Trump threatens sanctions if Venezuela creates Constituent Assembly

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to take "strong and swift economic actions" if Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro goes ahead with plans to create a super-legislature known as a Constituent Assembly in a July 30 vote.

Pasig blaze under control after 14 hours

A fire that struck a warehouse in Pasig City Monday night was finally brought under control Tuesday morning, almost 14 hours after it broke out.

WATCH | CCTV captures Rizal village chief’s murder

A barangay chairman of Teresa town in Rizal was shot dead from pointblank range outside his office Monday morning in a murder captured close-up by a closed circuit television camera.

Security beefed up at Ilocos town after mayor arrested for predecessor’s slay

Police in the town of Marcos, Ilocos Norte have been reinforced after the July 14 arrest of newly-installed Mayor Jessie Ermitanio for the June 3 murder of his predecessor, Arsenio Agustin.

WATCH | Duterte tells Ombudsman to ‘shut up’ but is OK with Ramos’ criticism

President Rodrigo Duterte angrily told Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales to “shut up” after she criticized him for “goading people to kill” but said he welcomed criticism from one of his predecessors, Fidel V. Ramos.

WATCH | Combining origami with modular robotics

Origami robot devices combined in modular systems at Switzerland's EPFL could vastly increase the number of tasks undertaken by robots.

Netflix adds 5.2 million subscribers, shares jump

Netflix Inc crushed Wall Street forecasts by adding 5.2 million new streaming customers in the second quarter and predicted continued momentum as it expands around the world, lifting its stock nearly 11 percent.

Somalia restores internet connection, outage costs millions in economic loss

Somalia has restored its internet connection after repairing a severed undersea cable after an outage that the government said had cost the economy millions of dollars a day.

Trike driver who wouldn’t be an informer gunned down, kid hurt in grenade blast,...

A tricycle driver who reportedly refused to become an asset of his village and the police was gunned down while in a separate incident a four-year old boy was wounded by shrapnel when a grenade exploded near his home, both in Makati City, overnight.

Turkish prosecutor wants Amnesty director jailed pending trial

Turkey's state prosecutor on Monday asked a court to remand the local Amnesty International director and nine other human rights activists in custody pending trial for membership in a "terrorist organization," an opposition lawmaker said.
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Israeli ‘counter-terrorism boot camp’ a tourist attraction in occupied West Bank

Admission includes watching former Israeli commandos take down an "attacker" and other means to thwart assaults, including the use of an attack dog....
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WATCH | Duterte rates high in Pulse Asia Performance Approval ratings

President Rodrigo Duterte scored high in the recent Pulse Asia Performance Approval Rating survey, carried out in June 2017. Below are the scores of...
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WATCH | Petition at Change.Org seeks to dissuade govt against voiding TNVS providers

The number of signatures to an online petition lodged at the internet site of Change.Org swelled to more than 60,000 by Monday evening, calling...
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WATCH | Noynoy surprised by Ombudsman’s usurpation of power rap regarding Mamasapano

In an interview with The Philippine Star, former President Benigno Aquino III said he was surprised by the resolution approved Friday last week by...
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WATCH | Bangsamoro Transition Commission submits Draft BBL to Palace

Not Martial Law but genuine autonomy for Muslim Mindanao. That is only viable solution to the Mindanao Problem, according to the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC)...