An Irish man who feared for the safety of his wife and baby girl following an outbreak of the life-threatening Dengue fever in the Philippines is rejoicing following the safe arrival of his family in Cork.

The Philippines has withdrawn its diplomats as Canada missed the deadline yesterday to take back tonnes of rubbish that was mistakenly sent to the Philippines back in 2013.

A Philippine city mayor known for parading drug suspects in public but also alleged to have drug ties himself was shot and killed by a sniper today in a brazen attack during a flag-raising ceremony in front of hundreds of horrified employees and village leaders.

A fire that hit a hotel and casino complex in the Philippine capital has killed least three employees, trapped two others and forced the evacuation of more than 300 guests.

The Philippine government's legal counsel has asked the Supreme Court to expel the chief justice for allegedly not declaring her assets, in a new attempt to remove the nation's judicial leader.

The Philippine president has banned a reporter from attending briefings at the presidential palace compound because her online news organisation's licence to operate was revoked by the government's corporate watchdog.

Justice officials asked a court to formally designate the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People's Army, as terrorist groups in a move that could further damage chances of a resumption of stalled peace talks.

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has announced she is opening preliminary probes into alleged crimes by police and security forces in the Philippines and Venezuela.

A significant amount of ash has fallen on towns near the Philippines' most active volcano after energetic eruptions of lava from the crater.

The president of the Philippine has said he pities Burma leader Aung San Suu Kyi for being in the storm of international criticism over her handling of the Rohingya refugee crisis.

The Philippines’ most active volcano spewed fountains of red-hot lava and massive ash plumes in a dazzling but dangerous new eruption on Tuesday that sent 56,000 villagers fleeing to evacuation centres.

Glowing red lava is flowing down the Philippines’ most active volcano, causing 21,000 villagers to flee and prompting police to set up checkpoints to prevent tourists from getting too close.

Nearly 15,000 people have fled from villages around the Philippines’ most active volcano as lava flowed down its crater amid warnings the eruption could become explosive.

A four-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee has called on developed countries to ban paedophiles and suspected sex offenders from foreign travel in the same way as suspected terrorists.

The Philippine government has denounced 39 mostly Western nations which have urged it to end thousands of killings under President Rodrigo Duterte's anti-drug crackdown.

The Philippines president has ordered police to let journalists join raids in his crackdown on illegal drugs to disprove growing allegations of extrajudicial killings - but warned reporters they could be shot.

The Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has ordered troops to kill militants aligned to the Islamic State group even if the gunmen slaughter their hostages in a besieged southern city.

The man responsible for the deadly Manila casino attack was a heavily-indebted Filipino hooked on gambling, police have said.

A gunman has stormed into a crowded Philippines casino and used petrol to set gambling tables on fire, creating clouds of smoke that killed at least 36 people, police said.

Thirty-six people suffocated from smoke after a gunman stormed a casino-hotel complex in the Philippines and set fire to gambling tables, police have said.

Authorities in the Philippines have reached out to parties who may be able to talk with Muslim militants in a bid to secure the freedom of hostages in a southern city where a week of fighting has killed 129 people, officials said.

A powerful earthquake has struck off a southern province in the Philippines and prompted a local tsunami warning, an official said.

The president of The Philippines has offered a bounty for the capture of Muslim extremists behind a foiled attack on a central resort island.

At least 26 people died when the brakes on the bus they were travelling in apparently failed and plunged into a deep ravine in the northern Philippines.

At least 14 people, most of them college students on a camping trip, were killed when their bus had a braking failure on a downhill road in the Philippines and slammed into a post.

A powerful earthquake has struck the Philippines, killing at least six people and injuring more than 120 others amid significant damage.

Communist guerrillas in the Philippines want to proceed with peace talks that President Rodrigo Duterte has scrapped.

More than 120 workers have been injured and at least one is missing after a fire at a huge factory in the Philippines.

A powerful typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines on Christmas Day, spoiling the biggest holiday in Asia's largest Catholic nation.

The Philippine justice secretary says President Rodrigo Duterte often exaggerates killings of criminals he supposedly carried out in order to send a chilling warning to lawbreakers.

A town mayor and nine other men have been killed in a clash with police in the deadliest operation of an anti-drug crackdown launched by Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte.

Super Typhoon Haima has weakened and blown out to sea after smashing into the northern Philippines with ferocious wind and rain.

At least five people have been killed after Super Typhoon Haima smashed into the northern Philippines with ferocious winds and rains.

Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has said he told President Barack Obama during their encounter in Laos that he never cursed him.