"If it were true that you have at least 13,000 dead people and, just taking half of that, say 6,000 people with three children each, (then) you have at least 18,000 orphans. What do you do with that?"

By not taking itself too seriously, it gets through its narrative without a hitch to deliver solid punchlines and great action sequences.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping to congratulate him on a new leadership line-up unveiled at the Communist Party Congress in Beijing.

The U.S. government has broadened an interpretation of which citizens can be subject to physical or digital surveillance to include “homegrown violent extremists,” according to official documents seen by Reuters.

The Presidential Task Force on Media Security said it had written Bislig City Mayor Librado Navarro against threatening Prime Broadcasting Network anchorman and general manager Christopher Lozada but the warning came too late.

A Japanese company unveils a concept car with airbags on the outside to protect pedestrians and drivers in a crash. Stuart McDill reports.

Rachel Grant said she will be documenting at least seven stories to help boost the Philippine tourism industry.

The North Korean foreign minister’s recent warning of a possible atmospheric nuclear test over the Pacific Ocean should be taken literally, a senior North Korean official told CNN in an interview aired on Wednesday.

'This decision is a warning to sound-alike music producers and their clients everywhere,' Eminem's counsel said in a statement.

(UPDATE - 12:33 p.m.) Amid beating drums, the whistle of an ancient flute and an artillery salute, Thailand began an elaborate ceremony steeped in ancient rites to mark the start on Thursday of a lavish cremation ceremony for revered late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Although not expected to make landfall, the outer rainbands of tropical storm “Quedan will bring cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms to the Visayas and the Bicol region.

Three Filipino designers will be featured at the ongoing Singapore/Asia Fashion Week, in a special show with other Asian fashion forces.

President Rodrigo Duterte once again lashed at Sen. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan, blaming the opposition leader for the country's problem on child criminality.

The central bank plans to lift by yearend the requirement for banks and companies to register foreign exchange transactions, a move seen to improve ease of doing business in the Philippines.

"We are here to immortalize the legacy of these great liberators who have paved the way for generations to follow," said U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan.