Asia

Benguet (Philippines)/Hong Kong: Typhoon Haima, the strongest storm to hit the Philippines in three years, killed at least 12 people and inundated vast...

Tokyo: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 shook western Japan on Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, adding that a tsunami warning...

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans private personal meetings with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Tokyo next week, three sources said,...

Manila: The Philippines will maintain trade and economic ties with the United States and the West, Trade Minister Ramon Lopez said on Friday, a day after...

Khon Kaen (Thailand): In villages scattered through the green rice fields of northeast Thailand, a stronghold of support for former prime minister Thaksin...

Washington: A bottom-dwelling, mud-grubbing, armoured fish that swam in tropical seas 423 million years ago is fundamentally changing the understanding of...

Beijing: The South China Sea arbitration case will "take the back seat" during talks with China, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on...

Manila: Philippine police used tear gas to disperse about 1,000 anti-US protesters outside the US embassy in Manila on Wednesday, as television news footage...

Kabul: Afghan civilians are paying the price for increased fighting in populated areas around the country, the United Nations (UN) reported on Wednesday,...

Beijing: Territorial disputes between China and the Philippines may take a lifetime to resolve but should not prevent warming ties, the Philippine foreign...