Travel service provider Trip.com said on Tuesday that more Filipinos are traveling to international and local destinations for the Holy Week, despite the country’s current oil and energy crisis. “Holy ...

SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER scored 47 points to lift the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 114-110 overtime win over the short-handed Detroit Pistons at home on Monday. The win was a critical one for the Thunder ...

TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON — Iran attacked and set ablaze a fully loaded crude oil tanker off Dubai on Monday, as President Donald J. Trump warned the US would obliterate Iran’s energy plants and oil wells ...

JERUSALEM — Israel’s parliament passed a law on Monday making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, fulfilling a pledge by Prime Minister ...

Australia threatened on Tuesday to sue social media giants for allegedly flouting a ban on under-16s, as its internet regulator disclosed it is investigating some of the biggest platforms for ...

Malaysian tankers allowed to sail through the Strait of Hormuz won’t be subject to a toll imposed by Iran, according to ...

Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said on Tuesday that the government will cap the price of imported well-milled rice at 50 pesos per kilo ($0.8238) to keep food prices in check as rising ...

STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s homicide and manslaughter rate fell to its lowest in over a decade in 2025, official statistics showed on Tuesday, as new tools and methods helped police to drive down the gang ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Monday said the US central bank can wait to see how the Iran war affects the economy and inflation, noting that policymakers typically look through shocks such ...

The Philippines said it increased its stockpile of petroleum products to 51 days, as the import-dependent nation searches the world for alternative suppliers while the war in Iran continues. The ...

Easterlies and the High Pressure Area (HPA) are expected to prevail during the observance of Holy Week, bringing cloudy skies across the country, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical ...

By Beatriz Marie D. Cruz, Senior Reporter MANILA dropped seven spots in the 2026 Smart City Index by Switzerland-based Institute for Management Development World Competitiveness Center (WCC), as ...