North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would permanently strengthen its nuclear forces and treat South Korea as its most hostile state, as he set out policy priorities in a speech to ...

SYDNEY — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra on Tuesday as both sides seek to clinch a long-delayed free trade deal ...

Iran denied on Monday that it had engaged in negotiations with the United States, after President Donald Trump postponed a threat to bomb Iran’s power grid because of what he described as productive ...

The Philippine game development sector is likely to grow as large as its Asian neighbors in the coming years, driven by the country’s sizable market and predominantly young, tech-savvy population that ...

The Department of Education (DepEd) said on Monday that non-academic activities should not be a requirement for graduation, following the agency’s push for low-cost ceremonies due to rising fuel costs ...

CEBU AIR, INC., the listed operator of budget airline Cebu Pacific (CEB), reported a more than twofold increase in its 2025 net income to P12.3 billion, driven by higher passenger revenues. “Cebu ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is laying the groundwork for tweaks to its policy language in April, keeping alive the chance of a near-term interest rate hike as the weak yen and Middle East conflict pile ...

RAZON-LED International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) said its unit is divesting its stake in Yantai International Container Terminals Ltd. (YICTL) for 773.21 million renminbi, or about P6 ...

LONDON— Oscar-winning US actor Kevin Spacey has reached a confidential settlement with three British men who had filed civil lawsuits at London’s High Court accusing him of sexual assault between 2000 ...

PHILIPPINE BANKS are open to incorporating sustainability standards in their frameworks but are still seeking clarity about what kinds of activities are considered environmentally or socially ...

PANGILINAN-LED Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) is eyeing over P200 billion in capital expenditures (capex) for 2026, nearly double its P116-billion spending in 2025, mainly driven by Manila ...

Iran has the fourth largest oil reserves in the world with 157.8 billion barrels, next to Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, and Canada ...