Philippines

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.

This marks the second time since April that the Philippines have heavily protested the Chinese presence around Pag-asa.

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.

Manila resident AJ Magallon posted a selfie of his encounter with his ex-girlfriend and her new man to break the ice.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte under preliminary investigation at International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity in war on drugs.

The Philippines president hits back at the European Union bloc and explains how he does not want to visit Brussels.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's sexist joke has angered women's rights groups, with some of them saying the remarks are "extremely worrying".

Philippines president Duterte has repeatedly made it clear that he does want to stay in power beyond his term when it ends in 2022.

Lava fountains gush up 700 metres (2,300 feet) above Mount Mayon's crater and ash plumes tower up to three kilometres (1.9 miles) in the sky.

Lava flowed at least half a kilometer (less than half a mile) down a gulley from the crater and on Monday morning, ash clouds appeared mid-slope, said Renato Solidum, head of the volcano institute.

Devotees squeezed their way into the tightly packed mob and climbed on others in a desperate attempt to reach the carriage carrying the Black Nazarene through Manila.

Children as young as three spend their days sitting in soot and breathing in coal dust and toxic smoke to make charcoal out of wood scavenged from rubbish dumps.