Japan and the United States will rehearse moving anti-ship missiles, air defences and communications networks onto islands near Taiwan this month in an expanded military exercise that analysts say could complicate Beijing’s planning for a Taiwan or East China Sea conflict. Keen Sword 27, which runs from October 19 to 29, will involve about 45,000 Japanese personnel, 6,100 vehicles, 40 ships and 260 aircraft, up from about 33,000 personnel, 30 ships and 250 aircraft in 2024. About 12,000 US...

MANILA, Philippines — The  impeachment court suspended proceedings Thursday morning as the defense panel objected to the prosecution’s request to present a forensic financial analyst ahead of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) witness originally scheduled to testify. The prosecution through Bicol Saro party-list Rep. Terry Ridon, sought to call forensic financial analyst lawyer Alexander Cabrera

Five years after China released its national outline for the Yellow River Basin, sediment is falling, dry springs are flowing again and delta bird species have nearly doubled. The recovery is being felt in the ecosystems – and the incomes of tens of millions living along its banks.

MANILA, Philippines — House Speaker Faustino Dy III on Thursday said that the passage of a free financial education bill for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families will highlight the importance of saving the money they worked hard for their families throughout the years.  The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on third and final

China has nominated health official Song Li to run for director general of the World Health Organization, the foreign ministry confirmed on Thursday. If elected, Song would be the first person from mainland China to head the United Nations health agency. China previously backed Margaret Chan, a Hong Kong-born doctor and former director of health of Hong Kong, who served as WHO director general from 2007 to 2017. Song’s nomination comes as the WHO faces a major funding shake-up following the US...

The 49th edition of the prestigious Gawad Urian Awards honored the best in Philippine cinema on Thursday.

Canadian poet and writer Anne Carson won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that...has created new forms for contemporary literature."

The Senate on Thursday approved on third and final reading a resolution concurring in the ratification of the defense agreement between the Philippines and France that will provide a legal framework for visiting military forces from both countries.

Hong Kong police have arrested two tertiary students suspected of being key members of a fraud and money-laundering syndicate behind fake job advertisements, dating scams and bogus concert ticket sales. The force said on Thursday that officers had arrested 10 people in an earlier operation targeting the syndicate, which allegedly swindled victims – mainly students – out of more than HK$2.1 million (US$267,578). The suspects, five men and five women aged between 13 and 68, were arrested on...