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Police officers are seen outiside the Resorts World Hotel in Manila on June 2, 2017. (AFP/Ezra Acayan)
June 2, 2017, 6:01 pm
IS claims Philippines attack, but authorities insist terror unlikely
Officials still trying to identify attacker who set a Manila casino complex on fire, killing 37 before committing suicide
By Agencies and TOI staff
Philippines police officers come out from the Resorts World Hotel in Manila on June 2, 2017 following an assault. (Noel Celis/AFP)
June 2, 2017, 8:23 am
Dozens dead after gunman torches Philippine casino
Police say grisly incident in which at least 36 were asphyxiated by toxic flames was likely a robbery gone wrong; perpetrator later set himself on fire
By Ayee Macaraig
Palestinian Christian scouts perform at the Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity as people gather for Christmas celebrations in the city of Bethlehem in the West Bank, on December 24, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / HAZEM BADER)
December 24, 2016, 4:35 pm
Pilgrims in Bethlehem, fears in Europe for Christmas Eve
As Christians settle in for holiday, Aleppo's minority Catholics prepare for first mass in five years; Berlin investigators search for market attacker's accomplices
By Shatha YAISH
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech to military personnel in Manila, on October 4, 2016. (AFP/Ted Aljibe)
December 3, 2016, 1:17 am
Philippines president phones Trump
Rodrigo Duterte has been antagonistic to the US, his country's treaty ally, while reaching out to China and Russia
By Jim Gomez
A member of police bomb disposal unit (R) holding a water bomb disruptor, walks towards the site where a suspicious package was found, for detonation along Roxas boulevard near the US embassy in Manila on November 28, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE)
November 28, 2016, 9:43 am
Bomb defused near US embassy in Philippines
Islamic militants blamed in suspected attempted terrorist act
By Ayee Macaraig
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech at the Davao international airport terminal building early on September 30, 2016, shortly after arriving from an official visit to Vietnam. (AFP/ Manman Dejeto)
October 4, 2016, 3:43 am
After Duterte’s Hitler remark, Philippines and US hold war games
President has kept up a verbal assault on US, boasted about a drug crackdown he compared to the Holocaust
By AFP
Illustrative photo of a Saudia airliner. (CC-BY-2.0/Wikipedia/Russell Lee)
September 20, 2016, 1:26 pm
Saudia pilot triggers false alarm in Philippines
Police and security personnel surround Flight 872 on tarmac at Manila airport, keep passengers on plane for two hours
By AFP
Police investigators collect evidence at the site of an explosion at a night market in Davao City, in southern island of Mindanao, on September 2, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/MANMAN DEJETO)
September 2, 2016, 8:54 pm
10 dead as blast rocks hometown of Philippine president
Local officials say too soon to determine cause of explosion in area of Davao popular with tourists, business people
By AFP
This picture taken on October 24, 1944, shows Japanese battleship Musashi, which sank in the Sibuyan Sea in the Philippines after coming under blistering US air raids in WW II. (photo credit: AFP/JIJI Press)
March 13, 2015, 12:45 pm
Japanese WW II battleship explored
Billionaire Paul Allen live-streams first underwater footage of battleship wrecked in battle 70 years ago
By AFP
Pope Francis waves to the crowd as he arrives at Quirino Grandstand to celebrate his final Papal Mass in Manila, Philippines, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Ron Soliman)
January 19, 2015, 4:14 am
Record 6 million turn out for pope’s final day in Manila
Francis focuses on protecting youth, poor as he addresses massive crowd in Asia's largest Catholic country
By Nicole Winfield and Teresa Cerojano
A Manila street scene (Photo credit: Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
June 29, 2014, 8:21 am
Philippines beefs up security following terror threat
Warnings follow arrest of Islamist militant Khair Mundos, blamed for 2004 ferry bombing that killed more than 100
By AFP
British Foreign Secretary William Hague answers questions from the media during a joint news conference with his Philippine counterpart Albert del Rosario, left, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 in Manila, Philippines. (photo credit: AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
January 30, 2014, 3:24 pm
UK to accept vulnerable Syrian refugees this year
Speaking in the Philippines, William Hague calls the civil war the 'biggest humanitarian crisis of the 21st century'
By AP
Filipina independent film director Hannah Espia, who directed and cowrote 'Transit,' poses next to the poster of the film at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila, Philippines. (photo credit: AP/Bullit Marquez)
August 9, 2013, 10:05 am
Film about workers deported from Israel hits far from home in Manila
'Transit' tells story of 4-year-old born in Israel but set to be sent back to Philippines, a familiar tale in a country where 10 million work abroad
By Teresa Cerojano
The Tulay mosque in Sulu, Philippines. (photo credit: CC BY Al Jacinto/Flickr)
June 23, 2013, 2:21 pm
Al-Qaeda-linked group abducts two in Philippines
Sisters working on film about Muslim farmers in mountainous southern region kidnapped by masked gunmen
A Manila street scene (Photo credit: Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
From the WebFebruary 18, 2013, 5:29 pm
Israelis aim to triple trade with Philippines
Business Mirror: Manila meeting leads to plans for sharply increasing business deals between the two countries
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