Philippines

Typhoon Maysak is bearing down towards the central Philippines, and residents are on high alert as the super typhoon is expected to make landfall.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen says he has discovered the wreckage of the battleship Musashi in the central Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines—The cellphone message of the Filipino police commandos to their base was triumphant: "Mike 1 bingo," a ...

Former heavyweight boxer-turned-actor Liam Neeson narrates “Manny,” a powerful, if superficial, documentary about legend-in-his-own-time Filipino boxer Manuel “Pacman” ...

A record 6 million people poured into Manila's rain-soaked streets and its biggest park Sunday as Pope Francis ...

The streets of the Philippines are dominated by brazenly colored, heavily ornamented, black exhaust smoke belching, military jeep ...

The City of Iligan is well-known for its magnificent waterfalls – 23 waterfalls in all; Iligan City is ...

Typhoon Hagupit knocked out power, left at least two people dead and sent nearly 900,000 into shelters before ...

Typhoon Hagupit slammed into the central Philippines' east coast late Saturday, knocking out power and toppling trees in ...

MANILA, Philippines—Villagers in the central Philippines fled coastal homes and triggered panic-buying in grocery stores and gas stations ...

I traveled around the Philippines for 2 weeks and spent a total of $1,155 USD. At no point ...

Living alongside active volcanoes in places like Japan, the Philippines and especially Indonesia can be uncomfortable.

Environmental groups and politicians in the Philippines are calling on Canada to take back 50 shipping containers of ...

Until recently, Japan was a country where national law forbade it from using war as a way to ...

WASHINGTON—Can a person reach into a human body and pull out tumors and other unhealthy elements leaving no ...

President Obama left to Japan on Tuesday for the beginning of his weeklong trip through Asia. He will ...

The next 365 days will be critical in helping the people of the Philippines rebuild their lives, says ...

PHILIPPINES -- It has been a one painful month, and the official fatality count from super typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda is ...

Rare video from storm chaser Josh Morgerman of Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) in Philippines, showing the monster storm ...

PHILIPPINES -- Back in 1995, Typhoon Rosing's destructive nature, caused power outages all over the Philippines which lasted ...

As people in the Philippines struggle with the devastation and death from the worst storm to hit land ...

How a nation decides to spend money in a moment of crisis reveals a lot about the character ...

Thousands of people were likely killed when Typhoon Yolanda, or Hainan, crossed over the Philippines this week. Most ...

The GMO wars escalated earlier this month when the 2013 World Food Prize was awarded to three chemical ...

A magnitude-7.2 earthquake hit the Philippines on Oct. 15, followed quickly by a second, 5.4-earthquake and more than ...

Insurgent fighting has spread to another town in the southern region of the Philippines, as troops continue to ...

As Africa struggles to to prevent its elephant population from being pushed to the brink of extinction, some ...