The chief of the National Capital Region Police Office, Director Oscar Albayalde, stood his ground Wednesday against the insistence of Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez that last Friday’s carnage at the Resorts World Hotel be classified as an act of terrorism.

Brazil's top electoral court, the TSE, reopened a case on Tuesday about illegal campaign funding by the Rousseff-Temer ticket that could annul their 2014 election victory and unseat President Michel Temer.

Qatari nationals will not be allowed to board Qantas flights to Dubai because the United Arab Emirates has banned them from passing through its airports after Arab powers cut ties with Qatar, an executive at the Australian airline has said.

Apple Inc's long-awaited move into original television series starts with a reality show about a universe that is key to the technology giant's business: the world of app developers.

The Delaware legislature on Tuesday approved a bill that would guarantee abortion access, taking the stance after President Donald Trump pledged to upend the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows the procedure nationally.

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Jacob Batalon, 20, is the latest Filipino-American actor to make a name in Hollywood.

DNA testing confirmed that the charred corpse inside room 510 of Maxim’s Hotel was that of Jessie Carlos, who authorities identified as the gunman who went on a rampage at the Resorts World Manila entertainment complex that killed 38 persons, including Carlos, the Philippine National Police said Wednesday.

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".