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Philippine vice president Leni Robredo defends her fellow Liberal party-mate Leila de Lima who was arrested for alleged drug trafficking. Robredo calls de Lima's arrest political harassment.
2017-02-24

Typhoon Haima, the second tropical cyclone to hit the Philippines in less than a week, kills at least seven people and causes flooding, landslides, and power outages before heading out to sea.
2016-10-20

The death toll in Vietnam, from Typhoon Sarika, rises to at least 31 people.
2016-10-18

Typhoon Chaba heads for western Japan with the islands of Shikoku and Kyushu experiencing heavy rainfall.
2016-10-5

Typhoon Malakas makes landfall on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu dumping heavy rain and causing flight cancellations.
2016-09-20

The storm cuts power and communications in the Philippine province of Batanes as it undergoes a "state of calamity."
2016-09-16

At least two rivers break embankments, causing floods on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Operations are underway to rescue 400 stranded people. On Honshu Island, at least 11 people, including nine elderly from a nursing home, have died.
2016-08-31

Human Rights Watch says that the Philippine government is detaining street children and homeless people harshly and involuntarily as part of preparations for an international summit. The government denies that the people concerned are being abused and such moves were part of a regular and year-round outreach program.
2015-11-17

Philippine authorities are to seek long jail terms for six Chinese poachers as part of a crackdown on foreigners stealing marine wildlife.
2011-03-31

A Liberian owned cargo vessel with 24 Filipino crew is seized by Somali pirates 550 nautical miles from the coast of India.
2010-12-13