At least two inmates were killed and 17 others wounded, seven of them critically, during a riot that broke out early Tuesday evening at the Metro Manila District Jail in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City.

A Pentagon report released on Tuesday singled out Pakistan as a possible location for a future Chinese military base, as it forecast that Beijing would likely build more bases overseas after establishing a facility in the African nation of Djibouti.

The city of Madrid unveils close to 300 traffic lights promoting LGBT rights as part of the WorldPride festival happening in the Spanish capital later this month.

The World Health Organization published a new classification of antibiotics on Tuesday that aims to fight drug resistance, with penicillin-type drugs recommended as the first line of defense and others only for use when absolutely necessary.

A free-speech institute on Tuesday sent a letter to President Donald Trump demanding the prolific tweeter unblock certain Twitter users on grounds the practice violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Three people were killed and two others wounded in a shooting south of Salt Lake City on Tuesday, according to local media reports.

The Bank of the Philippine Islands has released an advisory this morning with regard to complaints earlier by netizens on social media about "unauthorized withdrawals".

Two Maguindanaon, including a minor, who were wounded by an alleged military artillery strike in President Roxas town, Cotabato province were seized by police Tuesday afternoon from the hospital where they were confined, the human rights group Karapatan-Southern Mindanao Region said.

Twitter and Facebook are abuzz right now with people alleging "unauthorized withdrawals" from their accounts at the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI).

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday she would be willing to weaken human rights protections to make it easier to deport or curb the movements of suspected militants who there is not enough evidence to prosecute.

'I know this is risky. I know we may get in trouble. But too much is at stake to play it safe.'

The twins, Ella and Alexander, and their mother 'are all healthy, happy and doing fine.'

On the border of China and Kazakhstan, an international free trade zone has become a showpiece of Chinese President Xi Jinping's signature "Belt and Road" Initiative to boost global trade and commerce by improving infrastructure and connectivity.

Russia scrambled a fighter jet on Tuesday to intercept a nuclear-capable U.S. B-52 strategic bomber it said was flying over the Baltic Sea near its border, in an incident that had echoes of the Cold War.

A man armed with a hammer shouted "this is for Syria" and wounded a policeman before being shot and wounded by other officers on Tuesday outside Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, one of France's most famous tourist sites.