The Philippines and the United States will soon announce the location of four additional military bases in the Southeast Asian country that American soldiers will be allowed to use, officials said Monday.The longtime treaty allies agreed last month t...

By AFPThe death toll from floods in the Philippines has risen to 25, officials said Wednesday, with storms expected to dump more rain over the hardest-hit southern and central regions.Tens of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes as hea...

By AFPChristmas Day floods in the Philippines forced the evacuation of nearly 46,000 people from their homes, civil defence officials said Monday.Eight people were killed and 19 others were missing after a week's worth of heavy seasonal rain in the s...

Seven people have been killed in fighting between the Philippine military and Muslim rebels in the country's south, authorities said Thursday, in one of the deadliest clashes since a landmark peace pact was signed in 2014.The ongoing fighting broke o...

By AFPThe death toll from a powerful storm that triggered flooding and landslides across the Philippines has reached 150, disaster officials said Thursday, as more rain was forecast in some of the hardest-hit areas.More than 355,400 people fled their...

By AFPThe death toll from a storm that battered the Philippines in recent days has risen to 98, the national disaster agency said Monday, as more bodies are retrieved.Just over half of the fatalities were from a series of flash floods and landslides...

Landslides and flooding killed 31 people as heavy rain from an approaching storm lashed the southern Philippines, a disaster official said Friday.The storm unleashed flash floods carrying uprooted trees, rocks and mud overnight in mainly rural commun...

By AFPJailed Philippine human rights campaigner Leila de Lima was briefly taken hostage Sunday during an attempted breakout by three detained militants who were shot dead by police, authorities said.The incident happened at the national police headqu...

By AFPThe strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year left at least six people dead, authorities said Monday, after heavy rain and fierce winds battered the country's most populous island.Typhoon Noru toppled trees, knocked out power and flood...

By AFPSchools were ordered shut across the northern Philippines Tuesday -- a day after many resumed in-person learning for the first time since Covid-19 hit -- as torrential rain and strong winds pounded the main island of the archipelago.Severe trop...