A man looks over Libya's eastern city of Soussa on September 21, 2023, days following deadly flash floods. The official death toll from the disaster stands at more than 3,300 -- but the eventual count is expected to be far higher, with international aid groups giving estimates of up to 10,000...
TAIPEI, Taiwan - A fire at a golf ball factory in Taiwan killed at least six people, three of them firefighters who died in an explosion, authorities said Saturday. The fire, which began Friday evening and raged all night, injured more than 100 people, most of them workers, the Pingtung county...
HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnam has executed long-time death row prisoner Le Van Manh, a lawyer confirmed Saturday, despite international pleas to spare his life. In 2005 Manh was charged with robbery, as well as the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl in the northern Thanh Hoa province. The...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -A landslide tore apart a stretch of motorway in Sweden on Saturday, injuring three people, police and emergency services said. It ripped up a petrol station car park, overturned lorries and caved in the roof of a Burger King restaurant. Three people were taken to hospital...
MARSEILLE, France - Pope Francis on Saturday urged European governments to welcome migrants instead of viewing them as invaders, striding into in a hugely sensitive political debate again inflamed by mass arrivals on the second day of his visit to France's Mediterranean port of Marseille. The...
KANO, Nigeria - Gunmen have kidnapped more than 30 people, including at least 24 female students, in a raid in and around a university in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state, residents said Saturday. Dozens of gunmen from criminal gangs called bandits stormed Sabon Gida village on the edge of a...
A woman allegedly involved in the proliferation of illegal drugs in the City of Meycauayan, Bulacan was arrested during a police buy-bust operation that led to the confiscation of P340,000 worth of suspected shabu on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 23. The operation was jointly conducted by the ...
The City of Manila announced on Saturday, Sept. 23, the closure of some roads in the city for the "Alay Lakad 2023" on Sunday, Sept. 24. Photo from Manila PIO/MANILA BULLETIN The Alay Lakad is a program of the "Alay Lakad Foundation Inc." The event will start on Sunday at 5 a.m. at Quirino...
The National Capital Region (NCR) Association of Tourism Officers (ATO) convened its third quarterly board meeting to discuss several agendas to strengthen and promote local tourism on Friday, Sept. 22. The activity was held at the Museo ni Dr.Pio Valenzeula located at Kapitan Villa corner Pascual...
The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra and Philippine Madrigal Singers (Madz) gave Pasigueños a night to remember as they performed a rich selection of local and international classical pieces in the "Musikang Handog" concert on Friday, Sept. 22. The Philharmonic and Madz were warmly...
Several roads in Quezon, Valenzuela and Malabon Cities were affected by heavy flooding due to southwest monsoon rains on Saturday, Sept. 23. In Valenzuela City, the local government said that two to 20-inch deep flood affected areas along MacArthur Highway, as well as in different barangays as of...
A security driver was arrested by police for carrying a gun at a checkpoint in Pasay City Saturday, Sept. 23. Col. Froilan Uy, city police chief, identified the suspect as Melecio Peralta, 41. Uy said Peralta was arrested at around 3:50 a.m. on service road of Roxas Boulevard corner Antipolo St. in...
