Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his speech to overseas Filipina workers (OFW) that arrived in Manila from Kuwait are at the Manila International Airport on February 13, 2018. Kuwait's foreign minister on February 13 condemned what he called an "escalation" by Manila after the Philippines expanded a ban on its nationals working in Kuwait. Manila on February 12 announced a "total ban" on new employment in Kuwait, including Filipinos who had already obtained employment permits but had not yet left for the Gulf country. Pic/AFP

Human rights groups say the Philippine president's remarks about troops shooting female communist rebels in the genitals to render them "useless" can encourage sexual violence and war crimes.