Arturo Lascanas, the former policeman and self-described hitman of the “Davao Death Squad,” said he has no wish to see President Rodrigo Duterte unseated because he still considers the chief executive, who he accused of ordering hundreds of killings, a “friend.”

A suspect in the so-called “rent-tangay” scheme, which involves renting vehicles and then making away with, was gunned down in front of her home in Masulak Village, Sta. Rosa City Wednesdat afternoon.

China is creating a consortium including state-owned oil giants and banks and its sovereign wealth fund that will act as a cornerstone investor in the initial public offering of Saudi Aramco, people with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters.

The actress, 49, previously won the honor in 1991, 2000, 2005 and 2010.

Israel's military said on Wednesday it believes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces still possess several tons of chemical weapons, issuing the assessment two weeks after a chemical attack that killed nearly 90 people in Syria.

A Russian government think tank controlled by Vladimir Putin developed a plan to swing the 2016 US presidential election to Donald Trump and undermine voters’ faith in the American electoral system, three current and four former US officials told Reuters.

Senator Risa Hontiveros said Thursday she will file a resolution calling for an inquiry into the killings of doctors who volunteer to serve in communities as she urged authorities to thoroughly investigate the latest death, that of Dr. Sajid Sinolinding, in Cotabato City.

Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. has parted ways with star cable news host Bill O'Reilly following allegations of sexual harassment, the company said on Wednesday.

Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and soldiers arrested 11 persons, including three alleged drug den operators, in a buy-bust operation in Malabanag town, Lanao del Sur Wednesday.

Bose Corp spies on its wireless headphone customers by using an app that tracks the music, podcasts and other audio they listen to, and violates their privacy rights.

A suspected New People’s Army commander was killed in an encounter with government troops in Oas, Albay Wednesday morning, a sketchy report reaching Camp Simeon, headquarters of the Bicol police, said.

The Philippines is optimistic the framework for a code of conduct in the South China Sea will be completed during the country’s chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit this year.

An alleged Abu Sayyaf fighter was killed and 34 persons were rounded up for investigation during an anti-drug operation in Patikul, Sulu Wednesday morning, the military’s Western Mindanao Command said.

Communist rebels released two Army soldiers in Davao del Sur Wednesday, three months after capturing them in Sultan Kudarat province.

A small explosive device detonated outside a building housing Eurobank offices in central Athens on Wednesday, damaging its entrance and shattering windows, police said.