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On Thursday, humanitarian workers and military troops, along with the USS George Washington, an aircraft carrier with a crew of 5,500 people, arrived in the Philippines to bring

Around 2,500 people have now been confirmed dead after the vicious Typhoon Haiyan ripped through the Philippines. A severe shortage of basic supplies are leaving people desperate, and

The Typhoon that slammed much of the Philippines on Friday is being called one of the strongest storms on record, and as the death toll continues to rise,

Citizens in the Philippines are bracing themselves for what is said to be the strongest storm this year. Super Typhoon Haiyan is surging toward the central Philippines with

A magnitude-7.1 earthquake hit the central Philippines on Tuesday, and authorities report that the death toll is now at 144. A total of 291 people were injured, and

President Obama has had to cancel part of his trip to Asia next week in order to deal with the budget crisis in Washington. Obama was supposed to

In the southern city of Zamboanga in the Phillipines, Muslim rebels took over for nine days, capturing over 100 people in the process. Security forces in the Philippines

An official reported that a 6.8-magnitiude earthquake killed at least 12 people after striking the third largest island in the Philippines on Monday. The earthquake hit the island