Philippine Assault On Extremists Sends 24,000 Fleeing Troubled South
MANILA: More than 24,000 people fled their homes as the Philippine military used airstrikes and artillery against Muslim extremists who have pledged allegiance to...
China Woman Discovers ‘Romeo’ Cheating Her Online Was ‘Con-In-Law’
BEIJING: A woman in eastern China was swindled out of hundreds of thousands of yuan by a man online who turned out to be...
Indonesia Court Finds Governor Ahok Guilty Of Blasphemy Against Islam
JAKARTA: Jakarta's Christian governor was jailed for two years on Tuesday (May 9) after being found guilty of blasphemy, in a shock decision that...
US Bomber Flights Pushing Peninsula To Brink Of Nuclear War, Warns N Korea
SEOUL: North Korea accused the United States on Tuesday of pushing the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war after a pair of...
Notorious Abu Sayyaf Kidnapper, Wanted In Malaysia, Killed In Clash
MANILA: Philippine marines have killed an Abu Sayyaf extremist commander and a notorious kidnapper who had sailed across the sea border into Malaysia to...
ASEAN Countries Urged To Draft Sea Code, Pressure China – Analyst
MANILA: The Philippines, along with other claimant countries of the South China Sea, should sign the Code of Conduct framework first and pressure China...
Four Gunmen Killed In Hunt For Philippines Militants; 3 More On The Run
MANILA: Four gunmen have been killed on a Philippine tourist island as government forces pursue remnants of an Islamic militant group behind a foiled...
Your Days Are Numbered, Philippines Police Warns Abu Sayyaf
CEBU CITY: “Their days are numbered.”
Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa on Thursday issued this warning after President Duterte offered...
Philippine Leader May Launch ‘Invasion’ Of Abu Sayyaf’s Island Lair
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned on Wednesday he might "invade" an island stronghold of the Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf to "finish the game"...
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May To Seek Early Election On June 8
LONDON: In a shock announcement, Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday called for an early general election to be held June 8 to seek...
