Japan and the European Union should agree on Thursday to a free trade pact that could be completed within months, after senior officials removed final snags to a political deal intended as a signal to U.S. President Donald Trump.

At least 10 people, including a child, were missing and 400,000 were forced from their homes after record rains battered southwestern Japan for a second day on Thursday, sending rivers surging over their banks, a government official and media said.

The head of the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said on Wednesday that Turkish military deployments near Kurdish-held areas of northwestern Syria amounted to a "declaration of war" which could trigger clashes within days.

Mahathir Mohamad, who turns 92 next week, has agreed to join a fractured opposition alliance and head the government again if it wins. He would be the world's oldest prime minister if that happened.

Pipe-wielding government supporters burst into Venezuela's opposition-controlled congress on Wednesday, witnesses said, attacking and besieging lawmakers in the latest flare-up of violence during the political crisis gripping the country.

An international human rights watchdog called for the “outright rejection” of proposals raised by police in Central Luzon for an identification card system exclusive to the region’s Muslims.

A year after the launch of the Moto Z series, Motorola introduced the latest member of the premium smartphone family, the Moto Z2 Play.

'War for the Planet of the Apes' sees motion-capture performance specialist Andy Serkis return in his role as Caesar.

Four Arab states refrained on Wednesday from slapping further sanctions on Qatar but voiced disappointment at its "negative" response to their demands and said their boycott of the tiny Gulf nation would continue.

“Maawa ka naman, kagalang-galang na Pangulo. Maawa ka. Intindihin mo naman 'yung mga anak ng mga tao na hindi adik. Hindi lahat adik."

The United States cautioned on Wednesday it was ready to use force if need be to stop North Korea's nuclear missile program but said it preferred global diplomatic action against Pyongyang for defying world powers by test launching a ballistic missile that could hit Alaska.

President Duterte told soldiers that the government would no longer acquire secondhand military supplies and aircraft, including those from the U.S.

MANILA - On Tuesday, July 4, the Supreme Court voted, with one dissent, to uphold the constitutionality of President Duterte's 60-day martial law proclamation...

MANILA - On Tuesday, July 4, the Supreme Court voted, with one dissent, to uphold the constitutionality of President Duterte's 60-day martial law proclamation...

MANILA - On Tuesday, July 4, the Supreme Court voted, with one dissent, to uphold the constitutionality of President Duterte's 60-day martial law proclamation...