Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte stands in between Senate President Aquilino Koko Pimentel and Speaker of the House Pantaleon Alvarez before Duterte speaks during his first State of the Nation ...

Filipinos celebrate the Hague-based U.N. international arbitration tribunal's ruling favoring the Philippines in its case against China on the dispute on South China Sea Tuesday, July 12, 2016 in the ...

MANILA — Relations between Manila and Beijing have soured under Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, with Manila pivoting back towards the United States which supports the Southeast Asian nation ...

— -- For the past two centuries, the Philippines has been ruled by three foreign powers and a homegrown dictator. But it also has fought for the right of self-rule, seen "people power" conquer ...

After September 11, the Bush administration responded forcefully to help the Philippines combat its homegrown "terrorists" -- the Muslim separatists who have turned the island of Mindanao into a ...

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has announced he will retire from politics, opening the way for his daughter to run for president in next year’s election. Here is a timeline of ...

An arbitration panel in The Hague, Netherlands, issued a ruling Tuesday in a long-running dispute between the Philippines and China over the South China Sea. The Philippines had asked the tribunal to ...

MANILA (Reuters): Relations between Manila and Beijing have soured under Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, with Manila pivoting back towards the United States which supports the South-East ...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has announced he will retire from politics, opening the way for his daughter to run for president in next year's election. May 2016: Duterte, ...