US kills two more people in latest strike on vessel in the Pacific

The United States has killed two people in another strike on a vessel in the Pacific, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said, bringing to at least 67 the number of people killed in US attacks on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific since early September.

Ex-policeman admits killing 200 people on Duterte's instructions

A Philippine ex-policeman admitted Monday to having killed nearly 200 people as part of the "death squads" allegedly created and headed by the president when he was mayor of Davao.

UN vows review of Philippines human rights situation by end of September

The United Nations announced on Friday that it will review the situation of human rights in the Philippines at the end of this month, a day after the Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte challenged the UN to investigate his violent campaign against drugs.

Philippines leader: EU ‘hypocrites’ atoning for ‘sins’

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has accused European Union member states of hypocrisy after the bloc adopted a resolution expressing concern about reported extrajudicial killings under his bloody campaign against illegal drugs.

Philippines' Duterte denies giving death-squad orders. Ordered killings of hundreds, witness says

A witness in a Senate hearing on the extra-judicial killings in the Philippines has testified that he was a member of a death squad in the home city of President Rodrigo Duterte, and that the then-mayor himself ordered the killings of crime and drug suspects as well as the bombing of a mosque in Davao City.

Philippine president admits "purposely" skipping ASEAN-US meeting

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte admitted Monday night that he "purposely" skipped the meeting between the Southeast Asian leaders and United States President Barack Obama in Vientiane, Laos last week.

Philippines ignores US concern over Duterte's derogatory remarks on ambassador

The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on Saturday to address two concerns raised by the US embassy in Manila earlier, but ignored the embassy's concern over President Rodrigo Duterte calling US Ambassador to Manila Philip Goldberg "gay" and "son of a bitch."