Pope Francis pleaded Sunday for an end to the Hamas-Israeli conflict amid fears it could widen, and called for more humanitarian aid to be allowed into to the Gaza Strip.

Israel expanded planned evacuations of communities on its northern front with Lebanon on Sunday as cross-border clashes with fighters from Lebanese group Hezbollah have intensified since the war in Gaza erupted more than two weeks ago.

The lives of at least 120 newborn babies on incubators in war-torn Gaza's hospitals are at risk as fuel runs out in the besieged enclave, UNICEF warned Sunday.

A teenage Iranian girl, who fell into a coma earlier this month following an alleged encounter with officers over violating the country's hijab law, is said to be "brain-dead," Iranian state media reported on Sunday.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Sunday an additional 800 police officers would be deployed in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to beef up the security measures in the region ahead of the Barangay and Sangguniang Ka...

Lawmakers on Sunday condemned the Chinese Coast Guard's attempt to thwart an Armed Forces of the Philippines resupply mission that resulted in a collision.

The Supreme Court ruled that when an entity has prior use, creation, or registration of a trademark and the applicant has knowledge of said use, creation, or registration, the trademark application may not be registered due to bad faith and should be ...

A group of young local legislators in the province of Bulacan have expressed support for the conversion of San Jose del Monte (SJDM) into a highly urbanized city. 

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. ordered the abolition of the North Luzon Railways Corp. (Northrail) as the government-owned firm no longer served its purpose.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) warned candidates for the 2023 Barangay and Sanguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) against using the government"s social services, such as the 4Ps or Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, to secur...

Many times, it is a thankless job but the Local Government Code of 1991 mandated an honoraria of not less than P1,000 a month for kapitan and a minimum of P600 for kagawad.

The Marcos administration"s “Walang Gutom 2027: Food Stamp Program” will be implemented in full-swing by July 2024.

Two newly freed American hostages, a Chicago-area woman and her teenage daughter, were reunited with family inside Israel on Friday as relatives celebrated back home in Illinois, nearly two weeks after Hamas gunmen abducted them and dozens of others ne...

Here"s a reminder on the powers and responsibilities you will entrust to the community"s next Sangguniang Kabataan leaders.

The Commission on Elections has issued show cause orders against over 300 candidates for the October 2023 Barangay and Sanguniang Kabataan Elections over alleged campaign violations, its chairman George Garcia said on Saturday.

Isang bangkay ng lalaki ang natagpuan sa isang pumping station sa Binondo, Maynila nitong Biyernes ng gabi.

North Korea on Saturday condemned the United States for supplying Ukraine with long-range ballistic missiles known as ATACMS, saying any strike on Russia with them will only hamper peace efforts.

A New York judge on Friday fined Donald Trump $5,000 for violating a gag order barring the former US president from disparaging court staff during his civil fraud trial, warning that any future transgressions would bring "far more severe" sanctions inc...

France's President Emmanuel Macron on Friday welcomed the release of two American hostages in Gaza, highlighting Qatar's role and saying he hoped similar initiatives would happen in the coming days, including for French nationals.

House Deputy Minority Leader and Basilan Representative Mujiv Hataman has called on the Marcos administration to join the calls for ceasefire between Israel and armed group Hamas.

The PNP said it has not monitored any serious threat in the country in relation to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.

The PNP has deployed 187,000 personnel nationwide as it goes on heightened alert for the start of the BSKE campaign.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said the ASEAN-GCC Summit would be a platform for the Philippines to highlight its needs in the energy and food sectors.

The Secretary-General of Haiti's High Transition Council (HCT), Anthony Virginie Saint-Pierre, has been kidnapped according to the head of the committee which has been tasked with creating a roadmap for elections which have been penciled in for next year.

Britain's Foreign Office said on Wednesday that it was advising its citizens against all travel to Lebanon because of risks associated with the conflict between Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.

South Korea's Hanwha Ocean has pitched offers to build submarines to Canada, the Philippines and Poland, a company official said on Wednesday, as the country pushes to become one of the world's top four defense exporters.

The alleged suspects behind the theft of over 40 motorcycle units all over Cavite were arrested by the Philippine National Police Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG), according to a "State of the Nation" spot report on Wednesday.

The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament has adopted a resolution "condemning" the "acts of violence" of Israel against the Palestinians and by the Hamas group against the civilians of Israel.

Here are some important numbers to remember about the elections of officials for the smallest, yet vital unit of Philippine government.

"This is a massacre," Ahmed Tafesh, who assisted in the recovery effort, told AFP, saying he had collected the eyes, arms, legs and heads of the deceased. "I have never seen anything like this in my life." Israel has denied responsibility and blamed a...

Trump ally Jim Jordan was falling short in his second attempt at the top job in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday, as his fellow Republicans considered a backup option for the leaderless chamber to move forward.

An Illinois man was charged with hate crimes for stabbing a 6-year-old Muslim boy to death and wounding his mother in an attack that targeted them for their religion and as a response to the war between Israel and Hamas, officials and Muslim rights act...