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Eight Chinese ships chased and briefly blocked four Philippine boats on a resupply mission to a tiny garrison in the hotly contested South China Sea A team of AFP News Agency journalists on board one of the Philippine Coast Guard vessels witnessed the confrontation u.afp.com/iC2w

VIDEO: The Philippines says a resupply mission has reached a remote outpost in the disputed South China Sea, despite attempts by Chinese vessels to block the boats carrying provisions for Filipino marines. As Philippine Navy ships kept watch, two coast guard vessels escorted

"I just laughed at them" Filipino fisherman Arnel Satam guns the motor of his tiny wooden boat as he makes a dash for shallow waters in the disputed South China Sea, with Chinese coast guard speedboats in hot pursuit. u.afp.com/ivNk

Survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan prayed for their dead loved ones in the devoutly Catholic Philippines as they commemorated the 10th anniversary of a storm that killed more than 6,000 people u.afp.com/53UH

Philippine human rights campaigner Leila de Lima has been granted bail, her lawyer says, putting her a step closer to freedom after nearly seven years behind bars u.afp.com/5365

#UPDATE Philippine human rights campaigner Leila de Lima said she was "triumphant" on Monday after a judge granted her bail, putting her a step closer to freedom after nearly seven years behind bars ➡️ u.afp.com/53b3

VIDEO: Mozart, mattresses and "slow shearing", sheep at the Lake Hawea Station on New Zealand's South Island might just be the most pampered in the world. The farm's owners have put animal welfare above speed, believing it to result in a higher quality product.

Freed after nearly seven years behind bars, Philippine human rights campaigner Leila de Lima told AFP on Friday she prays for her safety as she seeks to bring "mass murderer" Rodrigo Duterte to justice. ➡️ tinyurl.com/4fk9yma7

Strong reporting by AFP News Agency journalist Lucille Sodipe

A Philippine boat and a Chinese Coast Guard ship collided near a hotly contested reef on Sunday, with both countries trading blame for the latest such confrontation in the disputed South China Sea. ➡️ u.afp.com/5i9y

#BREAKING Philippines summons Chinese envoy over sea confrontations: foreign ministry

#BREAKING Child rescued nearly 60 hours after Philippine landslide, official says

'You need to calm down': Swift-mania hits Australia news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/…

I interviewed Wim Wenders about his Oscar-nominated movie set in Tokyo, Perfect Days. Star Koji Yakusho also answered questions from Natsuko Fukue: uk.news.yahoo.com/oscar-nominate…

This weekend, a thousand-year-old ritual – where naked men tussle over a bag of wooden talismans – took place in Japan for the last time. Atish Patel Hiro and Philip Fong 方家遠。 were there to see it: youtube.com/watch?v=_bLrd4…

Papua New Guinea tribal violence toll rises to 64 AFP News Agency

After months of reporting, our AFP News Agency story on cancer misinformation in the Philippines is finally out. Happy to have done this with ex-Fact Check colleague Faith Brown, and with powerful visuals by jam sta rosa. yahoo.com/news/cancer-pa…

#UPDATE A top Vietnamese property tycoon was sentenced to death on Thursday in one of the biggest corruption cases in history, with an estimated $27 billion in damages ⬇️ u.afp.com/5Q6b

Asia-Pacific gets new weapon in fight against drug-resistant TB. A new drug regimen involving fewer pills and side effects is being rolled out in the region, where trials have shown a more than 90% cure rate after six months u.afp.com/5Qzu

Inside the dark world of Philippine scam centres. It started with a raid on a Chinese-run online gambling centre near Manila where hundreds of foreigners and Filipinos were forced to run scams or risk torture. Then came explosive allegations that the local mayor was involved