A fisherman found a saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) inside his fish pen in Rizal town in southern Palawan.

Islamic State militants have closed the streets around Mosul's Grand al-Nuri Mosque, residents said, apparently in preparation for a final showdown in the battle over their last major stronghold in Iraq.

A US spacecraft set to launch next year will make a series of unprecedented dives into the sun’s scorching atmosphere to see how the star works and what can be done to better predict space weather events on Earth, scientists said on Wednesday.

Former Angeles City mayor Francis Nepumoceno was found guilty of graft by the Sandiganbayan and sentenced to a jail term of six to 10 years for illegally donating a government vehicle in 2010.

Social media companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google’s YouTube have stepped up both the speed and number of removals of hate speech on their platforms in response to EU pressure.

'Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral', the sequel to 'Heneral Luna', started filming last week.

'It's very frustrating. The movie has nothing to do with Israel,' laments the local distributor of the film.

It is the first female superhero film since 2005’s box office dud 'Elektra,' and the first to be directed by a woman.

A Malaysia Airlines flight from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur returned to the Australian airport shortly after takeoff late on Wednesday after a passenger attempted to enter the cockpit, authorities said.

'They are law-abiding citizens. Their only crime is their surname is Maute,' National Commission on Muslim Filipinos director for South Luzon Dalomilang Parahiman said. He noted that most of them have been living in Manila for more than 30 years.

A battalion of Philippine Marines was flown to Mindanao early Thursday morning to reinforce troops who have been battling extremist gunmen in Marawi City since last week.

Concerns over the government's "Build Build Build program were played down by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez, who said the public shouldn't be made to wait for needed infrastructure.

Are government forces winning the war against Maute rebels or are the Islamist militants gaining strength, proving that they are fierce enemies?

Toyota Motor Corp said the infotainment system of its revamped Camry sedan to be sold in the United States will run on a Linux-based, open-source technology platform.

Vice President Leni Robredo is calling on the public to pay the right taxes so they can ease the suffering of the poor, especially those living in remote areas, who depend on the government for social services.