Jan. 8 (UPI) --As the Philippines takes over the rotating Association of Southeast Asian Nations chair in 2026, it will do so at a moment of sharpened maritime tension and narrowing diplomatic ...

The artifacts serve as time capsules for an entire generation of “manong” workers and they’re now displayed at the National Museum of American History Nathan Pugh - Freelance Writer Two decades ago, ...

In one minute, we retrace the Philippine Wars, beginning with the 1896 revolution against Spanish rule, through the Spanish-American War of 1898, and the Philippine-American War that followed. Using ...

The Philippines has released footage showing a patrol aircraft flying past a militarized Chinese artificial island on Saturday while conducting surveillance in the contested Spratly Islands, and ...

Manila, Philippines — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. refused to respond on Monday to an allegation by his estranged sister, a senator, that he has been a longtime drug addict whose cocaine ...

In 431 B.C., Athens and Sparta went to war. Nearly 50 years earlier, in 480 B.C., the two cities had united to lead the Hellenic alliance that repelled a Persian invasion. In the mostly peaceful ...

Two Philippine Air Force FA-50 fighter jets fly with two U.S. Air Force B-1 bomber aircraft during a joint patrol and training over the South China Sea on Feb.4.( Philippine Air Force via AP) BANGKOK ...

MANILA, Philippines — A Philippine trial court has sentenced a former mayor accused of having ties to Chinese criminal syndicates to life imprisonment after finding her guilty of human trafficking, a ...

Nov. 20 (UPI) --The United States and the Philippines are stepping up joint naval and marine to counter China's expanding reach across disputed waters in Southeast Asia. Under the Enhanced Defense ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Thursday that many of at least 37 powerful senators, members of Congress and wealthy businesspeople implicated in a massive ...

The American military has launched a disaster-relief operation in the Philippines alongside local forces in response to back-to-back typhoons, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command announced Thursday. “At the ...

Throughout his career, Burns has developed and perfected the tricks of his particular trade: the evocative use of music and quotations from speeches and correspondence; the use of actors to read the ...