Presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has junked the proposed tax reduction, saying he will be needing money for a lot of programs to embark on.
Defying the threat of terrorism that rocked Paris earlier this month, more than a hundred world leaders will get down to business on Monday to boost political momentum in crafting a pact to avert a climate catastrophe.
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso voted on Sunday in an election which will choose the first new president in decades after long time leader Blaise Compaore was overthrown a year ago in an uprising backed by the army.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli border police shot dead a Palestinian who stabbed an officer in Jerusalem on Sunday, a police spokesman said, the latest attack in a two-month wave of violence.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli border police shot dead a Palestinian who stabbed an officer in Jerusalem on Sunday, a police spokesman said, the latest attack in a two-month wave of violence.
Hundreds of voters are lining up after morning prayers to vote in Burkina Faso's first presidential and legislative elections since a popular uprising toppled the West Africa nation's longtime leader.
The latest on Pope Francis' first trip to Africa. (All times local.)
Pope Francis travels Sunday to Central African Republic, making the final stop of his first trip to Africa in a country where violence between Christian and Muslim militants has forced nearly 1 million from their homes...
LONDON (Reuters) - A former chairman of the ruling Conservative Party resigned from his post as a junior minister on Saturday, in response to allegations that he failed to act on warnings about bullying within the party.
LONDON (Reuters) - A former chairman of the ruling Conservative Party resigned from his post as a junior minister on Saturday, in response to allegations that he failed to act on warnings about bullying within the party.
Oklahoma took the Big 12 title and likely a spot in the College Football Playoff - and did at the expense of rival Oklahoma State in a Bedlam blowout.
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The College Football Playoff selection committee is set up to have a pretty easy championship weekend.
Dealing with emotions on senior day can be difficult enough. When it comes against the team you cheered for as a kid alongside your late father, it could easily be overbearing.
Attorneys for the family of the black 12-year-old boy who was fatally shot by a white Cleveland police officer last year have asked a prosecutor to allow their use-of-force experts to testify before the grand jury.
Prosecutors in Ohio on Saturday released a frame-by-frame analysis of the surveillance camera footage first made public a year ago that shows a white Cleveland police officer fatally shooting a black 12-year-old boy who...
The fatal shootings at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic are the latest in a long history of violence at clinics that provide abortions and doctors who perform the procedure. Police aren't saying what motivated this...
Stephen Curry scored 19 points in Golden State's NBA-record 18th straight win at the start of a season, but what he didn't do against the Sacramento Kings was just as important to the defending champion Warriors.
Les Miles rode across the Tiger Stadium field on the shoulders of his players while fans chanted his name.
Robert Lewis Dear was reclusive, and he seldom spoke to neighbors in a quiet patch of woods in rural Colorado where he lived.
SYDNEY, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Fuelled by a dose of Queensland rum, Rod Pampling sank a 60-foot eagle putt on the 18th green for a remarkable course record 10-under-par 61 in the final round of the Australian Open on Sunday.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Matt Jones held off world number one Jordan Spieth and a charging Adam Scott on his home course to win the Australian Open by a stroke after a dramatic final round on Sunday.
Top French companies are reportedly keen on investing in the Philippines’ business process outsourcing (BPO) sector due to the country’s impressive economic growth and stable fiscal condition.
French and U.N armoured vehicles and tanks jostle with taxis on the streets of Bangui as security is heightened for the arrival of Pope Francis. Paul Chapman reports.
French and U.N armoured vehicles and tanks jostle with taxis on the streets of Bangui as security is heightened for the arrival of Pope Francis. Paul Chapman reports.
French and U.N armoured vehicles and tanks jostle with taxis on the streets of Bangui as security is heightened for the arrival of Pope Francis. Paul Chapman reports.
