When Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took office in June 2022, it was thanks in part to a political alliance he struck with his predecessor, former President Rodrigo Duterte, and his ...

MANILA, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The Philippines has signalled a softened stance towards an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into thousands of killings in a "war on drugs", a probe activists ...

"They can just kill anyone." The Sunday Story: Life in the Shadow of the Philippines' Drug War "They can just kill anyone." Since 2016, thousands have been killed in the Philippines' war on drugs. The ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. After taking office in 2022, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., courting ...

The convictions are the first major rebuke to police since Duterte's election. LONDON -- Three police officers have been found guilty of murder in a potentially landmark ruling for the ongoing war on ...

The "painfully slow" reconstruction of a Philippine city flattened in a war with Islamic militants is causing discontent, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross said Tuesday.