GENEVA (12 March 2025) – UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today welcomed the announcement by the International Criminal Court that it had taken into custody former Philippines President Rodrigo ...

For decades, he has done as he pleased, first as mayor of Davao and then as president of the Philippines when his “war on drugs” resulted in the deaths of thousands of people at the hands of ...

Queensland state schools will share in $44 million in funding to clamp down on bad behaviour in classrooms, the state government has announced. The funding, which equates to an average of about $ ...

DAVAO CITY — A 5.4-magnitude earthquake, with an epicenter at 2 km southwest of Matanao, Davao del Sur, jolted this part of Southern Mindanao at 9:42 a.m., Tuesday, March 4, the Philippine ...

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit a municipality in Davao del Sur on Tuesday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. Phivolcs said in a ...

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has outlined how schools, public transport and supermarkets will be impacted this week in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred. "As the system continues to ...

The Bureau of Meteorology has warned a low lingering off the coast of North Queensland could be a category three tropical cyclone within days. Currently located 505km east northeast of Cairns, ...

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Shabu with an estimated street-value of P44.4 million was seized during an anti-narcotics operation in Panabo City, Davao del Norte yesterday. Two drug suspects, whose ...

Davao Death Squad' - The Philippines quit the ICC in 2019 on Duterte's instructions. But the tribunal claims jurisdiction over killings up to then, including ones in the southern city of Davao ...

He has been seeking a return to his old job as mayor of his southern stronghold of Davao mid-term elections in May. A one-time ally of the Marcos family, Duterte even allowed Ferdinand Marcos Sr ...