Philippines

The Philippines controversial president Rodrigo Duterte said he stabbed a person to death as a teenager.

The firebrand leader has often faced criticism for his violent war on drugs and numerous extra judicial deaths allegedly meted out by his security forces.

Dionisio Santiago is the successive chairman of Dangerous Drugs Board to face an unceremonious exit.

Some of the websites compromised belong to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, China's BDStar and the Armed Forces of the Philippines among others.

Russia donated around 5,000 guns and other weapons to the Philippines to fight Islamic terror as the Kremlin also seeks to boost its military presence in Southeast Asia.

Air strikes, artillery and machine-gun fire have left the lakeside city of Marawi in the southern Philippines a smouldering wasteland of shattered buildings and bullet-pocked mosques and houses.

Duterte urges public to remain vigilant as the remnants of Islamists could come back to launch fresh attacks.

In pictures: The siege of Marawi has finally come to an end after one final fierce gunfight with a group of militants holed up in the shattered city.

Russian and Filipino navy officials said that the warships unloaded some 5,000 assault rifles, a million rounds of ammunition and 20 army trucks.

Photos show fighting is still going on in Marawi long after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared it had been liberated from Islamist militants.

Philippines Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana confirmed Isnilon Hapilon and Omar Maute were dead and the Marawi siege could end soon.

The Philippines president Duterte also said he is declaring a "revolutionary government" and would be happy to cut all ties with the EU.

The firebrand Philippines president asks the European ambassadors not to return to his country again.

The Philippines defence department used the Taiwan defence ministry logo instead of China's on a banner displayed at an official ceremony.

The fighting in Marawi is so intense that it took soldiers a whole week just to cross one street in the embattled city.

Caloocan City Police force comprises nearly 1,200 personnel who will be removed in batches, regional police chief said.

The US troops are assisting the Philippines military as they make a final push to end the long-standing conflict.

Nearly 90 bodies in total are believed to have been buried in mass graves since June as troops battle Islamist militants in Marawi.

Philippine troops fighting Isis-linked Islamist insurgents in the city of Marawi say they have encountered armed resistance from women and children.

More than 800 people have been killed in the battle between Abu Sayyaf militants and the army.

Zark's Burgers were charging the equivalent of 12p for a burger in a special offer.

The suspect has been identified as a 75-year-old New Westminster woman.

The raids resulted in the largest death toll in one night of police operations in the country.

The Vatican will decide the fate of the priest.

Reynaldo Parojinog killed in clashes between police and mayor's gunmen.

Oxford University said Duterte used social media manipulation as part of electoral run.

Thousands of suspects have died during the anti-drug campaign he launched after being sworn into office in June 2016, sparking widespread criticism.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte says he is prepared to wait for a year for the end of the siege which has killed more than 500 people.

The president's critics accuse him of using law to realise his "dictatorial ambitions."

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