Reyes asks Manila RTC to lift freeze order on her bank accounts

MANILA — The former chief of staff of Senator Juan Ponce Enrile has asked the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) to lift the freeze order on...

Jinggoy asks SC to stop trial of his PDAF cases

MANILA — Detained Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Ejercito Estrada has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to stop the trial of the plunder and graft cases filed against...

60 females, 31 boys abducted in Northeastern Nigeria

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Extremists have abducted 60 more girls and women and 31 boys in weekend attacks on villages in northeast Nigeria, witnesses said Tuesday, another...

UN: At least 1,075 killed in Iraq in June 2014

GENEVA — More than 1,000 people, the vast majority of them civilians, have been killed in Iraq this month as Sunni insurgents overtook key areas of...

Vitangcol, De Vera face criminal, admin raps in MRT case

MANILA — Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales on Tuesday approved the recommendation of the Field Investigation Office (FIO) to conduct preliminary investigation and administrative adjudication against former...

Philippines’ Mount Hamiguitan range wildlife sanctuary a new UNESCO world heritage site

MANILA — After six years of documentation and evaluation, the Philippines gained another World Heritage Site as the 38th Session of the World Heritage Committee formally...

PHL, Japan adhere to rule to law to settle sea disputes

MANILA — The Philippines and Japan have agreed to advance the “rule of law” to settle territorial disputes with China. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said...

Egypt President refuses pardon for journalists

CAIRO — Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on Tuesday rejected calls from the United States and other Western governments that he pardon or commute the sentences of...

China’s gift causes big trouble for tiny Tonga

NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga — It’s almost 10 a.m., but the barista at this tiny Pacific kingdom’s domestic air terminal has yet to make a single cup of...

UK Queen visits Belfast set of ‘Game of Thrones’