The ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, a nonbinding instrument that was adopted in 2012, must be transformed into an actionable ...

A powerful typhoon has wrecked houses, caused towering tidal surges and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to ...

A foul-mouthed former Philippine president who jailed political rivals, insulted the pope and claims to have hired “death squad” gangsters is running for re-election in his hometown in a desperate bid ...

The Philippines will "accord full cooperation" to the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) if it issues a ...

INTERNATIONAL calls for the release of radio broadcaster Frenchie Mae Cumpio, the world’s youngest journalist in prison, have been mounting after her first cour ...

Lawyer says court resolved the impending legal quagmire by ruling that the Constitution does not envisage the vacancy of DP ...

Beyond the South China Sea, the talks also addressed broader maritime issues ... after a recently adopted UN Human Rights Council resolution, led by the Philippines, declared safe working ...

A brutal price war, sudden shifts in consumer demand and human rights issues in Xinjiang have left VW stumbling in a market it led for 40 years. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from Urumqi ...

A landslide on Wednesday killed three people and injured four, the official Xinhua News Agency said. While Kong-rey was expected to blow off the northern Philippines, its extensive rain band with ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Villagers in northern Philippine provinces were forced to evacuate on Wednesday as a powerful typhoon approached the nation still reeling from a recent storm that left ...

The rate of the human rights violation is much lower here compared to other countries and the situation is getting better day by day," he said. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during a Senate investigation on the war on the drugs ...