Duterte Dossier

Controversial president bashes his country's most important ally again.

'Maybe I will even congratulate you for having the balls to rape somebody when you know you are going to die,' he said.

All the civilians were reportedly wearing orange shirts as seen in the Isis-inspired execution videos.

The latest misdirected air strike killed 2 soldiers and injured 11 others.

Filipino military says 5-year-long martial law will be 'too long' and insists final decision rests with President Duterte.

Rights group calls for outright rejection of Muslim-only ID cards system, deeming it 'a collective punishment'.

The Philippines president's 'cannibalistic' warning comes after bodies of decapitated Vietnamese sailors were found.

Philippines president says he is more comfortable with President Donald Trump than he was with Barack Obama.

Duterte has admitted to personally killing criminals and launched tirades at Barack Obama and Pope Francis.

Duterte once revealed that he once threw a suspected kidnapper out of a moving helicopter when he was mayor of Davao City.

Over the past year, Duterte's brutal war on drugs has resulted in thousands of deaths, yet the street price of crystal meth in Manila has fallen.

If senate approves bill, offenders will have to pay up to £1,560 and/or spend one year in jail.

Manila's military also said Maute militants were pushing captives to loot abandoned houses in the region.

Leader of Isis-affiliated group offered to free kidnapped priest in exchange for his parents, held by police.

The Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has been missing in action for the past 6 days.

Fighting to liberate Filipino town resumes as temporary ceasefire to allow Eid celebrations ends.

Australia's two P-3 Orion aircraft will provide aerial support to Philippines ground forces.

The military has regularly overstated its position, claiming fighting would be over "within days". It is now in its fifth week.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, who has expended huge amounts of political and military capital on his war on drugs, has been forced to change tack and tackle Isis-affiliated Muslim extremists in their own 'back yard' of Mindanao.

Fighting continues in Philippines city where trapped civilians face death due to bombings and starvation.

Presidential spokesperson says the Philippine president is tired and resting.

How much progress is the Philippines military making in its fight to reclaim Marawi from Isis-linked Maute jihadists? The answer depends on who you choose to believe.

At least 36 people were killed when after a gunman stormed into a casino complex near the Philippines capital Manila.

Philippines president tells military personnel implementing martial law they have his full support.

Attacks in Indonesia and the Philippines this week point to the rise of Isis-affiliated groups networks across the region.

Militants are using Christians and a priest as human shields and have threatened to execute captives.

The president who is in Russia has decided to cut short his official visit and return to Manila.

Earlier, the firebrand leader had declined to accept honorary degree from University of Philippines.

President Rodrigo Duterte will be on an official five-day visit to Moscow to meet PM Dmitry Medvedev and President Vladimir Putin.

Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte claimed he was warned of war if he drilled for oil in the South China Sea.