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Thirteen Escape In Latest Philippine Jailbreak

Thirteen detainees facing drug charges escaped from jail on Sunday, the latest in a series of prison breaks in the...

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Hundreds On Philippine Streets As Duterte Jails Top Critic

More than 1,000 people took to the streets of Manila on Saturday to protest Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's...

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Ultimate Fighting Championship Muscles Into Asia With Eyes On China

The world's biggest mixed martial arts organisation, the Las Vegas-based UFC, Thursday announced its long-awaited...

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Fourteen Students Dead In Philippine Bus Accident

Fourteen college students on a camping trip were killed and dozens injured on Monday when their bus slammed into an...

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Philippine Church In ‘show of Force’ Against Drug Killings

Thousands of Catholic faithful gathered in the Philippine capital on Saturday in a "show of force" to stop...

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‘Shadowy Assassins’ Murder Hundreds In the Philippines

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte may have ordered police to withdraw from his brutal drug war, but the bodies...

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More Murders In Philippine Drug War Despite Police Pull-Back

Shadowy assassins are still killing poor Filipinos, despite a police withdrawal from Rodrigo Duterte's deadly drug war,...

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Dubai Street Art Turns Urban Sprawl Into Open-Air Museum

The streets of Dubai may be known for architectural superlatives like Burj Khalifa, the highest of the world's...

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Philippines’ Imelda Marcos Loses Bid To Reclaim Jewels

Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos has lost a long fight to reclaim jewels confiscated when her dictator...

International

How the Philippines Drugs War Was Slowed

When Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte summoned his security chiefs to an urgent meeting one Sunday night last...

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Aftershocks Rock Philippines Quake City

Thousands of residents of a city in the southern Philippines huddled on the streets on Sunday, two days after a deadly...

International

Seven Dead, 120 Injured In Strong Philippine Earthquake

Seven people have died and 120 others injured in a 6.7 magnitude earthquake that rattled Surigao City in the southern...

International

Miss France Wins Miss Universe Crown

A 24-year-old woman from Paris won the Miss Universe crown in a three-hour show in Manila on Monday that focused on...

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American Model Ashley Graham Shuts down Haters by Posting Instagram Post Displaying Cellulite

American Model, Ashley Graham continues to be a body positivity advocate. On Wednesday night, the "America's Next Top...

International

Miss Universe Beauty Pageant Kicks Off In Manila

More than 86 women from all over the world gathered in Manila on Thursday to compete in the Miss Universe beauty...

Business

Deeper Consultantation Vital – Agyarko

Minister-designate for Energy, Boakye Agyarko, has underscored the need for wider stakeholder consultation in the deal...

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I Threw Suspect From Helicopter

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to throw corrupt officials from helicopters mid-air, saying he has...

International

Duterte Ordered Hundreds of Murders

Edgar Matobato's days are spent -- for now, at least -- in a verdant, bucolic compound some way outside Manila....

International

Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte Denies Throwing Person Off A Helicopter

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte denied throwing a person off a helicopter in an interview with CNN Philippines...