At least five police and seven Rohingya Muslim insurgents were killed overnight in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, the government said on Friday morning, after militants staged coordinated attacks on 24 police posts and tried breaking into an army base.

The House committee on dangerous drugs is expected to recommend the filing of charges against resigned Customs commissioner Nicanor Faledon and other officials allegedly linked to the “tara” (bribery) system in the agency.

Friends of Kian Lloyd delos Santos joined “running priest” Fr. Robert Reyes in a run Friday morning, August 25, to the Caloocan police station where the officers who killed the high school student are assigned.

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A small group of students and faculty of the Ateneo de Manila University were wrapping up a rally for victims of the war on drugs Thursday evening at Gate 2.5 facing Katipunan Avenue when two policemen dropped by asking for the names of the organizers and asking protesters what they were fighting for.

The show is on its closing weekend at The Theatre at Solaire until Sunday, August 27.

With a star-studded lineup of guests, 'Nakakalokal' happens tonight at the Kia Theatre.

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on a visit to Ukraine on Thursday said Washington would keep up pressure on Russia over what he called its aggressive behavior and signaled his personal support for providing weapons to Kiev.

Earlier this year, the streaming company signed licensing deals with Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment.

Turkey will never be a member of the European Union as long as it is governed by Tayyip Erdogan, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Thursday, accusing the Turkish president of failing to take accession talks with the bloc seriously.

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Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers have flown a rare mission around the Korean Peninsula at the same time as the United States and South Korea conduct joint military exercises that have infuriated Pyongyang.

With photographs obliquely showing a new rocket design, North Korea has sent a message that it is working on an intercontinental ballistic missile more powerful than any it has previously tested, weapons experts said on Thursday.

American steel industry executives have appealed directly to President Donald Trump for immediate import restrictions in a letter seen by Reuters, as a U.S. Commerce Department national security probe languishes and steel imports surge back to 2015 levels.

(UPDATE 2 - 1:02 p.m.) Tropical storm “Jolina” (international name: Pakhar) intensified further late Friday morning as it moved towards landfall, expected to be in the Isabela-Aurora area in the evening.