- The Philippines and China have reaffirmed commitment to freedom of navigation in the South China Sea during their third bilateral consultation mechanism meeting, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs last night.
- The Commission on Elections has started the process of trimming the number of senatorial aspirants for the May 2019 midterm elections.
- Ilocos Norte Governor, Imee Marcos, the daughter of the late strongman Ferdinand E. Marcos, wants the government to suspend the Value Added Tax on basic food commodities, fuel and electricity as the record-high inflation rate has become a heavy burden for Filipinos.
- US President Donald Trump threatened to deploy the military and close the southern US border if Mexico does not halt a caravan of Central America immigrants heading north, raising the risk of huge disruptions to trade.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin says Islamic State militants in Syria seized 700 hostage and are carrying out executions.
- While Crimean authorities searched for clues that might help explain why a teenager gunned down 20 people at his vocational school before killing himself, the stunned city of Kerch prepared to say farewell to the victims.
- Four prominent human rights and press freedom groups on Thursday urged Turkey to request a United Nations investigation into the possible murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi to prevent a “whitewash” of the alleged crime.
- Ford extends production of their GT supercar by two more years or 350 more units.
- Terrafugia began taking orders for their first flying car, the Transition, with deliveries to be commenced this 2019.
- Celebs Shun Oguri and Chiemi Blouson will lend their voices in the upcoming Yo-Kai Watch Forever Friends film as villains.
- Manny Pacquiao will fight against Adrien Broner in America this January.
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