DHAHRAN — Saudi Aramco reported on Sunday a net income of $26.0 billion for the first quarter of 2025, compared to $27.3 billion in the same period last year, as global economic uncertainty and energy market conditions affected crude oil prices and (...)
The Chinese coastguard has seized a tiny sandbank in the South China Sea, state media has reported, in an escalation of a regional dispute with the Philippines.
State broadcaster CCTV released images of four officers, wearing all black and holding (...)
From the Vatican to the Philippines, Catholics were spending their Easter Monday saying goodbye to their spiritual leader Pope Francis.
His death comes at one of the most important times of the year for followers of the Roman Catholic Church, and (...)
Transnational organized crime groups in East and Southeast Asia are spreading their lucrative scam operations across the globe in response to increased crackdowns by authorities, according to a UN report issued on Monday.
For several years, scam (...)
Thousands of American and Filipino troops have launched joint military exercises simulating the defense of the Asian archipelago, including a mock island invasion, in a large-scale drill that has drawn sharp criticism from China.
The annual (...)
Beijing has warned its trading partners against succumbing to US pressure to isolate China in President Donald Trump's tariff war, as part of its carrot-and-stick approach to win over countries caught between the world's two largest (...)
Judges at the International Criminal Court want Hungary to explain why it failed to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visited Budapest earlier this month.
In a filing released late on Wednesday, The Hague-based court initiated (...)
The dramatic arrest of the Philippines' controversial former president in March sent shock waves through much of the world – and cast a renewed spotlight on the other leaders wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Former Philippine (...)
The Chinese military conducted routine patrols in the South China Sea on Friday, a move that comes amid rising tensions with the Philippines over disputed maritime claims.
Tian Junli, spokesperson for the Chinese People's Liberation Army Southern (...)
RIYADH — The Musaned Platform, under the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD), recorded tangible progress in digital and technical performance, achieving a satisfaction rate of 95.86 percent, topping the Beneficiary (...)
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said she visited her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, at the International Criminal Court (ICC) detention center in The Hague, Netherlands.
Speaking outside the facility on Friday, she said their (...)
A plane carrying former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has arrived in the Netherlands where he is to face charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court (ICC) over his deadly "war on drugs".
Duterte was arrested at (...)
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested by police at Manila's international airport Tuesday on orders of the International Criminal Court in connection with a case of crime against humanity filed against him, the Philippine (...)
A Chinese student who was kidnapped by a gang, which killed his driver and cut off the student's finger in a bid to force his parents to pay a huge ransom, was rescued by Philippine police, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.
Interior (...)
Authorities in one of the Philippines' most densely-populated urban centers are offering a cash reward for mosquitoes in an attempt to stop the spread of dengue.
Carlito Cernal, village chief of Barangay Addition Hills in central Manila, announced (...)
A Chinese military helicopter flew within 10 feet (3 meters) of a Philippine patrol plane over the South China Sea on Tuesday, in what observers said was the second incident of potentially catastrophic behavior by the People's Liberation Army (...)
More than 250 people from 20 nationalities who had been working in telecom fraud centers in Myanmar's Karen State have been released by an ethnic armed group and brought to Thailand.
The workers, more than half of whom were from African or Asian (...)
A US-contracted surveillance plane crashed in the Philippines on Thursday morning, killing all four personnel on board, including one US military service member, according to US Indo-Pacific Command.
The crash occurred in Maguindanao del Sur in the (...)
The Philippines' parliament has voted to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte following complaints about alleged corruption.
Duterte has been accused of misusing millions of dollars in public funds and threatening to have President Ferdinand (...)
Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu has died from pneumonia after contracting influenza while on a vacation in Japan, local media report. She was 48.
Hsu is one of the biggest names in the Mandarin-speaking world and is best known for starring in the 2001 (...)
RIYADH — The Council of Ministers on Tuesday reaffirmed Saudi Arabia's support for Syria and Lebanon and their peoples. The Cabinet session, chaired by Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, pledged its backing for the (...)
A woman from the Philippines who spent almost 15 years on death row in Indonesia and was nearly executed by firing squad is finally home.
Mary Jane Veloso was sentenced to death in 2010 after she was found carrying 2.6kg (5.7lb) of heroin through an (...)
The Philippines says the China Coast Guard has fired water cannon and "sideswiped" a government vessel in the South China Sea.
The incident happened near the disputed Scarborough Shoal and Beijing said it acted "in accordance with the law".
The US (...)
Three people have died and at least 32 were hospitalized in the Philippines after eating an endangered sea turtle cooked in stew.
Dozens of indigenous Teduray people reported symptoms such as diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal spasms since eating the (...)
Political tensions in the Philippines reached a boiling point as Vice President Sara Duterte made explosive remarks about President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., claiming she had arranged for his assassination in the event of her death, according to local (...)
