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MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has received 98.3 percent of expected election returns (ERs) for the first Bangsamoro Parliamentary elections as of Tuesday morning.
Iranian strikes have damaged and destroyed "hundreds of buildings and structures" at U.S. bases in the Middle East, as well as "dozens" of U.S. aircraft as of the end of June, according to a government report.
A Labor senator has sacked a former Play School star just a few months into his role as a political staffer after old tweets resurfaced in which he used the N-word and likened a Liberal frontbencher to a notorious Nazi collaborator.
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MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has received 98.4 percent of expected election returns (ERs) for the first Bangsamoro Parliamentary elections as of Tuesday morning, with the poll body awaiting ERs from certain precincts in Maluso, Basilan.
MANILA, Philippines – The Bangsamoro Federalist Party (BFP) remained the top regional parliamentary political party in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections, followed by the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP) according to the data from the Parish Pastoral Council for…
Nine and Stan lock up Premier League rights for $120m a year
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- The following is the full text of an op-ed written by Foreign Minister Cho Hyun for Yonhap News Agency ahead of the first South Korea-Central Asia Summit.
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on Tuesday called for deeper cooperation with Central Asia, highlighting the potential to build a stronger partnership in strategic resources, supply chains, artificial intelligence (AI) and other future-oriented fields.
(ATTN: ADDS more info in last 3 paras)By Kang Yoon-seung
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected US President Donald Trump's bid to restrict mail ballots for the midterm elections, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with voting already underway.
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks traded flat late Tuesday morning as investors sat on the sidelines ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's rate-setting meeting and united warnings from artificial intelligence (AI) industry executives who have called for a slowdown in the pace of development.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Monday of heavy reprisals on Israel's enemies if they attacked, as he lauded the recent demolition of a Hezbollah tunnel network in southern Lebanon.
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MANILA, Philippines – Here is the updated unofficial parallel count of the BARMM Parliamentary elections.
Saudi-led coalition air strikes in Yemen's south western Taiz province killed three people, including two children, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.
US President Donald Trump’s administration has suffered two setbacks to its immigration agenda as a federal judge halted proposed visa caps and dozens of Democratic-led states launched legal challenges against broader residency restrictions.
Finance minister nominee Lee Hyoung-il on Tuesday vowed to tackle inflation and bolster economic recovery once he takes office.
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LEEDS, ENGLAND – Leeds demolished Newcastle 4-1 to climb up to third in the Premier League table on Monday and inflict a punishing first defeat on Magpies boss Matthias Jaissle.
STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s nail-biting election battle will come down to which prime minister candidate can cobble together a coalition with majority support in a new parliament that looks likely to be split almost equally between left and right.
PARIS — Mark Carney will wrap up a week spent shifting his country’s foreign policy toward Europe on Sunday with the first-ever visit by a Canadian prime minister to the obscure French territory of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, where he’ll meet President Emmanuel Macron.
Seven former Australian cricket captains have urged Foreign Minister Penny Wong to raise concerns with the Pakistani government about the treatment former prime minister and cricketing legend Imran Khan, fearing he will die in detention.
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- Finance minister nominee Lee Hyoung-il on Tuesday vowed to tackle inflation and bolster economic recovery once he takes office.
Pauline Hanson, a senator in Australia's parliament, is the leader of the One Nation party. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
MARAWI CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has proclaimed the winners of five of nine parliamentary district seats in Lanao del Sur.
Miami: Detainees at a now-closed US immigrant detention centre in the Florida Everglades – known as “Alligator Alcatraz” – were held for up to two hours in small metal enclosures used as “calming areas,” a practice that “does not meet standards for humane treatment,” according to a report by the Department of Homela…
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's former Vice Defense Minister Yun Tong-hyon, a key military figure believed to have engaged in Pyongyang's nuclear and missile development, has died, according to state media Tuesday.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday maintained that the first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections were mostly peaceful.
MANILA, Philippines — Officials from the Office of the Ombudsman and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are set to testify Tuesday, Day 25 of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, as the Senate impeachment court examines allegations of unexplained wealth, discrepancies in her Statements of Asset…
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Prime Minister Han Seong-sook said Tuesday that the success of the government's "three megaprojects" hinges upon a timely electricity supply and a robust power transmission grid.
MANILA, Philippines — Senators have condemned the violence and reported irregularities that marred the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to investigate the incidents and ensure the integrity of the polls.
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Seong-sook said Tuesday that the success of the government's "three megaprojects" hinges upon a timely electricity supply and a robust power transmission grid.
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A bipartisan coalition of elections officials, voting rights groups and nonpartisan watchdogs cheered Monday’s ruling by the Supreme Court that blocked President Trump’s effort to upend the vote-by-mail system just weeks before the midterm election.
MANILA, Philippines — The Bangsamoro Federalist Party (BFP) and the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP) remained the top regional parliamentary political party (RPPP) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections, the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) …
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The nationwide injunction stands; the suspended rule would have required unique barcodes and scanner-ready envelopes...
Opposition home affairs spokesman Jonno Duniam has accused One Nation of failing to explain key details of its proposed migration crackdown after leader Pauline Hanson did not front media to answer questions about the party’s headline policy.
Sources say measures supporting Northern Metropolis and backing innovation are expected to be major highlights of John Lee’s policy address
Sources say measures supporting Northern Metropolis and backing innovation are expected to be major highlights of John Lee’s policy address
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Justices allow existing voting procedures to continue as a last-minute legal challenge is rejected
The 84-year-old said he was prepared to cast his first vote after rampant speculation about his health
Centre-left opposition bloc leads in Swedish vote, exit poll shows
Decision allows states to send ballots under process followed for years even as president tried to limit system
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