Philippines

Philippine officials say flash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains have left at least 50 people dead. A regional interior minister said at least 42 people died in southern Maguindanao province. Eight others died elsewhere in the country from the onslaught of Tropical Storm Nalgae, which made landfall early Saturday in the country’s eastern coast. But the worst...

Philippine officials say at least 31 people have died and nine others are missing after flash floods and landslides were set off by torrential rains that swamped a southern province overnight.

A damaged Korean Air plane remains stuck in the grass at a Philippine airport after it overshot a runway in rainy weather the night before.

Former Philippine President Fidel Valdez Ramos, a U.S.-trained ex-general who saw action in the Korean and Vietnam wars and played a key role in a 1986 pro-democracy uprising that ousted a dictator, has died.

A strong earthquake has killed at least five people, injured dozens and damaged buildings in the northern Philippines. Patients were briefly evacuated from two hospitals in the capital. Scientists say the 7-magnitude quake Wednesday morning was centered around Abra province in a mountainous area, where one person was killed and dozens of others injured. Three villagers died and several more...

The namesake son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos appeared to have been elected Philippine president by a landslide in an astonishing reversal of the 1986 “People Power” pro-democracy revolt that booted his father into global infamy.

Heavy rains caused by a summer tropical depression have killed at least 25 people in the central and southern Philippines, mostly due to landslides

A small volcano in a scenic lake near the Philippine capital has belched a white plume of steam and ash 1.5 kilometers (1 mile) into the sky in a brief but powerful explosion on Saturday

Duterte’s presidency marked a dramatic shift in the Philippines’ foreign policy when he declared a “separation” from the U.S. and sought closer ties with China.

Residents from South Korea topped the list of visitor arrivals to the Philippines each year from 2010 to 2020, according to the Philippines’ tourism department.

He said the government expects the economy to grow between 7% and 9% for 2022, accelerating from the 5.6% growth reported in 2021.

Countries with some of the strictest border policies in the world are announcing reopening plans days after global Covid infections reached an all-time high.

The Parade of Nations for this year’s Winter Olympics took place in Beijing’s National Stadium.

Jamaica’s not a one-sport Olympic nation this year, but there are a host of them including Malta’s snowboarder from California.

Among the tightened social-distancing rules taking effect for two weeks from Friday are a ban on eating in restaurants after 6pm

China and its Southeast Asian neighbors including the Philippines have been embroiled in territorial disputes in the South China Sea for decades.

A worldwide surge in COVID-19 infections thanks to the omicron variant is tempering Christmas celebrations.

From Europe to Asia to the depths of Antarctica, here’s how Christmas is celebrated in nine places around the world — and one place that orbits around the world.

With festivities spanning from September to early January, the Philippines gives new meaning to the term “holiday season.”

The death toll from the strongest typhoon to batter the Philippines this year has climbed to 375, with more than 50 others still missing