Phillipines

Philippines says reported plane crash was a false alarm

A disaster agency official in the city of Digos in Davao del Sur had earlier on Tuesday said a private plane carrying six foreign nationals had crashed.

Illustrative; A Philippine soldier (bottom L) keeps watch near wreckage of a Philippine Air Force C-130 transport aircraft, which crashed July 4 and killed 50 people after it overshot the runway, in Jolo town, Sulu province on July 5, 2021.
SWIMMING ABOVE the baby whale that came to play with us.

A modern-day encounter with Jonah’s ‘leviathan’

Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte appears before the International Criminal Court, as the court hears arguments regarding Duterte's health and ability to stand trial, while he faces murder charges related to his war on drugs, in The Hague, Netherlands, September 16 2026.

Former Philippines leader Duterte appears in ICC courtroom

A Philippine Airlines plane stands parked on the tarmac at Manila's International airport on November 8, 2013; Illustrative.

'Baby killer': Fight breaks out in Manila airport over antisemitic insults - report


Philippines President calls to leave UN in expletive-filled rant

Two UN human rights experts criticized the country's war on drugs.

Rodrigo Roa Duterte

ISIS reportedly calls for attacks on Miss Universe pageant

A string of threatening posts allegedly offered an online video tutorial on how to assemble a suicide belt.

Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez (L) stands by as Miss Universe 2014 Paulina Vegas transfers the crown to winner Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (R) during the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada, December 20, 2015

Report: ISIS franchise in the Philippines carries out its first attack

ISIS terrorists in the Philippines have carried out attacks against the Philippine army previously, but this is the first time ISIS' "Philippine province" has claimed responsibility for an attack.

the Philippine army hunts ISIS fighters

Report: Iranian Revolutionary Guards planning attack on Saudi airliner in Southeast Asia

The Manila Times says it received a copy of a Saudi dispatch to Filipino authorities indicating that plan has reached an "advanced stage."

A maintenance worker sweeps the tarmac of Terminal 3 of Ninoy Aquino International Airport

Yad Vashem conference reveals Philippine efforts to save Jews during Holocaust

Philippines Ambassador to Israel Nathaniel G. Imperial spoke at a commemorative event at Yad Vashem on Tuesday.

PHILIPPINE AMBASSADOR to Israel Nathaniel Imperial delivers an address at a Yad Vashem

President Manuel L. Quezon – A hero from a far-away country

In the late 1930s, Philippine president, along with US High Commissioner McNutt and the Frieder brothers authorized the admission of some 1,300 European Jewish refugees who had fled from the Nazis.

NEWLY ARRIVING Jewish refugees from Europe wave from the ship ‘S.S. Awarea’ as it pulls into Haifa port in 1948

Philippine rebels kill most wanted Islamist militant in country

The rebels are waiting for government to set up a new Muslim autonomous government in the south.

Abdul Basit Usman

Philippine comfort food

In addition to the familiar coconut products – grated coconut, coconut milk, coconut oil and coconut water – the locals produce coconut vinegar, coconut sap sugar and frozen coconut puree.

Beef Shank soup with corn and baby bok choy.

Pope says Mass for crowd of over 6 million in Manila, appeals for suffering children

Says world has to "learn how to cry" over their fate.

Pope Francis waves from the popemobile after leading a Mass at Rizal Park in Manila

How lucky is Israel?

The Jerusalem Post