Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he will never be tried by an international court for mass killings in his war on drugs.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte chided the United States on Wednesday for halting the planned sale of 26,000 rifles to his country.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced his "separation" from the United States on Thursday, declaring he had realigned with China as the two agreed to resolve their South China Sea dispute through talks.

The poll, which described Duterte's net rating as "very good," comes nearly three months after he took office and with his anti-drug crackdown.

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.

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.

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.

The brief meeting Wednesday night took a little sting out of the soured relations caused by Duterte's intemperate language in referring to Obama earlier this week.

The U.S. State Department stressed the need for ties with the Philippines to be based on mutual respect, after Rodrigo Duterte raised worries by insulting Barack Obama.