-year old South Korean national wanted for swindling in his homeland.

Local media say she has bought a $9 million estate in the mountains of Sintra, outside Lisbon.

He was known in the place as "Kulot", everyone's favorite errand boy who made the rounds of neighbors offering to do odd jobs to scrape together a pittance for his school allowance - though more often than not, giving this to his hard-up parents to augment the meager food on the family table.

Former Marawi City mayor Omar Solitario has asked that he be permitted to engage the terrorist Maute Group in negotiation to free the non-combatant...

Invoking the continuing effort to streamline government offices and processes to better serve the public, President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Energy Secretary to sit as chair of two subsidiaries of the state corporation Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC).

The Philippine peso on Wednesday finished on a positive note against the US dollar while concerns on North Korea-related issues dampened risk sentiment and ended the four-day rally of the local bourse.

President Rodrigo Duterte has challenged large companies in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to make the region’s business environment more inclusive.



Chris Ross erupted for 27 points in a rare offensive explosion as the San Miguel Beermen snapped their skid with a 103-96 win over...

TV5 legal analyst Atty. Mel Sta. Maria explains the difference between sworn and unsworn affidavits, amid the discussions over the missing details in the affidavit of Tomas Marleo Bagcal, the taxi driver who claimed he was held up by UP student Carl Arnaiz before the latter died in an alleged shootout with Caloocan City police. Bagcal has two affidavits, which has made Senator Grace Poe curious - and worried.