Manila: Hundreds of residents evacuated their homes in the northern Philippines on Sunday as a powerful typhoon barrelling towards the country gained more strength.

Typhoon Megi further intensified

Hong Kong forensic experts on Monday inspected the bullet-peppered bus in which a hijacker killed eight tourists in Manila last week, as the Philippines worked to calm China's outrage over the bloodsh

Philippine police on Sunday arrested one of over 100 fugitives wanted in connection with the country's deadliest political massacre.

Mohamad Datumanong was caught in the southern province of Maguind

A Hong Kong woman whose husband and two daughters were among eight tourists killed in a bus hostage siege in Manila tearfully blamed Philippine authorities on Tuesday for the tragedy. The survivor, wh

A disgruntled ex-policeman armed with an assault rifle hijacked a bus carrying more than 20 Hong Kong tourists including children in the Philippine capital on Monday, police said.

The gunman released

A Philippine gunman holding 16 people hostage on a bus in Manila told live radio on Monday he would kill his captives if police approached.

"I can see a lot of SWAT (special weapons and tactics polic