Roadside blast kills 5 security officers in Kenya’s border town

ASEAN, partners to enhance cooperation in combating transnational crime

VIENTIANE— Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and dialogue partners on Wednesday committed to enhance their cooperation efforts in combating transnational crimes in...

Bombs explode in Indonesia’s capital, 3 killed

JAKARTA— Three people were reported to be killed and some injured as bombs exploded in Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta on Wednesday evening, a local TV reported....

Tensions in their past, Trump and Pope Francis meet

VATICAN CITY — Concluding his tour of the ancestral homes of the world’s three largest monotheistic religions, President Donald Trump met with Pope Francis, the famously...

DND calls on public to be security conscious in wake of Marawi City incident

MANILA—With government forces clashing with Maute Group members in Marawi City, Lanao Del Sur, the Department of National Defense (DND) has called on all Filipinos to...

London police say investigation into Manchester blast ‘fast-moving’

MOSCOW—An investigation into the deadly blast that rocked London’s Manchester-Arena on Monday evening is ” fast moving and making good progress,” said Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley,...

3 police officers killed, 2 injured by bomb blast in Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan official says three police officers have been killed and two others injured when their vehicle ran over an improvised bomb near...

Joe Biden to give Class Day address at Harvard

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Former Vice-President Joe Biden is slated to deliver the Class Day address at Harvard University. Graduating seniors are expected to hear from Biden...

Emerald weighing more than 600 pounds found in Brazil

SAO PAULO — Miners have found a 4.3-foot (1.3-meter) tall emerald weighing more than 600 pounds (272 kilograms) in Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia. Paulo Santana...

BRICS hosting will enhance Xiamen’s reputation globally—official

XIAMEN City, China—Xiamen, a bustling coastal city of Fujian province where many Chinese-Filipinos in the Philippines have traced their origin, vowed to grab an unprecedented opportunity...