(UPDATE 6 - 3:26 p.m.) There is no factual basis for Proclamation 216, by which President Rodrigo Duterte placed the whole of Mindanao under martial law, the Supreme Court was told on Tuesday, the first day of oral arguments on three petitions to nullify the declaration.

Singapore said on Monday it has detained an assistant child-care worker suspected of trying to join Islamic State and to find a militant husband in Syria, and was holding her under a tough security law that allows for detention without trial.

Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has ordered the national flag flown at half-staff in all courts across the country from Tuesday, June 13, to Friday, June 16, to show “solidarity with the families of all Filipinos who have been killed in the current situation in Marawi City.”

From the incomprehensible "covfefe" to a post labeling fired FBI director James Comey a "leaker," President Donald Trump's tweets would be preserved as presidential records if a Democratic lawmaker's proposed COVFEFE Act becomes law.

(UPDATE - 11:11 a.m.) Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to work with the International Criminal Police Organization, or Interpol, to track down and apprehend former policeman Arturo Lascañas, the self-described member of the Davao Death Squad.

(UPDATE - 11:06 a.m.) A package exploded at South Korea's Yonsei University in central Seoul on Tuesday injuring a staff member who opened it in his office, a fire official said.

An audio message purporting to come from the spokesman of Islamic State called on followers to launch attacks in the United States, Europe, Russia, Australia, Iraq, Syria, Iran, and the Philippines during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which began in late May.

After a weeklong proceeding, it's all up to the jurors now to render a verdict of guilty or innocent.

An Air Force serviceman and a former Marine were captured after they allegedly shot dead the police intelligence officer of Alaminos, Laguna late Sunday afternoon.

Qatar's financial markets stabilized on Monday after a week of losses as the government showed it could keep the economy running in the face of sanctions by its neighbors.

The rapper and music producer earned an estimated $130 million in the 12 months ended June 1, 2017, Forbes said.

The military said the Maute group had planned to occupy Iligan City after taking over Marawi and “kill as many non-Muslims as they can to show to the world that there already is an existing ISIS caliphate in the Philippines.”

To stress the country’s ownership of the Philippine Rise, once known as Benham Rise, the national flag was “raised” on the seabed of the vast underwater plateau on Monday, Independence Day.

Senator Antonio Trillanes on Monday said that, instead of fixating on Facebook and internet trolls, Department of Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre ought to pay...

President Rodrigo Duterte failed to attend his first-ever Independence Day celebration as President on Monday, and Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella could hardly explain it...