23-05-2017 19:29 via rocketnews.com

Duterte declares martial rule in besieged south Philippines

View photosPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte, center, leaves a plane upon his arrival at government airport Vnukovo II just outside Moscow, Russia, late Monday, May 22, 2017. President Rodrigo Duterte is on his official visit to Russia. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
MoreMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared the country’s south under martial rule for 60 days and cut short a visit to Moscow on Tuesday after Muslim extremists al
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