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The Russian government on Monday blamed Bashar Assad's inability to tackle Syria's social problems for his swift overthrow, in an apparent move to distance itself from the deposed dictator. Assad, who ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday signed the Philippines’ 6.3 trillion peso ($109 billion) budget for 2025 after vetoing some public works and standby funding. Marcos said he used his ...

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine economy was one of the fastest-growing in Asia this year despite global challenges such as geopolitical tensions. Philippine economic growth settled at 5.2 ...

MANILA, Philippines–Enrique Linares scored a last-gasp goal to give the Philippine men’s football team a stunning 2-1 win over Thailand and the advantage after the first leg of their Asean ...

BEIJING – China’s Foreign Ministry urged the Philippines on Dec 26 to return to “peaceful development”, saying Manila’s decision to deploy a US-built, medium-range missile system in ...

BEIJING, Dec 26 (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry on Thursday urged the Philippines to return to "peaceful development", saying Manila's decision to deploy a U.S. medium-range missile system in ...

MANILA, Dec 24 (Reuters) - The Philippines' defence minister on Tuesday justified the country's deployment of a U.S. medium-range missile system and plans to acquire its own, despite opposition ...

TAWI-TAWI, Philippines — As rebrands go, the southern islands of the Philippines face what has to be among the toughest challenges. For a long time, these jungled islands were known as sites of ...

MANILA, Philippines — Vic Sotto ends his five-year absence from the big screen with "The Kingdom," one of the 10 main entries to the 50th Metro Manila Film Festival. "The Kingdom" features an ...

It will be the fifth time in the history of Southeast Asia’s most prestigious football competition that the Philippines advanced to the semis which came in 2010, 2012, 2014 and the ...

A pregnant woman has died, four people injured, and nine are missing after a powerful earthquake hit the Philippines' second-largest island of Mindanao. Defence secretary Gilbert Teodoro said 529 ...