More than 600 people were feared killed on Saturday when tropical storm Washi whipped the southern Philippines, unleashing mammoth floods across vast areas of the country.

Relief workers said that 44

The death toll from tropical storm Washi rose to 143 on Saturday with more than 100 others missing after widespread flash floods in the southern Philippines, officials said.

The military said 95 bodi

Philippine President Benigno Aquino has locked horns with what he calls an obstructionist judiciary beholden to his predecessor, but his anti-corruption zeal risks plunging the country into instabilit

Philippine authorities have arrested a suspected Muslim extremist allegedly involved in fatal bombings including one that killed a US soldier in 2002, police said on Wednesday.

The suspect Hussin Aha

Philippine President Benigno Aquino asked his visiting counterpart from South Korean on Monday for aircraft, boats and other hardware to help boost his country's military, amid rising tensions with Ch

The Philippine president is set to court support from his Southeast Asian allies at summit talks this week to form a united front against China over a high seas territorial dispute.

Benigno Aquino wi

The Philippine military accused Muslim rebels on Wednesday of 'murdering' six soldiers who were taken captive during a clash on a troubled island in which at least 13 other troops died.

Tuesday's fig

The US ambassador to the Philippines has apologised for his controversial remark that 40 per cent of male tourists visit the country for sex, the foreign department said Saturday.

Harry Thomas sent t

At least seven people were killed as Typhoon Nesat smashed the Philippines, authorities said Tuesday, with the capital of Manila enduring waist-deep floods, blackouts and dramatic storm surges.

The P

Thirteen assailants and two soldiers were killed when a little-known Islamic militant group attacked a military outpost in the lawless southern Philippines on Sunday, the army said.

About 50 men atta