Ex-Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos can be buried at the national heroes' cemetery, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a hugely controversial verdict that critics warned would whitewash his crimes and divide the nation.

A hoax caller pretending to be air traffic control tapped into restricted radio frequencies and forced an Australian commercial flight to pull up just before landing, a report said, with police investigating 15 such unauthorised transmissions.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump battled for votes on a frenzied final day of campaigning yesterday, telling Americans the country’s fate rides on who they choose as the next US president.

Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump crisscrossed the country yesterday as they raced to sway undecided voters in a tight US presidential race that has Clinton with a narrow lead according to opinion polls.

The lettering is crude, scrawled in black spray paint on the sidewalk in front of Karen Peters’ neatly kept home in the quiet, working class neighbourhood where she’s lived most of her life.

Building a wall along the US- Mexico border has been a contentious subject in this year’s US presidential election.

Nicaraguan leftist Daniel Ortega powered to his third consecutive term as president of the poor Central American country, as voters cheered years of solid economic growth and overlooked criticism he is installing a family dynasty.

Thousands of servicemen dressed in historical uniforms marched through Moscow’s Red Square yesterday to mark the 75th anniversary of the 1941 parade when Soviet soldiers headed to the front lines of World War II.

Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili tendered his resignation as governor of Ukraine’s southern Odessa region yesterday, accusing President Petro Poroshenko of cynically obstructing his attempts at reform and supporting corrupt clans.

The 77-year-old former defence minister chosen to head France’s new Foundation for Islam in France has called on conservative Muslims to try harder to integrate into society.

German public broadcaster ARD came under fire yesterday for allowing a woman wearing a full-face veil to argue on a current affairs talkshow that disillusioned youths could view war-torn Syria as the “promised land”.

Prakash Sharan Mahat, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal, second left, visits the pilgrimage at Chandragiri, a famous tourist destination in Kathmandu, yesterday.