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Just hours after Philippine lawmakers approved an anti-terrorism bill that critics said would allow warrantless arrests and wiretapping of government “suspected terrorists” – the United Nations Human Rights Office released a scathing report that details what...

Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr. made it clear to the international stage that a strong government is better. In his speech at the high-level general debate at the United Nations’ 74th General Assembly,...

A UN-named U.S. official who reportedly told him that if the final Code of Conduct or COC on the West Philippine Sea exactly mirrors international maritime law — it could be a way to convince China...

MANHATTAN — President Donald Trump did not mince words before a room full of world leaders and diplomats at the United Nations General Assembly when he addressed the brewing conflict with Iran. “One of the greatest...

NEW YORK — Thousands of young people took a day off from school and took to the streets of New York City to demand real action to address the global climate crisis — just days before...

The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland has voted to pass a resolution on Friday that green lights a comprehensive examination of the human rights situation in the Philippines. Despite the Duterte administration’s opposition...

PARIS — The earth is warming up higher than expected and the world needs to do more to keep the planet from heating up to dangerous levels. That’s the latest warning from climate change experts at the...

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump has taken his call to action against the global drug problem to the chambers of the United Nations on Monday. About 129 countries at the UN signed on to a US...

Philippine foreign affairs secretary Alan Peter Cayetano addressed the United Nations General Assembly for the first time over the weekend. He asked the international community to give president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs the benefit of...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s common-law wife, Honeylet Avancena, was seen in New York City amid the annual convention of the United Nations General Assembly. The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs says Avancena is not part of...