At least 10 were killed, including a suicide bomber, and 40 others injured in twin blasts in the Philippines' Sulu province on Monday, the army said.Western Mindanao Command chief Lieutenant General Corleto Vinluan said the victims also comprised five soldiers...

The President of India,  Ram Nath Kovind, attended the Indian Community Reception hosted by Shri Jaideep Mazumdar, Ambassador of India to the Philippines in Manila today (October 20, 2019). Addressing the gathering, the President said that Indian community...

The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, addressed the India-Philippines Business Conclave and the 4th ASEAN-India Business Summit  in Manila, Philippines today (October 19, 2019).Speaking on the occasion, the President said that the potential for the...

At least eight persons were killed and around 60 injured in the Philippines after a series of earthquakes struck the northern Batanes islands in the early hours of Saturday, authorities said.Authorities warned the people to stay inside their homes ahead...

A truck carrying at least 53 people rolled over while going down a mountain road in Camarines Sur province, south of Manila, killing 13, including a bride-to-be and two children aged 4 and 5, police said on Sunday.The dump truck accident happened along...

The death toll in two major landslides that struck the Philippines after super typhoon Mangkhut barreled the island nation last week has climbed to 95, authorities said.As of Sunday night, officials said a total of 49 bodies have been pulled out the mining...

The death toll from a landslide in Philippines has reached 22, an official said on Friday.Garry Cabotaje, the spokesman for Naga city government, expressed hope that more survivors will be rescued a day after the tragedy struck the mountainside community."We...

Four people died and at least 20 houses were buried on Thursday after a landslide in Philippines' Cebu province.The authorities recovered bodies a four-year old, two elderly women and a man while carrying out search and rescue work in the area, police spokesperson...

Philippines authorities on Wednesday raised the death toll to 81 and the number of missing to 70 following typhoon Mangkhut's path through the country's north where rescuers continue searching for dozens of people trapped in a mine buried by a landslide.The strongest...

The death toll in the Philippines due to super typhoon Mangkhut increased to 74 on Tuesday as rescue teams continued to search for dozens of people buried in an abandoned mine due to landslides.According to the latest figures provided by the National Police,...

The death toll from super typhoon Mangkhut has increased to 65 in the Philippines while 64 people were injured and 43 remain missing, police said on Monday.The Philippines National Police (PNP) said 54 of the fatalities were from the Cordillera Administrative...

At least 33 miners were confirmed dead and 29 others missing in the mining town of Itogon in the northern Philippine Benguet province due to typhoon-triggered landslides, authorities said on Sunday.Itogon Mayor Victorio Palangdan said in local radio interviews...

The death toll due to typhoon Mangkhut slamming the Philippines rose to 25 on Sunday while dozens were still reported missing, authorities said.Presidential adviser Francis Tolentino confirmed these figures in Cagayan province, where the season's most powerful...

At least three people died and four others were injured as typhoon Mangkhut slammed into the Philippines on Saturday, bringing ferocious gale-force winds and pounding rains, officials said.The Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management...

Six people, including a soldier and four militia men, were killed on Tuesday when a powerful bomb apparently rigged to a vehicle exploded in the southern Philippines island of Basilan.A military report said the attack occurred at 5:50 a.m. local time in...

A powerful car bomb exploded in the Philippines island of Basilan early on Tuesday. The death toll has reached 10, according to military sources.Earlier the military had put the number of deaths at six in the attack that took place at 5.50 a.m. when a...

Six people, including a soldier and four militia men, were killed on Tuesday when a powerful bomb apparently rigged to a vehicle exploded in the southern Philippines island of Basilan.A military report said the attack occurred at 5:50 a.m. local time in...

Sixteen Palestinian protesters were killed in clashes with Israeli security forces along the Gaza border as residents marked Land Day, a Health Ministry spokesman said here.The spokesman told Efe news that about 2,000 other Palestinians were injured during the...

Nineteen persons were killed in southern Philippines when a bus ran off a highway and plunged into a ravine. At least 25 others have been injured in the incident, authorities said.The crash occurred around 9.30 p.m. on Tuesday in Sablayan town of Occidental Mindoro,...

At least four people were killed and 14 others injured as a fire swept through a casino in a Manila hotel on Sunday morning, the authorities said.According to the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, four people, who had been critically...

Ten people were killed after a small plane crashed into a house in northern Philippines on Saturday, authorities said.Police said the five people aboard the six-seater twin-engined Piper PA-23 Apache plane were killed along with five other people, including...

The death toll from mudslides and flooding triggered by tropical storm Tembin has risen to 200, police said here on Saturday night.Tembin has also left dozens of others missing as it has been pounding the southern Philippines and dumping torrential rains...

At least 37 people may have died in the massive fire that ravaged a shopping mall here on Saturday, authorities said on Sunday as firefighters continued battling pockets of flames 16 hours after the blaze broke.Distraught relatives wailed in grief as Philippine...

At least 74 people were killed and over 50,000 displaced after tropical storm Tembin pounded southern Philippines, flooding large swaths of the region and causing landslides, disaster management officials on said Saturday.In the two provinces of Lanao,...

At least 30 people were killed after heavy rains due to tropical storm Tembin lashed southern Philippines, a disaster management official said on Saturday.According to the official, 19 victims were from Lanao del Norte, three from Bukidnon and one from...

At least four people were killed on Thursday after a ferry with 250 people on board capsized off the east coast of the Philippines, the Coast Guard said.The Philippines Coast Guard (PCG) said that 11 passengers were rescued and hospitalised, reports Xinhua...

At least 12 persons were killed in a massive fire that engulfed a snacks and sweetmeat shop in Andheri east area here on Monday, police said.According to the BMC Disaster Control, the blaze was reported in the Bhanu Farsan shop on Khairani Road near the...

Over 170,000 Filipino drivers and passengers were affected by global ride-sharing app Uber's massive data breach last year, authorities said on Friday.Philippines National Privacy Commission (NPC) Chairman Raymund Liboro said Uber Philippines informed that...

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced he will make a major statement upon his arrival at the White House after a two-week tour of Asia, during which he visited Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines."I will be making a major statement...

Backing a rules-based regional security architecture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday favoured India and the Asean grouping coming together for a joint fight against terrorism and violent extremism.He also said India's Act East Policy is shaped around...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang had a pull-aside on the margins of the East Asia Summit here on Tuesday."Two neighbours in deep conversation. PM @narendramodi with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on the margins of #EastAsiaSummit Summit...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said his country was looking to join the East Asia Summit in order to "grow our engagement with Asean and expand access to markets of member states".The East Asia Summit is a forum that meets annually within the...

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attended the 12th East Asia Summit, a premier forum of the Asean member states and eight other countries."Deepening partnership with common developmental objective and address global challenges," External Affairs Ministry...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met leaders of five countries, including Japan and Australia, ahead of the India-Asean Summit and the East Asia Summit here.Modi started the day with a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull."Delighted...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held a bilateral meeting with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte following which four agreements were signed between the two countries."President Duterte and PM Modi had an excellent meeting," Preeti Saran, Secretary...

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi today addressed the Indian community in Manila, Philippines.The Prime Minister said that the ASEAN region is very important for India. He spoke of the long shared heritage and emotional bonding that India has with the ASEAN...

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he had a "great relationship" with his Philippines counterpart Rodrigo Duterte, making little mention of human rights at his first face-to-face meeting with the leader accused of carrying out a campaign of extrajudicial...

US President Donald Trump on Monday promised to reduce his country's trade deficit with Asia and pitched at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit here for reciprocal trade relations.Trump said the US seeks "economic partnerships on the...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said it is the duty of Indians to work to make the 21st century India's century."If the 21st century is considered to be Asia's century, then it becomes our duty to make it India's century and I say it is possible," Modi...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said demonetisation coupled with measures like linking of the Aadhaar number with bank accounts has led to formalisation of a big part of the Indian economy.Speaking at the Asean Business and Investment Summit here, the Prime Minister...

US President Donald Trump, known for his awkward and at times aggressive handshakes with fellow world leaders, struggled during a traditional group handshake at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit here on Monday.Trump was befuddled...

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India and the US were working together "for the future interests of Asia"."Relations between India and the US are growing," Modi told the media ahead of a bilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump here."Our...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday visited the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), a premier research organisation dedicated to reducing poverty and hunger through rice science at Los Banos in the Philippines.The institute works on improving...

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he had a "great relationship" with his Philippines counterpart Rodrigo Duterte, who is accused of carrying out a brutal campaign of extrajudicial killings in his nations war on drugs.The two leaders met for...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday visited the Mahaveer Philippine Foundation here that has helped rehabilitate thousands of disabled people in the country with the famed Jaipur Foot.External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said that Modi interacted...

The police on Monday used water cannons against demonstrators at a protest against US President Donald Trump, who is here to attend the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit.Police officers and demonstrators were injured in the clashes...

US President Donald Trump on Monday attended the opening ceremony of the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit here, where he is set to discuss security issues with his fellow leaders.Trump posed in the customary group photo and later...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attended the opening ceremony of the 31st Asean Summit here."Photo session & Handshake by leaders during the Opening Ceremony of the #ASEANSummit in #Manila, #Philippines," Indian public broadcaster Doordarshan posted...

The Philippines authorities on Sunday deployed close to 60,000 police officers and soldiers to coordinate the security at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit, which will be held here from November 10 to 14.In addition to the leaders...

Indian Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said nations that helped North Korea in nuclear proliferation should be investigated and held accountable, even as she did not name any country.Sitharaman was speaking at the Asean Defence Ministers' Meeting...

persons were killed at a casino here in an attack which was claimed by the Islamic State even though the police continued to deny that the incident was terror-linked.A lone gunman entered the Resorts World Manila in the early hours of Friday morning, firing...

Thirty-six bodies were found on Friday in a casino in Philippines' capital city Manila, after it was attacked by a lone gunman who fired shots and set fire to gambling tables, police said.The attack took place in the early hours of Friday at the Resorts World Manila...

Government troops have found eight bodies of civilians who were allegedly executed by militants in Marawi city in southern Philippines, bringing the death toll in the six-day clashes between army and militants to 95, a military spokesman said on Sunday.Brig. Gen....

At least 24 persons were killed and many injured when a passenger bus plunged into a deep gorge in northern Philippines on Tuesday, police said.According to police, the bus carrying more than 50 passengers crashed in Capintalan village in Nueva Ecjia province,...

At least 14 college students were killed in a bus accident on Monday in the Philippines' Rizal province, the state police said.The bus was carrying around 50 persons making their way to a research field trip at a camp site when it crashed into a roadside...

At least 13 people were killed and 100 others injured after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit Philippines' Surigao city, officials said on Saturday.Surigao Governor Sol Matugas said the quake struck late Friday night, 14 km northwest of the city, Xinhua news...

Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen, who won her Miss Universe pageant in the year 1994 at Manila, is back in the city and this time as a judge.Before Sushmita, a single mother to two adopted girls, could respond to one of the queries asked by Harvey, she was greeted...

Though Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao was thousands of kilometers away from his homeland on Sunday during his bout with Jessie Vargas, the fighter was still there virtually for his compatriots who watched his bout on television.Efe quoted an EPA journalist as...

At least 16 persons were killed in the Philippines due to super typhoon Haima, locally named as Lawin, an official said on Saturday.According to National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) executive director Ricardo Jalad, most of the...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday that many more people will die in the anti-drug campaign that he launched after assuming office on June 30.Before leaving for the Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Summit in Laos September 6-8, Duterte...