The Latest Breaking News from Ferdinand Marcos Jr

Guardian correspondents look at the buildup of tensions across the region, from North Korea to the Pacific islands

Former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday defended the bloody crackdown on drugs that defined his presidency and said he was ready to "face the music", as the International Criminal Court investigates thousands of killings on his watch.

Senior Chinese and Filipino diplomats are meeting in Manila to review their relations amid thorny issues

President Marcos Jr says US military base locations include northern Philippine province which faces South China Sea.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has defended his decision to allow a larger United States military presence in the country as vital to territorial defense

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Wednesday that four new military bases under a defense agreement with the U.S. would be located in various parts of the Philippines, including in a province facing the South China Sea.

Since the dawn of international politics, smaller states have faced the formidable challenge of navigating great-power rivalries. Today, it is the geopolitical contest between the US and China that has compelled countries to balance their competing national interests. Toward which side they gravitate depends on domestic and external circumstances.

The court is looking at the deaths of thousands of people after former President Rodrigo Duterte began his ‘drugs war’.

The Philippines and the United States will carry out their biggest ever joint military drills next month, a spokesperson for the annual war games said on Tuesday, highlighting improved ties with the Western power under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.