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February 23, 2019

Filipino rebel commanders become officials under peace deal

Some of the fiercest Muslim rebel commanders in the southern Philippines were sworn in Friday as administrators of a new ...

February 22, 2019

Vatican sex abuse summit seeks new culture of accountability

Cardinals attending Pope Francis' summit on preventing clergy sex abuse called Friday for a new culture of accountability in ...

February 22, 2019

Amid loss of leaders, unknown militant rises in Philippines

Unlike many of his slain comrades, the touted new leader of the Islamic State group in the southern Philippines lacks the ...

February 15, 2019

AP Interview: Philippine journalist sees threat to democracy

The head of a Philippine online news site who was arrested on a libel complaint accused President Rodrigo Duterte's ...

February 14, 2019

Philippine journalist, Duterte critic arrested in libel case

The award-winning head of a Philippine online news site that has aggressively covered President Rodrigo Duterte's ...

February 01, 2019

Bangladesh sues Manila-based bank in NY over heist

Bangladesh's central bank has filed a lawsuit in a New York court against a Philippine bank, seeking damages and the return ...

February 01, 2019

Citing drug crime, Sri Lanka plans 1st executions since 1976

Sri Lanka's president pledged to end the country's 43-year moratorium on capital punishment and execute condemned drug ...

January 29, 2019

Duterte sees bombed church, tells army to crush Abu Sayyaf

President Rodrigo Duterte and his top security officials on Monday visited a Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines ...

January 27, 2019

The Latest: Muslim leader condemns Philippines bombings

The Latest on a bomb attack targeting a church in the southern Philippines (all times local): 1:20 a.m. The head of the ...

January 27, 2019

20 dead as bombs target Sunday Mass in Philippine cathedral

Two bombs minutes apart tore through a Roman Catholic cathedral on a southern Philippine island where Muslim militants are ...

January 26, 2019

Filipino Muslims approve new autonomous region in referendum

Muslims in the southern Philippines overwhelmingly approved in a referendum the creation of a new autonomous region in hopes ...

January 22, 2019

Filipino Muslims vote on autonomy after long peace effort

Muslims in the southern Philippines voted Monday in a referendum on a new autonomous region that seeks to end nearly half a ...

January 21, 2019

Cyprus: 2 men missing with baby they allegedly bought

Cypriot police say they are seeking two men who are missing with a baby girl that they allegedly tried to adopt after a ...

January 16, 2019

Son Heung-min helps South Korea beat China 2-0 at Asian Cup

Son Heung-min was just the player South Korea needed to really get its Asian Cup campaign going. In his first game since ...

January 07, 2019

China, South Korea open Asian Cup with victories

With coach Marcello Lippi in charge and the team needing a bit of help from an own-goal, China came from behind to beat ...

January 04, 2019

Coaching heavyweights Lippi, Queiroz chase Asian Cup glory

The biggest-ever Asian Cup has a large collection of international coaching heavyweights providing extra glamor. Only one of ...

January 01, 2019

Hello, 2019: Revelry and reflection greet new year

Fireworks, concerts, spiritual services and political addresses abounded to mark the transition to 2019 as revelers around ...

December 31, 2018

2 dead, nearly 30 wounded in bomb blast at Philippine mall

Suspected Muslim militants remotely detonated a bomb near the entrance of a mall in the southern Philippines on Monday as ...

December 07, 2018

US priest in Philippines arrested on charges of sex abuse

Philippine immigration authorities have arrested an American Roman Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting altar boys ...