Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs” claimed thousands of lives. For years, Catholic priest Flaviano Villanueva has gathered evidence of alleged extrajudicial killings by hiding witnesses and exhuming the bodies of drug war victims. 101 East - Al Jazeera travels to the Philippines to meet Villanueva and the star witness taking on Duterte. WATCH: aje.io/priest | Al Jazeera English

Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has arrived at The Hague for his ICC trial into the thousands of extrajudicial killings during his war on drugs and crime during his six-year presidency. | Al Jazeera English

The #WestPhilippineSea is one of the biggest thorns in Philippine-China relations. China refuses to honor the ruling of the UN court in The Hague that the WPS is part of Philippine maritime territory. The WPS has been the scene of many conflicts and encounters between Chinese and Filipino ships. China has been accused of harassing and using water cannons against beleaguered Philippine Coast Guard vessels and fishermen’s boats and instituting a food blockade to the Filipino troops stationed in th