Rodrigo Duterte

Amnesty International calls for UN investigation as thousands are killed in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs

Philippines strongman claims he ‘cured’ himself of homosexuality

Philippines president rebukes audience of female police and military officers for criticising him

Executioners needed as President Maithripala Sirisena ends moratorium on capital punishment

Rodrigo Duterte says current name is a legacy of Spanish colonisers

Opposition blames ‘culture of violence’ created by President Duterte’s brutal war on drugs

Outspoken Philippine president rules a largely Catholic population

Police in the Philippines shoot dead 13 people and arrest 100 more in a single day

‘Trump of the East’ has withdrawn from court after it launched an inquiry into extrajudicial killings

Filipino president is also known for his ‘tough talking’, but human rights abuses separate him from US counterpart

Paolo Duterte, son of the Philippines President, is accused of gang activity and importing drugs

Donald Trump's tweets pale in comparison to some leaders' boasts of murder and corruption

Some of the faces that have been cropping up this year for all the wrong reasons

Leader says he would be 'happy' if his campaign against drug dealers was as effective as the Holocaust

Twenty-year-old climbed for hours before police hauled him through broken window - and other tall tales