The government lost 10 security personnel and 32 others were wounded in its three-month old intensified campaign against illegal drugs, figures from the Philippine National Police (PNP) operations centre in Camp Crame revealed.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expressed hope yesterday that fishermen would be able to return to the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea in the next few days.

Chilean voters went to the polls yesterday for municipal elections that should act as a litmus test for the ruling centre-left coalition of President Michelle Bachelet, one year before her term ends.

A former Guantanamo inmate resettled in Uruguay who went on hunger strike to demand relocation to another country has dropped his protest after receiving an offer, activists said.

Swiss customs authorities have slapped a billionaire with a $4 million fine for failing to properly declare some 200 artworks imported into Switzerland, according to media reports confirmed by officials Sunday.

Burundi police said Sunday they had briefly arrested an American freelance journalist along with a local reporter working with her, who was still being held.

Hillary Clinton has soared to a 12-point lead over Donald Trump in the race for the White House, according to a new poll released Sunday, with the real estate magnate's support tanking among key voter groups.

A retired soldier was killed and several people injured by twin blasts at a Japanese park on Sunday in what may have been a bizarre suicide, police and reports said.

Flashes of unrest were reported Sunday as residents of the ‘Jungle,’ Calais' infamous refugee camp, lashed out at government preparations to shut down the sprawling settlement in northern France.

Russian security forces have shot dead two people suspected of ‘terrorism’ carrying explosives in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, citing law enforcement sources.

One person was killed and at least two injured by two near-simultaneous blasts in a Japanese park on Sunday, the local fire department said.

Most inmates of a northern Haitian prison escaped on Saturday after killing a guard and stealing firearms, said authorities who launched a manhunt with support from UN peacekeepers for the 174 fugitives.