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DAVAO CITY - The Department of Health-Davao Center for Health Development (DOH-DCHB) recorded 32 new cases of coronavirus disease on Thursday, September 17.

While institutions, governments, elected officials, companies and sports federations are all having to adapt to new constraints under the coronavirus pandemic, experts say they are often using the health crisis as an excuse to restrict journalists' access.

Abu Mohammed fusses over the donkeys he is selling in war-torn Yemen, where the animal has become a must-have commodity at a time of biting fuel and currency crises.

Kuwait announced Thursday it would donate $20 million towards humanitarian aid for war-ravaged Yemen, two days after UN officials called the country for not honoring its pledges, diplomats said.

As in-person religious services start resuming in Canada after a pandemic lockdown forced many churches to close, one Ottawa parish is offering its congregation a unique way to connect with their faith -- in a "God Pod."

The Philippines is committed to stick to its “consistent" policy of being a friend to all and an enemy to none in dealing with other nations, Malacañang said Thursday.

Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday urged the Department of Health (DOH) to immediately address the unpaid salaries and benefits of health workers who have been enduring months of difficult and dangerous work amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Canada's most populous province of Ontario on Thursday clamped down on big parties, unveiling steep fines for breaches of strict limits on the number of people attending social gatherings to try to prevent a second wave of Covid-19 outbreaks.

The head of Libya's UN-recognised Government of National Accord, Fayez al-Sarraj, said he plans to step down within six weeks as part of efforts to broker a peace agreement.

The FBI is increasingly worried about possible violent clashes between ideologically-motivated extremist groups before the November election

Wildlife guide Eduarda Fernandes steers a speedboat up the Piquiri river in western Brazil, scanning the horizon for jaguars wounded in the wildfires ripping through the Pantanal, the world's biggest tropical wetlands.

Gunmen killed five people Thursday during an attack on a wake in central Mexico, sparking a manhunt that left one suspect dead and three under arrest, authorities said.

Hundreds of Israelis protested in Tel Aviv late Thursday against a second nationwide lockdown, the first such move in the world to tackle a renewed spike in coronavirus cases.

Poland's parliament on Friday passed an animal rights law that had angered fur farmers and kosher meat producers and divided the country's right-wing governing alliance.

Senator Risa Hontiveros has urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to convince the Japanese government to expand its search and rescue operations on the 36 Filipino seafarers that are still missing after the Gulf Livestock 1 sank off the coast of southwest Japan.

Former Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Esperanza Cabral is backing the implementation of a reduced physical distancing in public transportation for as long as other health measures are observed.

BAGUIO CITY – The City Treasurer Office here presented an expectedly bleak picture of the city’s economic performance for the past five months with the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic when most business activities ground to a halt.

ILOILO CITY — The Philippine National Police (PNP) has dismissed 29 of its personnel in Western Visayas region for various violations.