A powerful family accused of being behind the worst political massacre in the Philippines plotted the killings over dinner, a court has heard. The witness, a former house servant, said the family had discussed killing their political rivals six days...

A group of parents torched a school in the central Philippines after complaining their children weren’t given the food promised by a government program aimed at boosting school attendance, police said Tuesday.

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo lifted martial law in the country’s south, which she declared after the massacre of 57 people last month, Philippine news outlets reported Saturday. The order lifting martial law was due to be...

A heightened crackdown on journalists and opposition activists in recent weeks by Cambodia’s leaders has provoked new concern that the government is engaging in widespread abuse of the nation’s legal system to muzzle its...

Philippine health officials yesterday warned people taking part in Easter crucifixions and self-flagellation rituals to get a tetanus shot first and sterilise the nails to avoid infections. Every Good Friday in the predominantly Roman Catholic...