Philippines

Gunfire was heard for hours after the attack as army troops and police searched for the escaped inmates in the surrounding forests.

Airlines cancelled flights as winds of 185 kilometres slams into the eastern Philippines.

Rodrigo Duterte told business leaders in Manila he had personally dealt with criminal suspects when he was mayor of Davao.

The Philippine president famously called the Pope a "son of a bitch" and told Barack Obama to "go to hell".

The Philippines President has said that his comments comparing himself to Adolf Hitler are not comparisons.

The president of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte has said he would be "happy to slaughter" as many drug addicts as Hitler did Jews.

A hijacking alarm on board a flight from Saudi Arabia turned out to be false after the aircraft landed in the Philippines.

Speaking to reporters at the conclusion of his visit to Laos on Thursday, Obama said he didn't take the comment personally.

President Obama cancelled what would have been his first meeting with the Philippine president after Rodrigo Duterte made a 'vulgar' insult.

A memorial service has been held in honour of the 14 people killed in a blast in the Philippine city of Davao, amid demands for justice.