The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), employers and labor groups agree to jointly call for the lifting of the temporary restraining order (TRO) on the P85 daily wage increase in the National Capital Region (NCR). In an ambush interview on Aug. 7, 2026, Labor Secretary Francis Tolentino said the agreement wa…
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Yonhap) -- Police on Friday discussed an array of measures aimed at strengthening the fairness of investigations, such as transferring cases involving family members of police officers to a branch where the respective officer does not work.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Three inmates were killed and more than 20 were injured in two separate prison clashes in Sri Lanka on Thursday and Friday, a government minister said.
Spanish police warn of another mass crossing to Ceuta being planned, Barça snub game in Morocco, Spain faces high risk of wildfires on day of eclipse and more news on Friday August 7th.
At least six people were killed on Friday when a pupil opened fire at a school in Thailand before turning the gun on himself, a national police official said.
A 14-year-old pupil killed at least five people and himself at a school outside Bangkok on Friday after fatally shooting his grandparents, police said, in Thailand's worst mass killing since 2022
A split is happening across Latin America. Poll after poll shows the region’s publics turning against Israel, whose three-year assault on Gaza is widely considered a genocide.
A murderer has stared at his victim’s family in court and been told off by a judge for repeated outbursts as his lawyers argued his life sentence was “manifestly excessive”.
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Yonhap) -- The ethics committee of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) on Friday decided to launch disciplinary action against two lawmakers over remarks widely criticized as insensitive toward the victim of a high-profile assault case.
Barrister alleges ‘account of penis wiggling is an attempt to humiliate’ broadcaster who has pleaded not guilty to 22 charges of indecent assault and sexual touching
A second Liberal frontbencher has received a summons to provide evidence to the anti-corruption watchdog’s bombshell investigation into allegations senior Liberal figures took illegal donations from fugitive property developer Jean Nassif in exchange for political favours.
Two girls and a boy who are alleged to have taken part in a fatal attack on a Sunshine trader who tried to stop them stealing clothes have been granted bail.
Israeli prosecutors charged Jewish settler Yinon Levi on Thursday with reckless homicide over the fatal 2025 shooting of Palestinian community leader Awdah Hathaleen in the occupied West Bank, marking the first such indictment in seven years.
Israeli prosecutors have charged Jewish settler Yinon Levi on Thursday with reckless homicide over the fatal 2025 shooting of Palestinian community leader Awdah Hathaleen in the occupied West Bank, marking the first such indictment in seven years.