(UPDATED) Are they the best of buddies? Even before their bilaterial meeting before Monday noon, U.S. President Donald Trump and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte seemed to have already started the ball rolling.

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(UPDATE - 6:54 p.m.) The Land Transportation Office, earlier ordered by the Transportation department to file a complaint against actress and former beauty queen Maria Isabel Lopez, has given her three days to explain why her driver's license should not be revoked for violating security and traffic rules for the 31st ASEAN Summit on Saturday.

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(UPDATED - 11:03 a.m.) President Rodrigo Duterte formally opened the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit by placing the fight against terrorism, piracy and illegal drugs high on the agenda of the regional meet.

Artificial Intelligence is a hot topic at a web summit in Portugal, with scientists warning of the risks of creating powerful autonomous machines that are smarter than we are. Reuters' Emily Wither reports from Lisbon.

The Waze 2017 Driver Satisfactory Index ranks The Philippines at the bottom for a 2nd year.

President Rodrigo Duterte met the leaders of Brunei Darussalam and Australia in separate bilateral meetings Sunday evening discussing trade, security, the South China Sea and the Korean Peninsula issue.

(UPDATED - 3:24 p.m.) Activist groups protesting the visit of U.S. President Donald Trump bared on Monday, November 13, a novel mechanical effigy of the American leader, which they have dubbed the "fascist spinner."

As if wanting to earn brownie points from the driving force behind his 2016 candidacy, President Rodrigo Duterte disowned his signature gesture, saying the fist bump was originally popularized by former President Fidel Ramos.

Leaders from across Asia joined U.S. President Donald Trump at an extravagant gala dinner in Manila on Sunday, a show of amity in a region fraught with tensions that have lurked behind his marathon tour of the continent.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday attempted to clear up confusion over whether he accepts Russian President Vladimir Putin’s denials of meddling in the U.S. election last year after former intelligence chiefs suggested he was mishandling the issue.

Authorities have launched a manhunt for the s men who tried to set fire to a Catholic chapel in Barangay Labo-Labo in Shariff Aguak town, Maguindanao Friday night.

President Rodrigo Duterte said he and China’s President Xi Jinping agree that war is not an option in the South China Sea as he stressed it is better not to discuss the issue during the Association of Southeast Asia Nations summit.

(UPDATE - 7:18 a.m.) At least four people died in Iraq and a deputy governor in neighboring Iran reported at least 30 killed there on Sunday when a strong earthquake hit the region, officials and state media in the two countries said.