Former US president Barack Obama

'I am sorry'

Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte has apologised to former US president Barack Obama for calling him a "son of a whore" in 2016, which sparked a new low in their nations' long alliance.

100TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF NELSON MANDELA / Obama warns of 'uncertain times'

Former US president Barack Obama yesterday used a tribute to Nelson Mandela to warn of "strange and uncertain times", a day after Donald Trump refused to challenge Vladimir Putin over interference in US elections.