Gunmen stopped a group of motorcyclists and opened fire in a busy downtown area.

Philippine military officials say Muslim militants allied with the Islamic State group have set off a powerful motorcycle explosive followed by a suicide bombing that together killed 14 people, many of them soldiers

Journalist Maria Ressa has been convicted of libel in a Philippine court decision called a blow to press freedom in an Asian bastion of democracy

Japan is preparing to remove a coronavirus state of emergency later Thursday in Osaka and two neighboring prefectures in the west where the infection is deemed slowing, while keeping the measure in place in the Tokyo region and Hokkaido

A U.S. official says the Philippines has emerged as a global hot spot for online child sexual exploitation and that coronavirus lockdowns that restrict millions to their homes may be worsening the abuses

A strong typhoon is pounding the eastern Philippines, knocking out power and threatening food crops in a new emergency for a country already overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic

A Philippine governor says strong winds and rain from a typhoon have killed at least one person damaged hundreds of homes and coronavirus isolation facilities along with rice and corn fields in five hard-hit eastern towns

The Philippines has expressed solidarity with Vietnam after Hanoi protested what it says was the ramming and sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat by a Chinese coast guard ship in the disputed South China Sea

Officials say a recently dismissed security guard has released dozens of hostages and walked out of a Philippine shopping mall, ending a daylong hostage crisis

The pact allows American forces to train in the country.

The Philippine government will no longer allow people to live on the crater-studded island that's home to the erupting Taal volcano

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to end more than two years of martial law in the south after government forces weakened Islamic militant groups there with the capture and killing of their leaders

A dengue epidemic has been declared in the Philippines in the wake of 622 deaths and 146,062 cases of the disease having been recorded in 2019 alone.

Officials say more than 7,800 Philippine police officers have been punished with more than 2,000 of them fired for wrongdoings during raids where drug suspects were killed under the president's crackdown

Duterte's spokesman on Friday condemned the resolution.

Ambulances transported at least 244 people who either vomited or grew dizzy.

Opposition is fighting for checks on a leader they regard as a looming dictator.

There were no reports of injuries.

The USGS says the magnitude 6.3 quake struck northwest of Manila.

The gory ritual is a tradition in the Philippines.

Several Roman Catholic devotees have been nailed to wooden crosses in a gory Good Friday ritual in the Philippines, and others flogged themselves or took part in religious plays to reenact Jesus Christ's suffering

The outbreak has been blamed partly on recent vaccination fears.

Philippine officials say two bombs exploded outside a Roman Catholic cathedral.

The bomb was believed to be detonated remotely by suspected Muslim militants.

The convictions are the first rebuke to police since Duterte's election.

The Mayon volcano in the Philippines continued to erupt Tuesday evening.

Tillerson is said to have offered specific resources to help the Philippines.

Rodrigo Duterte dismissed concerns about his country's human rights record.

Video footage from the Manila resort's deadly attack shows the gunman setting fire to the casino, stealing gambling chips, and shooting at security forces in a stairwell.

The Associated Press releases video from the Resorts World Manila showing the gunman set fire to the casino, which resulted in at least 36 deaths.

A timeline of the deadly attack at Resorts World Manila and its aftermath.

Thirty-six died in the attack.

Police say the attack was a robbery attempt, not terrorism, but ISIS has claimed responsibility.

Resorts World Manila went on lockdown after the shooting.

A gunman, who was later found dead as well, stormed Resorts World Manila and torched gambling tables, law enforcement officials said.