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Biden said U.S. defense commitment to Pacific allies was “ironclad” in the midst of growing concern about provocative Chinese military action in the Indo-Pacific.

Ottawa is negotiating trade deals with Southeast Asian countries, but Canada's silence on human rights issues in countries it plans to partner with has advocates concerned.

Pacquiao, a Philippine senator who has been dividing his time between politics and fighting, made the announcement in a 14-minute video posted on his official Facebook page.

President Rodrigo Duterte offered citizens a stark choice: get the jab or go to jail.

The plane was transporting troops, many of them new soldiers who had just undergone basic training, from the southern Cagayan de Oro city for deployment in Sulu, officials said.

The report said that some statements from the highest levels of government had "risen to the level of incitement to violence" and "vilification of dissent is being increasingly institutionalized."

The Philippine Congress has proclaimed crime-busting Mayor Rodrigo Duterte as president-elect.

The U.S. government has expressed concern over extrajudicial killings of suspected drug dealers in a bloody crackdown overseen by the Philippine President.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday called for the withdrawal of U.S. special forces troops from a group of islands in the southern Philippines, saying their presence could complicate offensives against Islamist militants notorious for beheading Westerners.

Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte declared on Saturday a nationwide "state of lawlessness" after a bombing police believe was orchestrated by Muslim militants killed 14 people in his home city.

Since Duterte was inaugurated June 30, as many as 2,400 people have died amid a nationwide crackdown on the drugs in the Philippines.

About 300,000 people turned up at Duterte's rally at a historic grandstand. The presidential candidate has been likened to Donald Trump for his provocative remarks.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte compared his bloody anti-crime war to Hitler and the Holocaust and saying he would be "happy to slaughter" 3 million addicts.

Rodrigo Duterte said he will travel to China soon to talk to President Xi Jinping, and then to Japan and Russia.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told his U.S. ally Barack Obama "you can go to hell" in a speech Tuesday that was his latest tirade against the U.S. over its criticism of his deadly anti-drug campaign.

A volcano near the Philippine capital spewed lava into the sky and trembled constantly Tuesday, possibly portending a bigger and more dangerous eruption, as tens of thousands of people fled villages darkened and blanketed by heavy ash.

Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. trounced rival Leni Robredo to become the first candidate in recent history to win an outright majority in a Philippines presidential election.

The drop in trust came amid an impeachment complaint against the president.

U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview that he'd be open to meeting with North Korea's 27-year old dictator.

South Korea said the United States had reaffirmed it would shoulder the cost of deploying the THAAD anti-missile system.