The United Nations appealed on Thursday for massive help for nearly 400,000 Rohingya who have fled to Bangladesh, with concern growing that the number could keep rising unless Myanmar ends what critics denounce as “ethnic cleansing.”

The United States and Western allies pressed Iraqi Kurdish leaders to ditch a “very risky” independence vote on Thursday, presenting an alternative plan in an attempt to avoid conflict between the oil rich region and central government in Baghdad.

Her best friend, actress Francia Raisa, who she said made the 'ultimate gift' of donating her kidney.

North Korea fired a missile on Friday that flew over Japan’s northern Hokkaido far out into the Pacific Ocean, South Korean and Japanese officials said, further ratcheting up tensions after Pyongyang’s recent test of a powerful nuclear bomb.

The House of Representatives' move to reduce the budget of the Commission on Human on Rights to P1,000 would add evidence to the case filed against President Rodrigo Durerte before the International Criminal Court, former CHR chairperson Loretta Ann "Etta" Rosales said.

The decaying body of a 16-year-old boy identified as Michael Angelo Remecio was found in Brgy. Gaya-Gaya, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.

The 54-year-old taxi driver who claimed that he was robbed by Carl Angelo Arnaiz before the latter was killed by the Caloocan police was among those charged in the killing of the 19-year-old teener and his companion, 14-year-old Reynaldo "Kulot" de Guzman.

She is one of only two child contestants among the 10 finalists who will compete for the big prize next week.

The Commission on Human Rights found an ally in Delfin Lorenza after the chief of the Department of National Defense on Thursday said the CHR was created under the 1987 Charter and thus should be supported.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said poultry prices are likely to remain stable heading into the holiday season even after thousands of birds were culled due to the avian flu.

It's not just the reduction of the Commission on Human Rights' 2018 budget to a ridiculous P1,000 that has gotten senators worried: the House of Representatives' move to give the Energy Regulatory Commission a similar P1,000 budget could have dire consequences on the country's power situation, according to the Senate's energy committee chief.

The country's association of law schools on Thursday exhorted lawmakers who will play key roles in the impeachment process of the Chief Justice and the Commission on Elections chair to ensure the process is conducted "in the most judicious, fair and effective manner guided by the rule of law."

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed former Gabriela party-list representative Luzviminda Cololot Ilagan as Department of Social Welfare and Development undersecretary.

Scientists develop a 3D-printed prototype wearable brain scanner they say is four times as sensitive as current magnetoencephalography systems.

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd plans to become a major player in autonomous driving, building on its recent $8 billion acquisition of audio and auto parts supplier Harman and its pole position in mobile communications markets.