Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is set to sign into law a counterterrorism act that will grant the administration a far-reaching leeway to expand its campaigns against groups and individuals tagged as terrorists.

We have a new Miss Universe! Miss France Iris Mittenaere was named the most beautiful woman in the world, becoming the second lady to bring the crown to France. But which country has the most Miss Universe titles?

The Miss Universe 1991 titleholder confirms if she will be one of the judges at the beauty pageant.

On Christmas, Filipino police raided a ranch they say was the site of a meth lab operated by Sinaloa cartel connects.

A rumor has been circulating that the Philippines has been disqualified from all future international beauty pageants because of an enormous advantage. The rumor is false!

Mexican Ambassador Julio Camarena confirmed on Monday that there are no Mexican casualties as a result of Typhoon Haiyan. Of the 300 Mexicans residing in the Philippines, all but four have been accounted for:

Philippines' typhoon Haiyan has been one of the most devastating storms in the country's history. Up to 10,000 people may have died in the storm.

Ready our live blog with coverage from the Miss Universe 2013 pageant, which is underway in Moscow, Russia. Follow our minute by minute details to find out who will be the new beauty crowned.

Super Typhoon Haiyan has made landfall in the Philippines on Friday. The massive storm with winds reaching 200 mph has ravaged the Philippines as it hit the small eastern city of Guiuan.

93 people are dead after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck central Philippines early Tuesday morning.

Muslim groups protested the event, declaring it showed too much skin and violated traditional Islamist values. The contest was moved to the island of Bali from Jakarta, the Indonesian government announced three weeks prior to the show.

Falling demand in the United States for cocaine and methamphetamines from Mexico and South America is making the Philippines an increasingly popular stopover for drugs bound to East Asia, according to an official in the US State Department’s narcotics bureau.

Three people have been killed in an explosion, the cause has not be identified.