- DPWH told to build evacuation centers
- Philippines presses call for ceasefire in Gaza
- DPWH chief rejects calls to resign as he vows to probe corruption in flood control projects
- Mandela grandson says he will join Gaza aid boat
- Australia government condemns anti-immigration rally in Sydney
- South Korea to ban mobile phones in school classrooms
- New mining law to balance profit, ecology
- Pacifist Japan struggles to boost troops as China anxiety grows
- New law lets foreigner investors lease land for 99 years
- Thousands protest in Indonesia as military deployed in capital
