An air strike during Philippine military operations to drive rebels out of a southern city has killed 10 government troops, the defense minister said on Thursday, in a major blow to efforts to defeat fighters linked to the Islamic State group. Seven other soldiers were wounded on Wednesday when two[…]
One of the most powerful typhoons to ever hit the Philippines destroyed houses, tore roofs off schools and ripped giant trees out of the ground on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of deaths. Super Typhoon Haima hit the northern province of Cagayan late on Wednesday night with winds[…]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has appeared to compare himself to Adolf Hitler, saying he would be “happy to slaughter” millions of drug addicts just like Nazi Germany killed three million Jews. “Hitler massacred three million Jews … there’s three million drug addicts. There are. I’d be happy to slaughter them,”[…]
The sharp-tongued Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte has not shied away from using a four-letter word responding to the “hypocritical” EU blaming him for stoking up anti-drug violence. He accused EU states of mass killings in US-led campaigns in the Middle East. Duterte, who has already acquired some fame for being[…]
The Philippines is firmly committed to its alliance with the United States but will not be lectured on human rights and treated like a “little brown brother,” the country’s Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay said on Thursday. Speaking in Washington after recent remarks by the Philippines’ outspoken new President Rodrigo Duterte[…]
The Philippines will pursue “independent” foreign and military policies separate from US interests in the region, the country’s president said, announcing that in order to avoid any confrontations with China he would halt joint Filipino navy patrols with the US. The Asian country may now also look toward China and[…]
The Philippines president says US troops “have to go” from the south of his country. He blames American soldiers for inflaming tensions with the local Muslim population, saying they would “never have peace” with a US military presence. Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte says he is opposed to US soldiers being[…]
China’s foreign minister has asked U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to support the resumption of talks between China and the Philippines over the South China Sea, following a ruling against Beijing over the dispute earlier this month. China did not participate in and has refused to accept the July[…]
The Philippines has said that Beijing should respect an international tribunal’s ruling that rejected Chinese claims to most of the South China Sea, adding that it will raise the issue at a regional summit. The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled on Tuesday that China’s claims to the[…]
The Chinese government has blamed the Philippines for stirring up trouble in South China Sea, a day after an international tribunal ruled China had no legal basis for its expansive claims. “It is the Philippines that has created and stirred up the trouble,” Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin said[…]
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