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Philippine Health Secretary Francisco Duque III gestures as he answers questions from reporters in Manila, Philippines, Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. The Philippines has put on hold its dengue immunization program after new findings by vaccine manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur that severe cases of dengue can occur among those vaccinated without prior dengue infection. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines puts dengue immunization program on hold

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From left: Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, U.S. President Donald Trump, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong pose for a family photo during the ASEAN-US 40th Anniversary commemorative Summit in Manila, Philippines on Monday, November 13, 2017. (Manan Vatsyayana/Pool photo via AP) **FILE**

Donald Trump calls Asia trip ‘fruitful’ with trade progress, nuclear reassurance

By Guy Taylor and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana gestures during a conference on &quot;ASEAN Leadership amid a New World Order&quot; at the financial district of Makati, metropolitan Manila, Philippines Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017. Lorenzana says Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has stopped construction work on a newly formed sandbar in the disputed South China Sea after a protest from Beijing. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines backs down in S. China Sea after Beijing protest

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, left, walks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as they review a guard of honor at Abe's official residence in Tokyo Monday, Oct. 30, 2017. Duterte is on a two-day visit to Japan. (Nicolas Datiche/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan offers Duterte aid for rebuilding, fighting terrorism

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

A member of the U.S. Army who trains Philippine troopers welcomes a wounded Philippine National Police Special Action Force who just got back from Marawi, southern Philippines, as they arrive at Camp Bagong Diwa, south of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. The Islamic State group sent at least $1.5 million to finance the recently ended siege of the southern Philippine city of Marawi, with the assault leaders using the 2014 IS seizure of the Iraqi city of Mosul as a blueprint, the Philippine military chief recently said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Mattis reaffirms U.S. commitment to Philippines counterterror mission after fall of ISIS-held city

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Australian forces to train Filipino troops on urban warfare

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

In this Aug. 15, 2015, file photo, North Korean soldiers stand guard at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in North Korea, on Liberation Day, the anniversary of the end of World War II in 1945 and the Korean Peninsula's liberation from Japanese colonial rule. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

Donald Trump’s Asia trip to skip Korean Demilitarized Zone

By S.A. Miller and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A mosque with its dome blasted out with holes is seen at the battle-scarred Marawi city in southern Philippines Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Two days after President Rodrigo Duterte declared the liberation of Marawi city, the military announced the killing of more suspected militants in the continuing military offensive. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

5 months of Marawi siege reveals Philippine city in ruins

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Syrian Democratic Forces fighters ride atop of military vehicle as they celebrate victory in Raqqa, Syria. (Reuters)

ISIS to spread ideology, operations around world after Middle East losses

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Man sentenced for paying people to sexually abuse children

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President Donald Trump listens to Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo during a meeting with first responders at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump invites Las Vegas shooting victims to White House

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Philippine Bureau of Immigration spokesperson Attorney Ma. Antonette Mangrobang shows the travel records of Marilou Danley in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. Records showed Danley left the Philippines on Oct. 3. Danley was the girlfriend of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

The Latest: Gun shop owner recalls visit by Vegas shooter

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Asked by reporters if the mass shooting at an outdoor concert Sunday night would prompt him to consider gun control legislation, President Trump said, "We have a tragedy. We'll be talking about gun laws as time goes by." (Associated Press)

Donald Trump says gun laws will be considered; core voter base at stake

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

People load into buses destined to different Strip Casinos following a mass shooting at the Route 91 music festival along the Las Vegas Strip, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. UNLV's Thomas &amp; Mack Center was opened as a place of refuge. (Yasmina Chavez/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

Without evidence, Islamic State claims Las Vegas shooting

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2017 file photo, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, left, shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping before a meeting at The Great Hall Of The People in Beijing. Xi welcomed Lee to Beijing as the two sides seek to patch up relations following months of tensions over China’s claims in the South China Sea and relations with the U.S. (Lintao Zhang/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

Philippines assures Vietnam of fair probe on dead fishermen

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Islamic State claimed over the weekend that its Philippine affiliate, known as the Maute group, killed 50 troops as government forces launched a massive offensive to drive militants out of Marawi. (Associated Press/File)

ISIS affiliate Maute a tough foe for Philippines, U.S. in Marawi

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Friday, April 21, 2017 photo, engineers from NAMRIA, the central mapping agency of the Philippine Government, survey the area around the Philippine-claimed Thitu Island with a sandbar sitting on the horizon off the disputed South China Sea in western Philippines. On Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, two Filipino security officials said China has deployed its navy and coast guard ships in a cluster of uninhabited sandbars in the disputed South China Sea amid concerns that the Philippines may build structures on them in an emerging territorial issue that the government stated was quickly resolved. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Filipino officials: Chinese navy stalked Philippine area

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Chinese planes will be flying from a facility at Jiwani, Pakistan — a port close to the Iranian border on the Gulf of Oman — as part of a push for greater power projection capabilities along strategic sea routes. (Associated Press/File)

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

Department of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol holds a manual for Avian Influenza Protection during a news conference on the confirmation of the first bird flu case in the country Friday, Aug. 11, 2017 in Manila, Philippines. Pinol said the Philippines will cull at least 400,000 birds after confirming its first bird flu outbreak, but that no animal-to-human transmission has been reported. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Philippines to cull 200,000 fowl after bird flu outbreak

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