Duterte threatens to cut ties with Iceland

Updated July 16 2019 - 10:53am, first published 10:46am
Rodrigo Duterte says the West is scornful of his country's "sovereign exercise" of fighting drugs.
Rodrigo Duterte says the West is scornful of his country's "sovereign exercise" of fighting drugs.

The Philippine president is "seriously considering" cutting diplomatic ties with Iceland, which spearheaded a resolution that asked the UN's top human rights body to look into the thousands of deaths of suspects under his anti-drug crackdown.

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