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.

Atio Castillo's relatives have decided to include University of Santo Tomas College of Law Dean Nilo Divina and other school officials as among the defendants in the Sept. 17 hazing death case of the 22-year-old freshman law student.

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been stripped of a human rights award by the City of Oxford, where she was an undergraduate, as British institutions increasingly distance themselves from the beleaguered former rights icon.

The quest by police to comprehend why a retiree shot 58 people to death in Las Vegas has turned to the gunman’s girlfriend, who has flown back to the United States from the Philippines facing investigators’ questions about what she knew of his motives.

After Conchita Carpio-Morales rejected the chief's executive's offer for her to step down with him, President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he would lead the move to oust the Ombudsman by filing an impeachment complaint against her.

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In the midst of what he called the "death of truth," former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay has proposed the creation of the Institute for the Integrity of Information, a government agency that will act as an "information police for government officials."

Like Alisah Bonaobra, the 18-year-old was given a chance to earn a slot in the competition’s Six Chair Challenge.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday denied knowing Daniel "Snooky" Cruz, who according to Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV was allegedly the one who had furnished the chief executive "fake" bank information that became the basis for his exposé against the lawmaker.

The Social Security System aims to start raising by 2018 the monthly contribution rate of its members by at least 1.5% a month.

Senator Joel Villanueva on Wednesday called for the retention of tax incentives being given to the business process outsourcing (BPO) companies such as Regional Operating Headquarters (ROHQs).