Sen. Leila de Lima has continued her tirade against the Duterte administration, this time branding the Department of Justice as the "Department for the Prosecution of the Opposition," after DOJ chief Vitaliano Aguirre announced that fresh pork charges would be filed against her by Janet Napoles.

Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega has died at the age of 83 following brain surgery this year, Panama's President Juan Carlos Varela said on Twitter late on Monday.

Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella declined to respond Tuesday to questions about the posting of fake news content on the state-run Philippine News Agency, saying inquiries should be addressed to Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, whose office oversees government media outlets.

The US embassy in Manila cautioned Americans of possible security checkpoints in Metro Manila, a move it described as a “precautionary measure in light of the declaration of Martial law in Mindanao and not related to any specified terror threat information directed towards” the national capital.

Ten men who managed to escape from the Maute group Monday, just before what they expected to be their impending execution, said they saw child fighters among their captors.

Fifteen of the now 23-member Senate have signed a resolution finding “the issuance of Proclamation No. 216,” though which President Rodrigo Duterte placed the whole of Mindanao under martial law, “satisfactory, constitutional and in accordance with the law.”

Vice President Leni Robredo called on President Rodrigo Duterte to take back his threat to ignore the Supreme Court and Congress on his declaration of martial law over Mindanao, saying “we should all be bothered” by the statement.

On rumors linking him to Arci Muñoz: 'We spend a lot of time together. You never know.'

The president of Venezuela's opposition-run Congress on Monday accused Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs of "aiding and abetting the country's dictatorial regime" following a report that it had bought $2.8 billion in bonds from the cash-strapped country.

Agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and the Bureau of Immigration arrested two suspected Koreans who had broken out of Camp Bagong Diwa in March, one of them the suspect in the murder of three compatriots.

Michael Bay, 52, was honored for a money-spinning movie career that has netted almost $6 billion.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test of a new ballistic missile controlled by a precision guidance system and ordered the development of more powerful strategic weapons, the North's official KCNA news agency reported on Tuesday.

A military solution will not address the key drivers of armed conflict, radicalization and violent extremism in the country.

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Monday he expects clearing operations in Marawi City to be completed by June 1.

The United States has notified the other 163 members of the World Trade Organization that it is considering putting emergency "safeguard" tariffs on imported solar cells, according to a WTO filing published on Monday.