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Super typhoon kills at least four in Philippines INTERNATIONAL

Super typhoon kills at least four in Philippines

One of the most powerful typhoons to ever hit the Philippines killed at least four people as it destroyed houses, tore roofs off schools and uprooted giant trees on Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Thousands flee as typhoon Sarika flogs Philippines INTERNATIONAL

Thousands flee as typhoon Sarika flogs Philippines

Typhoon Sarika lashed the main Philippine island of Luzon on Sunday, ripping off roofs, toppling power pylons and forcing more than 12,000 people to flee to safer ground, officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Gunmen kidnap US aid worker in Niger, take him towards Mali INTERNATIONAL

Gunmen kidnap US aid worker in Niger, take him towards Mali

Gunmen raided the house of a US aid worker in central Niger overnight, killing his two guards before driving him off across the desert towards Mali, the mayor of the town said on Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Philippines faces 'most damaging typhoon' INTERNATIONAL

Philippines faces 'most damaging typhoon'

The Philippines faces what could be ‘the most damaging’ storm this year as Typhoon Sarika headed for the archipelago's heavily-populated main island, officials said Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Philippine president says kill threat 'perfect' INTERNATIONAL

Philippine president says kill threat 'perfect'

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday defended his threat to kill criminals as "perfect" and vowed no let-up in his war on crime, as the death toll surged past 3,700.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Philippine police lower death toll in drugs war INTERNATIONAL

Philippine police lower death toll in drugs war

Philippine police have said nearly 2,300 people have died in President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs since July, down from an earlier estimate of 3,600, after investigations into the near-daily killings.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
One dead, 24 hurt in Philippine fireworks blaze INTERNATIONAL

One dead, 24 hurt in Philippine fireworks blaze

A blaze that ripped through a group of fireworks shops in the Philippines Wednesday killed a woman with another person missing and 24 others hurt, officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Philippines set to roll out tough no-smoking law INTERNATIONAL

Philippines set to roll out tough no-smoking law

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is set to sign a regulation this month banning smoking in public across Southeast Asia's second-most populous country, rolling out among the toughest anti-tobacco laws in the region.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Philippine shopping mall hostage-taking kills two INTERNATIONAL

Philippine shopping mall hostage-taking kills two

Two people were killed and three others injured on Sunday in a hostage-taking incident inside a mall in a city outside the Philippine capital, a provincial police chief said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Duterte's popularity soars with Philippine crime war INTERNATIONAL

Duterte's popularity soars with Philippine crime war

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's popularity has soared during his first three months in office, an independent survey showed on Thursday, in an apparent endorsement by Filipinos of his brutal crime war.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Philippines, US hold war games after Duterte tirades INTERNATIONAL

Philippines, US hold war games after Duterte tirades

The Philippines and the United States launched war games on Tuesday against the backdrop of the unusual threat of American forces being ejected from the Southeast Asian nation, as its firebrand leader pivots to China.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Philippine militants free three Indonesian hostages INTERNATIONAL

Philippine militants free three Indonesian hostages

Islamic militants in the Philippines have freed three Indonesian sailors abducted at sea, officials said, in the latest release by the Abu Sayyaf group after a kidnapping spree in the restive south.

4:45 AM November 25 2016