US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said all of Gaza's two million people are experiencing "severe levels of acute food insecurity".
This was first time an entire population had been so classified, he said when questioned by the BBC about (...)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has assured the Philippines, a key Washington ally, of US support amid heightened tensions with China.
He reiterated America's "ironclad" security commitments to the Philippines during a visit to Manila on (...)
Hope is fading for the imminent return of the international crew of the cargo ship hijacked by the Houthis in November, with a senior Filipino diplomat saying he does not expect a release until the war in Gaza is over, while the Houthis say the fate (...)
Hundreds of people have been rescued from a scam center in the Philippines that made them pose as lovers online.
Police said they raided the center on Thursday and rescued 383 Filipinos, 202 Chinese and 73 other foreign nationals.
The center, which (...)
China says the Philippines ignored proposals it put forward to "manage" their dispute in the South China Sea.
An unnamed senior Chinese official told news outlet the Manila Times that the deal was "met with inaction by the Marcos (...)
A young girl was pulled from a deadly landslide in a "miraculous rescue" Friday, authorities in the southern Philippines said, as rescue efforts hampered by poor conditions resumed for more than 110 others who have been missing for days.
In a (...)
The president of the Philippines is facing criticism on social media for using a presidential helicopter to attend a Coldplay concert in a province north of the capital, Manila.
Ferdinand Marcos Jr and his wife were spotted arriving at the (...)
The Philippines and China on Sunday accused each other of dangerous maneuvers and causing a collision in contested waters in the South China Sea, the latest in a string of maritime confrontations between the two countries that have heightened (...)
MANILA — Saudi Arabia's Embassy in the Philippines warned citizens of the ongoing aftershocks resulting from the earthquake that struck the southern province of Surigao.
The embassy called on all citizens in the southern Philippines to be careful (...)
The Philippines has accused China of "swarming" a reef off its coast after more than 135 military boats were spotted in the South China Sea.
The coast guard said the boats were "dispersed and scattered" in the vicinity of Whitsun Reef, which it says (...)
Four people have been killed in an explosion at a Catholic Mass in the southern Philippines on Sunday morning.
The incident occurred at the gymnasium of Mindanao State University in Marawi, the country's largest Muslim city.
Forty-two others (...)
A leading critic of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte was granted bail on Monday after almost seven years in jail on charges related to his bloody war on drugs.
Former senator Leila de Lima is accused of receiving drug money in a case that (...)
A radio anchor in the Philippines has been shot dead while performing a live broadcast.
Juan Jumalon, known as DJ Johnny Walker, was shot inside his home-based studio, police said.
President Marcos Jr condemned the murder of the radio journalist "in (...)
US President Joe Biden has warned China that the US will defend the Philippines in case of any attack in the disputed South China Sea.
The comments come days after two collisions between Filipino and Chinese vessels in the contested waters.
"Any (...)
China and the Philippines on Sunday accused each other of causing collisions in a disputed area of the South China Sea, the latest in a string of maritime confrontations between the two countries that have heightened regional tensions.
In a (...)
MANILA — Saudi Arabia's embassy in the Philippines said that it is currently working, in coordination with the competent Philippine authorities, to repatriate the body of the deceased Saudi citizen Sulaiman Jamal to the Kingdom after completing the (...)
MANILA — A Saudi citizen was killed and his Filipina wife wounded seriously in an ambush in the city of Shariff Aguak in the Philippines on Tuesday.
Police authorities are tracking down two gunmen, riding tandem on a motorbike, who ambushed and (...)
The Philippines has sent fresh supplies to its decrepit outpost in the South China Sea, despite a Chinese blockade.
The mission to Second Thomas Shoal came as long-running tensions flared up after Manila's coast guard cut China's barriers in (...)
China is behaving like a schoolyard bully toward smaller countries, the Philippine defense secretary told CNN Friday during an exclusive interview in which he warned his nation, and the wider world, had to stand up to Beijing's territorial expansion (...)
The Philippines says it has removed a floating barrier installed by China to block Philippine fishing boats entering a contested area in the South China Sea.
The Philippines coast guard said it had been instructed to do so by President Ferdinand (...)
The Philippines on Sunday condemned the Chinese coast guard for installing what it called a "floating barrier" in a disputed area of the South China Sea, saying that it prevented Filipino boats from entering and fishing in the area.
In a statement (...)
Nobel laureate Maria Ressa has been acquitted in the last of five tax evasion cases filed against her in the Philippines, in what is being hailed as a win for press freedom.
"You got to have faith," the beaming journalist told reporters gathered (...)
In the mountainous province of Bukidnon in the southern Philippines, local indigenous groups are being forced to adapt to the alarming impacts of climate change.
With UN support, communities are making significant strides, using centuries-old (...)
"We're scared of China," fisherman Benjo Atay says as wind and rain batter his small bamboo boat on the island of Palawan in the Philippines.
He shouts orders at his young crew, most of them family, as they haul on ropes to navigate out of the port. (...)
At least 15 people were killed after a fire broke out at a house that was being used as a factory in the Metro Manila area on Thursday, CNN affiliate CNN Philippines reported, citing local authorities.
Marcelo Ragundiaz, fire brigade chief for (...)