The university student was desperate to flee Gaza after suffering through years of border closures and three wars. In early September, a week after the latest...
MANILA, Philippines—Philippine authorities arrested 43 suspected members of a syndicate that runs a lucrative online cybersex operation catering to clients worldwide, officials said Thursday. National Bureau of Investigation...
MANILA – Tropical storm Mario (international name, Fung-Wong), inundated the Philippine capital on Friday with heavy rainfall; shutting down schools, government offices, and financial markets. Mario...
MANILA – On the subject matter of running for reelection, President Benigno Aquino III has vacillated in making a solid decision; saying repeatedly that he will...
For four decades, a multinational United Nations mission has quietly monitored the sleepy Golan Heights—providing a symbol of stability between bitter enemies as it enforced a...
Natural disasters displaced almost 22 million people around the world last year and aid workers say they expect to see that number rise in the future,...
HALIFAX—Nova Scotia’s best-known industry is also its deadliest. Stuart MacLean, CEO of the Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia, says there were 17 workplace deaths in...
WINNIPEG—The Manitoba government will be providing $100,000 in aid to combat the spread of the Ebola virus in West Africa and to help the people and...
SURIGAO CITY, Philippines – The ill-fated M/V Maharlika 2 did not just sink because of bad fortune; but, as it turns out, because of bad judgment....
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indonesia on Wednesday added more water-dropping helicopters to fight forest and plantation wildfires that are spreading haze across the region, limiting visibility and increasing air...