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The United Nations on Friday approved a Russian-led bid that aims to create a new convention on cybercrime, alarming rights groups and Western powers that fear a bid to restrict online freedom.

President Rodrigo Duterte is frustrated by the United Nations failure to protect Filipino crewmen in international ships passing through the Gulf of Aden from Somali pirates.

President Rodrigo Duterte warned he would sack Vice President Leni Robredo as co-chair of the Inter-agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs if she leaks government secrets that will endanger national security.

Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III believes Vice President Leni Robredo will not learn anything substantial about the Philippines’ problem on illegal drugs by meeting with representatives from the United Nations and United States.

Vice President Leni Robredo believes President Rodrigo Duterte will have no problem with her upcoming meetings with representatives from the United Nations and the United States on the drug war.

Vice President Leni Robredo has gotten in touch with representatives from the United Nations and United States— two foreign entities which have been critical of the drug war— to seek their help in fighting illegal drugs.

Beijing expressed "regret" on Tuesday over Washington's decision to formally notify the United Nations that the US was withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday urged ASEAN member states and the United Nations (UN) to enhance cooperation in sustainable security.

Malacañang on Tuesday issued a statement of condolence on the passing of Sadako Ogata, former president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and United Nations high commissioner for refugees.

The United Nations said Thursday it would send a special mission to investigate human rights abuses in Chile, where a general strike went into its second day following a week of street protests that left 19 dead.

Senator Leila de Lima finds it silly that Philippine Ambassador to the United States Babes Romualdez to find something sinister about human rights groups lobbying in the US Congress to put pressure on the Duterte administration for…

President Rodrigo Duterte said he does not fear retribution from human rights organizations that want him to pay for the thousands of extrajudicial killings in his drug war.

MANILA -- Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. on Wednesday said the Philippines and Indonesia's recent submission of the 2014 agreement establishing the boundary between their overlapping exclusive economic zones (EEZs) to the…

The Philippines voted with China to reject the United Nations Human Rights Council's (UNHRC) resolution condemning the violation of human rights of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims.

The Philippines' rejection of foreign aid, loans, and grants from the countries supporting the United Nations’ (UN) probe on the administration’s war on drugs could affect direct investments and overseas Filipino workers, Senator Francis…

Gabon will become the first African country paid with international funds to preserve its forests in an effort to fight climate change, the United Nations said Sunday.

Vice President Leni Robredo has expressed disappointment at President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to shun loans and financial assistance from the countries supporting the United Nations’ (UN) probe on the administration’s war on drugs.

India's foreign ministry has again defended a controversial citizenship register in Assam state after criticism from the United Nations, saying the almost two million people excluded from the list would not become "stateless".

President Xi Jinping is hoping to make up for his flat out rejection of President Rodrigo Duterte's request for China to respect the United Nations arbitral ruling by buying more bananas and other fruits from the Philippines.

US President Donald Trump downplayed on Friday North Korea's missile tests, saying that while they may violate a UN resolution, Kim Jong Un will not want to "disappoint" him because he has "too much to lose."

Former President Noy Aquino said China should never be trusted in any negotiations because it would never fulfill its end of any bargain especially if its does not conform with its selfish interests.

More than 821 million people suffered from hunger worldwide last year, the United Nations reported Monday -- the third year in a row that the number has risen.

Senate President Tito Sotto sees no problem if the Philippines pulls out of the United Nations.

The United Nations' adoption of a resolution seeking a detailed report on the situation of human rights in the Philippines was not legally binding, according to Malacanang.