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Philippines mayor shot dead outside govt office; 12th official to be killed since the start of country's anti-drug campaign
•Nueva Ecija Mayor became the 12th elected local official murdered since President Rodrigo Duterte unleashed a deadly anti-narcotics campaign.
Mayor of Philippines' Tanauan City shot dead at event; investigations underway to find links to country's anti-drug campaign
•The gunshot felled Mayor Antonio Halili as he and more than 100 employees and newly elected village leaders sang the national anthem in a parking lot.
Philippines bans citizens from going to Kuwait for work after concerns over reports of abuse and exploitation
•The Philippines on Monday expanded a ban on its citizens working in Kuwait after President Rodrigo Duterte angrily lashed out at the Gulf state over reports of Filipino workers suffering abuse and exploitation
Philippines mall blaze kills 37: President Rodrigo Duterte vows to get 'truth' of deadly fire
•Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte vowed on Tuesday to get to the truth about a blaze in his home city that killed 37 call centre workers.
Donald Trump to skip key East Asia Summit one day after he is scheduled to attend ASEAN meet in Philippines
•President Donald Trump will skip a key Asia summit at the end of his trip to the region in November.
Watch: Army says battle for Philippine city against ISIS linked militants to end soon
•Philippine troops Sunday bombed militants loyal to the Islamic State group who have held out for over four months in a southern city and the military said the conflict would be over "very soon".
Philippine Army says battle for Marawi to end 'very soon', 1,000 dead
•Philippine troops bombed militants loyal to the Islamic State group who have held out for over four months in a southern city and the military said the conflict would be over "very soon".
Activists ask Apple to remove games from its App store that promote violence in Philippines drug war
•A group of civil society organisations has demanded that Apple Inc remove from its app store games it said violated the tech firm’s guidelines.
Philippines: 32 killed in one day in President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs
Ians •Manila: Police in the Philippines said that 32 drug suspects had been killed in a span of 24 hours in one of the bloodiest days since President Rodrigo Duterte launched an initiative last year to fight the narcotics trade.
US, Japan, Australia slam Beijing over island building and militarisation of South China Sea
•China claims nearly all of the sea, through which $5 trillion in annual shipping trade passes and which is believed to sit atop vast oil and gas deposits.