![Antonio Guterres speaks during the 75th annual UN General Assembly, which is being held mostly virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic in New York City, USA [United Nations/Handout via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2020-09-22T155019Z_593657905_RC2R3J90NH91_RTRMADP_3_UN-ASSEMBLY.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
UN chief warns against a new Cold War between US and China as world leaders decry growing superpower rivalry.
Philippines
![In his more than four years in office, it was the first time that Duterte addressed the UN body, which marks its 75th anniversary this year [Manuel Elias/UN via AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/000_8QH6ZN-1.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Philippine president says Manila ‘firmly rejects’ attempts to undermine 2016 ruling declaring China’s claim illegal.
A funeral parlour in Manila becomes a window into the lives and deaths shaping President Duterte’s...
![President Rodrigo Duterte's move to pardon Pemberton has sparked condemnation from activists who described the move as a 'mockery of justice' [Rolex dela Pena/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/6cb66ba39aa741f09455bbb2d56d9255_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Joseph Scott Pemberton was found guilty of killing Jennifer Laude outside a former US Navy base...
![Pemberton was jailed in 2015 for killing Jennifer Laude near a former US navy base north of the capital, Manila [Eloisa Lopez/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/927fd79e7a2843fdba9865c642d982eb_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton was jailed in 2015 for killing Jennifer Laude in Olongapo City.
![Florence in her bedroom, contacting her family on the day of her rescue [Ylenia Gostoli/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/a98735d9f29b44a39a11ba2d816c83e3_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
During lockdown overseas domestic workers became even more vulnerable to abuse, but one woman is helping them escape.
The age of sexual consent is 12 years in the Philippines, one of the lowest in the world.
![A Filipino crew member believed to be onboard Gulf Livestock 1 is rescued by a Japan coastguard boat [Japan Coast Guard/ Handout via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/174c2ba18df94b2d83b61a9cef9cb9c6_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Japan’s coastguard said one Filipino crew member had so far been found during the search.
The network was forced to let go of thousands of its employees after Congress voted against the renewal of its licence.
![Sulu is known as the stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf Group, an armed group that has allied itself with ISIL [File: Nickee Butlangan/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/7296f9cca4404358868525a0fd25f4c1_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
One of the two attackers likely the Indonesian wife of first Filipino suicide bomber, killed in 2019.
![Authorities said a motorcycle loaded with improvised explosive device went off near a military truck in Jolo [Nickee Butlangan/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/82f77bcbcd424011865e3efc317420db_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Female suicide bomber blamed for second of twin attacks in mainly Muslim island, a stronghold of Abu Sayyaf Group.
A strict lockdown in the capital, Manila, is easing, and many are hoping it will help kick-start economic recovery.
![In an interview with Al Jazeera's 101 East presenter Mary Ann Jolley in 2019, Alvarez accused the police of having a direct hand in the deadly incidents against farmers in Negros island [Al Jazeera 101 East Documentary: Duterte's New War]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/8f2d630cb786433c9d92cd23645a29d0_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Zara Alvarez is 13th member of her group to be killed since President Rodrigo Duterte came to power in 2016.
![At least one person was killed and 43 injured when the earthquake shook the central Philippines on August 18, sending residents fleeing their homes and damaging buildings and roads [Courtesy of Javee Vallecer/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/92edf6f7580d4564a4d6725f3e480253_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Magnitude 6.6 earthquake damaged buildings and roads and sent residents fleeing their homes.