A US exploration team has managed to successfully unearth a ship that had sunk during World War II

An extremely rare 15ft megamouth shark washed ashore in a village in the Philippines.

At least 53 people have died so far in landslides and floods in the Philippines after Tropical Storm Megi hit the country on Sunday. The death toll is only expected to increase in various flood-related incidents.

Goni is expected to weaken as it crosses southern Luzon and enters the South China Sea late Sunday or early Monday.

The Philippines is famous for cockfighting, which has been prohibited during the coronavirus pandemic.

"This is not just about making a personal profit, but I would like to see it as a long-term investment for the betterment of my countrymen," Senator Pacquiao said.

The former marine who has served more than half of his sentence will be free to return to the United States following the pardon.

The woman with some undiagnosed disability was abandoned by her relatives and her neighbours claim they kept her locked for her safety.

An online council meeting turned scandalous when one official proceeded to fornicate without realising that his camera was still on.

A scientific committee advising the French government warned that the country could lose control of its spread "at any time."

Typhoons are a dangerous and disruptive part of life in the Philippine archipelago, which gets hit by an average of 20 storms and typhoons each year.

The NHS staff in Britain comprises an international mix of Spanish nationals, people from Germany, Italy, Portugal, Philippines and India along with Britons.

The diplomat, who had last visited the UN on Monday, showed symptoms of flu the following day and saw a doctor.

A heartless hostel asked the parents of a British tourist to pay for the repairs of the vehicle he was driving when he crashed and died.

Hong Kong struggled after last week's advances and was 0.90 percent lower, with Singapore, Wellington, Mumbai, Bangkok, Jakarta and Manila also in the red.

Over 110,000 people have taken refuge in evacuation centres since Taal burst to life a week ago.

At least 10,000 people had sought refuge in evacuation centres.

Stocks took their lead from a mixed finish to a quiet week on US trading floors after the Dow edged to a fresh record on Friday.

The storm, with wind gusts of up to 200 kph, swept across remote villages and popular tourist destinations in the central Philippines on Wednesday.

Typhoon Phanfone, with winds of 195 kilometres an hour, tore roofs off houses and toppled electric posts as it cut across the Philippines on Wednesday.

The typhoon toppled houses and trees and blacked out cities in the Philippines' most storm-prone region, but no deaths were reported.

Police in the Philippines have arrested a 21-year-old man for decapitating a woman who spoke to him in English and then eating her brain with rice.

Filipino President, Rodrigo Duterte requested a kiss on the lips from a young Filipino woman at an event in Seoul, South Korea.

President Rodrigo Duterte came to power in May 2016, riding on the wave of a harsh anti-drug rhetoric.

National Bureau of Investigation agents had found sex toys, used condoms, sex pills and computers with pornographic materials in a raid in 2013.

The Philippines military lauded the efforts of the crew members for their quick-thinking in handling the dreaded Abu Sayyaf militants.

Philippines president recently stirred up a controversy after asking his troops to shoot female communist rebels in their vaginas.

"Shoot female rebels in their vaginas," President Rodrigo Duterte tells Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

"I will close Boracay. Boracay is a cesspool," warns the Philippines president.

Philippines' president says his country is a dictatorship but claims that that is just what it needs.