The mall has reopened and resumed operations after the tragedy.

Dad gets the kingly treatment on June 18 at the metro's first and only 'sky hotel.'

Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the architect of Germany's 1990 reunification and mentor to Angela Merkel, has died at age 87, his Christian Democratic Union party said on Friday.

A Vietnamese sailor held for more than seven months by the Abu Sayyaf escaped from his captors in Basilan as government forces pounded the extremists with air and artillery strikes Friday, the Western Mindanao Command said.

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Friday the four Arab states that broke ties with Doha were drawing up a list of "grievances" and would present them soon, warning that Qatar could not fund extremism and remain on good terms with neighboring states.

Libya's coast guard intercepted 906 migrants off the western city of Sabratha on Friday, a spokesman said.

The National Democratic Front of the Philippines said Saturday it has recommended that the Communist Party of the Philippines order the New People’s Army in Mindanao not to carry out attacks on government security forces to allow them to “concentrate” against extremist groups.

Bill Cosby's lawyer has made at least five mistrial motions based on the length of the deliberations.

The two-weekend festival starts Saturday night at several pocket stages in Makati.

President Donald Trump acknowledged on Friday he is under investigation in a probe of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential race and possible collusion by his campaign - and seemed to assail the Justice Department official overseeing the inquiry.

A graduate of the West Visayas State University in Iloilo City topped the 2017 Nurse Licensure Examination, which 3,882 of 11,176 examinees, or 34.7 percent, passed.

(UPDATE 3 - 5:00 p.m.) Seven crew members are missing and at least three injured after a U.S. Navy destroyer collided early on Saturday morning with a Philippine-flagged merchant vessel south of Tokyo Bay in Japan, the U.S. Navy said.

The Alagang Kapatid Foundation is accepting donations, in cash or kind, for those affected by the continued fighting in Marawi City.

Several hundred protesters chanting "we want justice" stormed a town hall in London on Friday after a deadly fire at a block of flats killed at least 30 people, Reuters reporters at the scene said.

Plans for the Metro Manila Subway Project, for which a loan agreement is expected to be signed in November at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the country, are moving forward, with Japanese officials presenting updates on the feasibility study.