President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the mandatory evacuation of all Filipinos in Iraq and Iran as tensions between Washington and Tehran continued to escalate, his spokesman announced on Wednesday.

COMMAND CONFERENCE President Rodrigo Duterte presides over a joint command conference with the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police in Malacañang on Wednesday. MALACAÑANG PHOTO

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