Restrictions will be imposed on flights in Metro Manila and nearby provinces from November 9 as part of security measures for the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit, the Department of Interior and Local Government said.

The third Thor movie has also taken in $306 million overseas, including $109 million in its international launch last week.

Scattered and at times heavy rains, caused by the tail-end of a cold front and the easterlies, might cause flooding and landslides along the eastern section of the country on Monday, November 6, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Administration said.

(UPDATE - 927 a.m.) A Belgian judge has granted conditional release to sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four of his ministers, and the group is scheduled to appear at court within 15 days, Belgian prosecutors said on Monday.

Karen is the third local bet to win Miss Earth at home, while Winwyn snatched her crown in Bolivia, on the Philippines' first try.

Motorists should expect traffic congestion along Quirino Highway in Quezon City starting Monday, November 6, due to the construction of the Metro Rail Transit Line 7.

A Saudi-led coalition accused Yemen’s Houthi militia of a “dangerous escalation” on Sunday after Saudi air defense forces intercepted a ballistic missile fired towards Riyadh.

The Department of Health admitted that implementing the nationwide smoking ban that took effect three months ago remains a challenge.

(UPDATE - 8:57 a.m.) A gunman massacred at least 26 worshipers and wounded 20 others at a white-steepled church in southeast Texas on Sunday, carrying out the latest in a series of mass shootings that have plagued the United States, authorities said.

Thousands of people representing various political stripes and sectors joined the church-led "Heal Our Land" mobilization at EDSA on Sunday, with an appeal to an end to the killings of suspected criminal offenders, and raising the alarm that the impunity, if not addressed, would eventually de-sensitize humanity and corrode all respect for life.

Bomb threats forced thousands of people to evacuate Moscow’s Bolshoi theater, Metropol hotel, GUM department store on the Red Square and other public places on Sunday, local media reported.

The Court of Appeals has dismissed the motion for reconsideration filed by the Makati city government in connection with its ownership dispute with Taguig City over the 729-hectare Fort Andres Bonifacio, popularly known as “The Fort" or Fort Boni.

Elements of the Philippine Army, Baler Police, Bureau of Fire Protection and the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office rescued residents stranded by floodwaters from weekend rains in Sitio Gabgab, Barangay Buhangin in this capital of Aurora province. Guests in 10 resorts were also forcibly evacuated.

Billionaire global investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who owns investment firm Kingdom Holding 4280.SE, and holds stakes in firms such as Citigroup and Twitter, was detained along with the head of the National Guard as part of an anti-corruption purge that consolidates Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s hold on power.

How "inclusive" and "pro-people" is ASEAN, as it marks its 50th anniversary this year? The question was raised at the weekend after immigration authorities from host country Philippines detained for nearly 12 hours four East Timorese nationals who flew in to attend the ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN Peoples Forum (ACSC/APF).