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Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte attends the House Quad Committee hearing investigating his administration's war on drugs, at the House of Representatives, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David/ File Photo

Asia

Detained in The Hague, Philippines' Duterte wins hometown mayoral election

The former president's two sons were also set to win posts on Monday, one reelected congressman and the other winning the contest for Davao vice mayor and likely to serve in his father's...

Japan's Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato speaks during an interview with Reuters at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo, Japan April 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

Global Economy

Japan's finance minister wants to discuss forex with Bessent at G7

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives for his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, January 21, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/File Photo

Politics

South Korea ex-president Yoon in court again for criminal trial

A Filipino checks his voter receipt after voting during the midterm elections, at a polling station in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, May 12, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Lisa Marie David

Asia

Philippines votes in high-stakes midterms amid Marcos-Duterte showdown

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a statement to the media at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on 11 May 2025. Sergey Bobylev/Host agency RIA Novosti/Handout via REUTERS

World+Biz

Putin proposes direct peace talks with Ukraine after three years of war

China's President Xi Jinping and Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing during a meeting in Moscow on Friday (9 May 2025). Photo: Courtesy/Xinhua

Asia

China’s Xi meets Myanmar junta chief, pledges to help rebuild post-earthquake

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends an event to celebrate Russia's Victory Day, at the Russian embassy in Pyongyang, North Korea, May 9, 2025. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS

Asia

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says participation in Russia-Ukraine war justified: KCNA

ndian Air Force's Rafale fighter jets fly past during the "Aero India 2021" air show at Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru, India, 3 February 2021. Photo: Reuters

Asia

India-Pakistan conflict offers rich intelligence opportunity for China

An officer with the Corps of Signals, Col Qureshi was the first woman officer to lead an Indian Army contingent in a large multinational military exercise, among many other distinctions. Photo: AP

Asia

SC once slammed Modi govt for terming women officers 'physiologically unfit'; now India projects them as military icons

Shashi Tharoor. Photo: Collected

Asia

India not interested in war with Pakistan, but will respond to aggression: Shashi Tharoor

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te delivers a speech on anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe in Taipei, Taiwan May 8, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ann Wang

Asia

Taiwan president marks World War Two anniversary, warning indulging aggressors only whets appetite for expansion

Asia

Japan, China, South Korea, ASEAN enhance regional financial safety net

People vote at a polling station during the general election, in Singapore May 3, 2025. REUTERS/Edgar Su

Asia

Singapore votes in test of ruling party's monopoly