The central bank has issued fresh guidelines that require risk management protocols of banks and other financial firms, as well as their subsidiaries.

Investors positioned themselves for further gains in Asian currencies against the dollar on expectations the US currency will soften further in the coming months, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday.

India's top court unanimously ruled on Thursday that individual privacy is a fundamental right, a verdict that will impact everything from the way companies handle personal data to the roll-out of the world's largest biometric ID card program.

Clad in full battle gear, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte visited war-torn Marawi City for the third time on Thursday (August 24), to boost the morale of government troops from the Joint Special Operations Task Force Trident who have been fighting the Maute-led local terrorists for three months.

The US government might not have enough money to pay all its bills on Oct. 2 if Washington does not raise a cap on federal borrowing, a respected think tank said in a report on Thursday.

The opposition's Sen. Ana Theresia "Risa" Hontiveros and the administration's Department of Justice are in a tug-of-war over the custody of three individuals who witnessed how the police allegedly abused and then killed Caloocan Grade 11 student Kian Loyd delos Santos last August 16.

Saying she didn't live beyond her means and had been cautious in utilizing public funds, Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno on Thursday defended herself from the allies of President Rodrigo Durerte who want her kicked out of office.

Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Jr. declared a truce on Wednesday after weeks of vicious verbal attacks, offering praise instead of profanities at the...

Organized crime in the financial sector is costing Australia A$36 billion ($28.43 billion) a year, the criminal intelligence authority said on Thursday.

The house-to-house drug testing being implemented by the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Payatas, Quezon City as part of the government’s “massive drug clearing operation” is inaccurate and violates due process, Senator Leila de Lima has warned.

Congressional investigators have found another email from a top aide to President Donald Trump last year about an effort to arrange a meeting between campaign officials and Russian President Vladimir Putin, CNN reported on Thursday, citing sources.

Isabela, Northern Aurora, and Southern Cagayan are now under Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 1, as Tropical Depression Jolina was spotted 560 kilometers east of Casiguran, Aurora at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday.

Sen. Joel Villanueva on Thursday criticized the police for using social media as sole basis to confirm an accuser's claim that slain Grade 11 student Kian Loyd delos Santos was involved in illegal drugs.

The hunt for 'Star Wars' characters begins Sept. 1 in more than 20,000 retail locations in 30 countries.

Saying "he time to let go has come," six members of the Commission on Elections urged their chairman Andres Bautista on Thursday to either go on leave or resign, in order to brace for an expectedly bruising impeachment battle and to shield his four children from the fallout.