Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte quits International Criminal Court
(WorldNews Asia)

President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday he was pulling the Philippines out of the treaty underpinning the International Criminal Court, which is examining his deadly drug war. “I therefore declare and forthwith give noticethat the Philippines is withdrawing its ratification of the Rome Statute effective immediately,” Duterte said in a statement. The Hague-based ICC announced last month it was launching a “preliminary examination” of Duterte’s bloody anti-drug......