WBO review backs up Horn’s win over Pacquiao

The World Boxing Organisation (WBO) has concluded that judges were correct to name Australia's Jeff Horn the winner in his bout against Manny Pacquiao...

North Korea doesn’t have ICBM re-entry technology – South

South Korea's intelligence agency does not believe North Korea has secured re-entry capabilities for its intercontinental ballistic missile program, a South Korean lawmaker said on Tuesday, disputing Pyongyang's account.

Only Duterte can seek martial law extension – Senate president

Only President Rodrigo Duterte can seek an extension of martial law, Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III said on Tuesday amid suggestions to this effect by other officials.

BYE, BERTHA | Oldest hippo in captivity dies in Manila Zoo

Bertha the hippopotamus, the Manila Zoo's oldest resident, has died at 65 years old.

SC to hold preliminary conference on Marcos, Robredo poll protests

(UPDATE - 1:07 p.m.) After several delays, the preliminary conference on the electoral protest filed by former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the counter-protest of Vice President Leni Robredo will finally push through at the Supreme Court, sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal, Tuesday afternoon.

At least 16 dead in U.S. military plane crash

(UPDATE - 1:27 p.m.) At least 16 people were killed when a U.S. military plane crashed in rural Mississippi on Monday evening, a regional emergency management official said.

Ban on Brazilian imports eyed after meat tests positive for salmonella

After some 500,000 kilos of meat from Brazil tested positive for salmonella, the Bureau of Animal Industry is considering a blanket ban on imports from the South American country even if this inflates market prices in the short run.

Tough road ahead, even as IS grip on Mosul and Raqqa falters

With Islamic State all but ejected from one if its former capitals and surrounded in the other, members of a 72-nation coalition meet in Washington this week to try to ensure the battlefield victories do not, once again, evaporate amid new sectarian strife.

U.S. eyes U.N. vote on North Korea sanctions within weeks – envoys

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley aims to put to a vote within weeks a U.N. Security Council resolution to impose stronger sanctions on North Korea over its long-range ballistic missile test, said several senior U.N. diplomats.

U.S. Army soldier arrested in Hawaii on terrorism charges

A U.S. Army sergeant who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and is now stationed in Hawaii has been arrested on charges of providing material support to Islamic State extremists, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Monday.

American woman wanted for kidnapping own kids nabbed by BI

An American woman wanted for kidnapping her own children and fleeing to the Philippines was arrested by Immigration agents late last week in Subic, Zambales.

4 slain in Malolos anti-drug operation

Four suspects were killed while a barangay tanod was arrested in the course of an anti-drug operation in Malolos City, Bulacan early Tuesday morning, police said.

WATCH | Ellen Adarna says Baste Duterte ‘like my best friend’

The actress acted as tour guide to her ex-boyfriend and his pals on the sixth and final episod of 'Lakbai.'

Tom Hanks to receive award for work reflecting U.S. history

He will be honored for his work in films like 'Saving Private Ryan,' 'Apollo 13' and 'Bridge of Spies.'

WATCH | China tests self-sustaining space station in Beijing

Sealed behind the steel doors of two bunkers in a Beijing suburb, university students are trying to find out how it feels to live in a space station on another planet, recycling everything from plant cuttings to urine.