His predecessor, Joe Biden, strengthened an arc of security ... Rubio “underscored the United States’ ironclad commitments to the Philippines under our Mutual Defense Treaty,” Bruce said.

The May 2025 midterm election is the critical runway toward that critical fork in the road. One might say, the Philippines is in its “Biden moment.” It is the uneasy calm before the storm. The storm can be anything from the return of the Dutertes ...

(U.S. Embassy, Philippines via AP) President Joe Biden, right, shakes hands with Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as they meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on May 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) This photo ...

As President Joe Biden gets ready to leave office, we consider his accomplishments, failures, and what his legacy will be.

The proposed Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Act has come under fire from President Marcos, despite the country’s alarming teenage pregnancy rates.

The Chinese coast guard and navy’s harassment of the Philippine vessels took place on Friday near Sandy Cay, three small uninhabited sandbars planked by an artificial island base of Chinese forces and a Philippines-occupied island in the Spratlys archipelago, the coast guard said.

You can learn some interesting things about Trump by looking at his predecessors. Like some of them, he's savvy enough to turn to businessmen to get America back on track.

Through the centuries it walks with us and, by the power of the Holy Spirit, it is at work in history,” Pope Francis said.

The ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas stretched into a fifth day on Thursday. Humanitarian aid groups are working to surge food and supplies to the war-ravaged territory as Palestinians scour through mountains of rubble looking for bodies of those killed by Israeli bombardments during the 15-month war.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, struggling to stabilize his minority government, says he will seek to maintain regional security and prepare for tough negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump to win his commitment to maintain a

Reich also criticises Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship - where anyone born in the US becomes a citizen - saying it's a violation of the US constitution: "Decent people could lose their citizenship... children could lose their parents...some parents may not have the right papers."

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will assess the US' foreign development assistance programme. Read more at straitstimes.com.