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[Breaking News]Ex-Philippine leader Duterte held on ICC warrant over drug crackdown

MANILA, Philippines, March 12 Kyodo - Philippine police officers stand guard on March 11, 2025, at a Philippine Air Force base where former President Rodrigo Duterte was taken after being arrested at a nearby airport on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity in connection with drug war killings.(Kyodo)

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Ex-Philippine leader Duterte held on ICC warrant over drug crackdown

Philippine police officers stand guard on March 11, 2025, at a Philippine Air Force base where former President Rodrigo Duterte was taken after being arrested at a nearby airport on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity in connection with drug war killings. ==Kyodo

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Ex-Philippine leader Duterte held on ICC warrant over drug crackdown

Supporters of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gather on March 11, 2025, at a Philippine Air Force base where he was taken after being arrested at a nearby airport on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity in connection with drug war killings.

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Ex-Philippine leader Duterte held on ICC warrant over drug crackdown

Philippine police officers stand guard on March 11, 2025, at a Philippine Air Force base where former President Rodrigo Duterte was taken after being arrested at a nearby airport on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity in connection with drug war killings.

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Ex-Philippine leader Duterte held on ICC warrant over drug crackdown

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. holds a press conference in Manila on March 11, 2024, after the arrest of his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity in connection with drug war killings.

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US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout photo dated February 16, 2022 of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) are underway in formation with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Murasame-class destroyer JS Inazuma (DD 105) and the training vessel Hatakaze-class JS Hatakaze (TV 3520) during exercise Jungle Warfare 2022 (JWX 22) in the Philippine Sea. The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh. U.S. Navy photo by Mas

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US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout photo dated February 7, 2022 of ships of the America and Essex Amphibious Ready Groups, and Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3, sail in formation in the Philippine Sea with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force during exercise Noble Fusion. Front row: Landing craft, air cushion from Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5. Second row, left to right: USS America (LHA 6), USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), USS Essex (LHD 2). Third row, left to right: USS Dewey (DDG 105), JS Kongō (DDG 173), USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), USS Spruance (DDG 111). Back row, left to right: USS Ashland (LSD 48), USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5). TThe US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman,

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Sultan of Sulu

MANILA, Philippines - Sultan of Sulu Jamalul Kiram III speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at his home in the Manila area in the Philippines on March 13, 2013. The sultan is the leader of Philippine Muslim gunmen who landed on Sabah on Malaysia's Borneo Island in February in a bid to press the so-called Sulu Sultanate's claim to the territory.

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Philippine Muslim rebel leader

MAGUINDANAO, Philippines - Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, leader of the Philippine Muslim rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Maguindanao Province on Mindanao, the Philippines, on Oct. 27, 2012.

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Philippine Muslim rebel leader

MANILA, Philippines - Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the 11,000-strong Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group, speaks at a press conference at the group's main camp in Maguindanao province on the southern island of Mindanao, the Philippines, on Sept. 5, 2011.

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Arroyo goes to Malacanang presidential palace

MANILA, Philippines - New Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (on the rostrum) delivers a speech at the Malacanang presidential palace Jan. 22 at the start of her official engagement as the country's leader.

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Calls for Philippine President Estrada to resign escalate

MANILA, Philippines - Calls for Philippine President Joseph Estrada to resign grow as opposition and church leaders underscored his lack of moral authority to govern on charges he received millions of pesos in bribes from illegal gambling. Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (L), leader of the main opposition People's Power-National Union of Christian Democrats (Lakas-NUCD), and former President Corazon Aquino (C), participate in a mass in Manila Oct. 17 calling for Estrada to resign or take a leave until he is cleared of the charges.

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Siazon meets Ramos-Horta

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine Foreign Secretary Domingo Siazon (L) and East Timor independence leader Jose Ramos-Horta (R) shake hands prior to their talks in Manila on July 29. Siazon pledged cooperation for peaceful voting in East Timor's United Nations-administered referendum slated for Aug. 30.

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Philippine President-elect vows to foster stronger, deeper ties with China

STORY: Philippine President-elect vows to foster stronger, deeper ties with China DATELINE: June 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: Manila CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE: (English): FERDINAND ROMUALDEZ MARCOS, Philippine President-elect STORYLINE: Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos on Friday vowed to foster stronger and deeper Philippines-China relations during his six-year administration. The newly-elected Philippine leader lauded China's role in helping the Philippines in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and pledged to uphold an independent policy. SOUNDBITE: (English): FERDINAND ROMUALDEZ MARCOS, Philippine President-elect "There will come a day when we can say: we are beyond the pandemic crisis, we are beyond the economic crisis brought on by the pandemic. We can only do it, certainly in the Philippines, we can only do it with our partners. And our strongest partner has always been, in that regard, our close neighbor and our good friend

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PHILIPPINES-PRESIDENT-ELECT-CHINA-AWARDING CEREMONY

(220610) -- MAKATI CITY, June 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos (L), former Philippine President Joseph Estrada (R) and Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian (C) attend the awarding ceremony to Filipinos that contributed to the promotion of the Philippines-China mutual understanding, in Makati City, the Philippines on June 10, 2022. The newly-elected Philippine leader on Friday vowed to foster stronger and deeper Philippines-China relations during his six-year administration. (Photo by Rouelle Umali/Xinhua)

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PHILIPPINES-PRESIDENT-ELECT-CHINA-AWARDING CEREMONY

(220610) -- MAKATI CITY, June 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos delivers a speech during the awarding ceremony to Filipinos that contributed to the promotion of the Philippines-China mutual understanding, in Makati City, the Philippines on June 10, 2022. The newly-elected Philippine leader on Friday vowed to foster stronger and deeper Philippines-China relations during his six-year administration. (Photo by Rouelle Umali/Xinhua)

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Presidential election in Philippines

Presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (R), the son and the namesake of the late Philippine dictator, casts his vote at a polling station in Batac, Ilocos Norte Province, on May 9, 2022, as polls to choose the Philippines' new leader open across the country.

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Presidential election in Philippines

Presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (C), the son and the namesake of the late Philippine dictator, leaves a polling station in Batac, Ilocos Norte Provinceo on May 9, 2022, after casting his vote, as polls to choose the Philippines' new leader open across the country.

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Presidential election in Philippines

Presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (R), the son and the namesake of the late Philippine dictator, waves to voters at a polling station in Batac, Ilocos Norte Province, on May 9, 2022, as polls to choose the Philippines' new leader open across the country.

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Ex-Philippine president's family reaching out to Japan war criminals

Lila Quirino, a niece of the late Philippine President Elpidio Quirino, speaks during the launch on April 17, 2015, of a year-long celebration in Manila of the 125th birth anniversary of the former leader. His legacies include the pardoning of more than 100 Japanese war criminals despite his own family's misfortune at the hands of Japanese soldiers during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Filipino rebel leader vows to keep abiding by peace accord

Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, leader of the Philippines' Muslim rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front, tells Kyodo News in Cotabato on Mindanao Island on March 16, 2015, that the January clash between MILF and Filipino police forces would not affect the peace accord sealed with the Philippine government a year earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Philippine Muslim rebel leader says committed to peace process

Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, leader of the Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on March 16, 2015, at Camp Darapanan, the group's administrative foothold in the southern province of Maguindanao on Mindanao Island. Despite recent setbacks in the Mindanao peace process, Murad stressed that the group's commitment remains unchanged. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe and Duterte

Combined photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The Philippine leader arrived in Japan on Oct. 30, 2017, for events such as a meeting with Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Philippine leader Ramos warns against excessive force in Mindanao

Former Philippine President Fidel Ramos, 89, speaks to media on May 26, 2017 in Manila to air his reaction to the martial law declaration in the entire Mindanao group of islands. Ramos, who was president from 1992 to 1998, cautioned against a prolonged and expanded martial law, noting that the 1972 rebellion in Marawi was quelled by security forces that included him in just two days. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Philippine leader Aquino greets China's Xi at APEC summit dinner

Philippine President Benigno Aquino (R) greets Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of a dinner banquet on Nov. 18, 2015, for leaders attending a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Manila. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mindanao peace process critics urged to end biases, consider future

Cardinal Orlando Quevedo, leader of the 1.5 million Catholics in central Mindanao region, speaks in an interview on June 15, 2015 in Cotabato City, the Philippines, about the first phase of the decommissioning of members and weapons of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the country's largest rebel group. The decommissioning is part of a peace agreement signed in March 2014 between the MILF and the Philippine government. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Philippine Muslim rebel leader

MANILA, Philippines - Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the 11,000-strong Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group, speaks at a press conference at the group's main camp in Maguindanao province on the southern island of Mindanao, the Philippines, on Sept. 5, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Philippine president, Muslim rebel chief meet secretly in Japan

MANILA, Philippines - Supplied photo shows Philippine President Benigno Aquino (R) and Al Haj Ebrahim Murad, leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, holding talks at a hotel near Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Aug. 4, 2011. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine presidential office)(Kyodo)

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Philippine president, Muslim rebel chief meet secretly in Japan

MANILA, Philippines - Supplied photo shows Philippine President Benigno Aquino (far R) and Al Haj Ebrahim Murad (2nd from R), leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, chatting at a hotel near Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Aug. 4, 2011. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine presidential office)(Kyodo)

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ASEAN summit in Bangkok

(From L) Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte attend the opening ceremony of a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on June 23, 2019, in Bangkok. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ASEAN summit in Bangkok

(From L) Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte attend the opening ceremony of a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on June 23, 2019, in Bangkok. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Duterte calls for diplomatic approach to N. Korea crisis

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks at a press conference in Davao on Oct. 29, 2017, the eve of his trip to Japan. Duterte called on Japan, the United States and South Korea to dissuade North Korean leader Kim Jong Un from pursuing his nuclear ambitions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Duterte meets Myanmar's Suu Kyi

Visiting Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (L) meets with Myanmar leader State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi in the capital Naypyitaw on March 20, 2017. They discussed the issue of Myanmar's conflict-ridden Rakhine State. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Arroyo goes to Malacanang presidential palace

MANILA, Philippines - New Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (on the rostrum) delivers a speech at the Malacanang presidential palace Jan. 22 at the start of her official engagement as the country's leader.

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Calls for Philippine President Estrada to resign escalate

MANILA, the Philippines - Calls for Philippine President Joseph Estrada to resign grow as opposition and church leaders underscored his lack of moral authority to govern on charges he received millions of pesos in bribes from illegal gambling. Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (L), leader of the main opposition People's Power-National Union of Christian Democrats (Lakas-NUCD), and former President Corazon Aquino (C), participate in a mass in Manila Oct. 17 calling for Estrada to resign or take a leave until he is cleared of the charges.

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Siazon meets Ramos-Horta

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine Foreign Secretary Domingo Siazon (L) and East Timor independence leader Jose Ramos-Horta (R) shake hands prior to their talks in Manila on July 29. Siazon pledged cooperation for peaceful voting in East Timor's United Nations-administered referendum slated for Aug. 30.