GAZA CITY, Palestinian territories — Hamas representatives will go to Cairo on Saturday for talks on a possible ceasefire in Gazasga gaming, an official in the Palestinian militant group told AFP on Friday. "A Hamas delegation will go to...

MANILA, Philippines Taal Volcano experienced a sudden surge in sulfur dioxide emissions on Monday, November 25bmy88, Phivolcs reported. In a November 26 bulletin, state seismologists at Phivolcs recorded an emission rate of 7,580 tons per day at Taa...

MANILA, Philippines Leptospirosis cases in Metro Manila have reached the alert threshold after the Department of Health (DOH) recorded close to 2,900 cases of the waterborne disease. Latest data from the DOH Metro Manila Center for Health Developmen...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — France has asked Indonesia to transfer a French death row convict, who has been jailed for drug crimes in the Asian nation since 2005, a senior Indonesian minister told AFP on Friday. Indonesia is in discussion with three...

MANILA, Philippines Hundreds of people flocked to the EDSA Shrine early Tuesday morning, November 26, in an unexpected turnout that church officials described as unusual for a weekday. In a statement on Tuesday afternoon, Fr. Jerome Secillano, EDSA...

Content warning: Mentions of graphic violence22fun COTABATO CITY A husband got clamped down for killing his wife with a kitchen knife amid a heated altercation in their yard in Barangay Buena Gracia in Talacogon, Agusan del Sur on Tuesday, November...

TAIPEIcrown89, Taiwan — Taiwan said Friday it detected 41 Chinese military aircraft and ships around the island ahead of a Hawaii stopover by President Lai Ching-te, part of a Pacific tour that has sparked fury in Beijing. Beijing insists self...

MANILAluhoplay, Philippines The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added 16 more drugs to the list of essential medicines that are exempted from value-added tax (VAT) as mandated by law. In FDA Advisory 2024-1618 date-stamped Nov. 22, the agency...

MANILA, Philippines The Department of Agriculture (DA) has expanded the coverage of the African swine fever (ASF) vaccine program to fast-track the inoculation of and protect more pigs nationwide. Arnel De Mesa, Agriculture assistant secretary and s...

More refugees and those fleeing from armed conflict in Myanmar will be given an opportunity to study in four Philippine universities under a scholarship grant.legend bet The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) announced on Thursday that four highe...