Rappler's latest stories on world leaders
Democratic leaders give historic commitment based on Declaration on Information and Democracy
Twelve countries launch a political process aimed at providing democratic guarantees for news and information and freedom of opinion
World leaders ignore rights in China, says multi-awarded author
Esteemed novelist Yan Lianke says Beijing needs to face up to its human rights issues, but visiting politicians 'don't really care about these things now'
IN PHOTOS: Handshakes that shook the world
US President Donald Trump's handshake with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore marks a historic moment
LIST: World leaders attending ASEAN 2017 in the Philippines
'This series of meetings is the largest gathering of world leaders that the Philippines will be hosting during this chairmanship year,' says DFA spokesman Robespierre Bolivar
Trump versus the rest as violent G20 wraps up
US President Donald Trump remains at loggerheads with fellow leaders over climate change as the most fractious and violent G20 summit to date drew to a close ahead of fresh mass protests
Twitter most preferred social media platform of world leaders
Twitter is the go to platform of world leaders governments and foreign ministries
VLOG: APEC spouses tour historic Intramuros
President Benigno Aquino s sisters toured the world leaders spouses
APEC Look back: Where were 2015 APEC world leaders in 1996?
Rappler lists what the heads of state of APEC member economies were doing back when the Philippines first hosted the high level meetings in 1996
World leaders head to Saudi to meet new King Salman
British Prime Minister David Cameron Prince Charles and French President Francois Hollande are among the first leaders expected to arrive in Saudi Arabia
Protesters interrupt Aquino forum at US university
Youth activists interrupt a forum with President Benigno Aquino III at New York s Columbia University They stood up to protest his alleged inaction on impunity in the Philippines and the supposed corruption of aid for Super Typhoon Yolanda Haiyan victims
UN chief at climate summit: Let's make history
The world s largest gathering on climate change opens in the United Nations attended by 120 world leaders
World finance chiefs fall short on growth plan
G20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs pledged to follow up on reforms and support a rescue program for Ukraine but there was little firm action on how to stimulate world growth further
World leaders to honor Mandela as South Africa mourns
Preparations begin to host world leaders flying to South Africa to pay their respects to the late anti apartheid icon
World leaders mourn loss in PH due to Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan)
Heads of government and international organizations express condolences for the Filipino people
Nelson Mandela 'continues to get better': Zuma
Nelson Mandela continues to get better after more than a week in hospital battling a lung infection although his condition remains serious
Calls for Syria action as Arab world on Davos centre stage
Leaders heard calls for urgent action over Syria s escalating civil war as the Arab world took centre stage at the Davos forum
World leaders hail Obama victory, pledge cooperation
Congratulations poured in from across the world Britain China France and Russia as well as staunch US Middle East ally Israel and Obama s ancestral home in Kenya
Erap and deposed leaders: He beats them all
The candidacy of Joseph Estrada marks the first time in recent history that a deposed world leader would try to run for a lower public position
Greek euro exit looms as G8 gathers
World leaders meet on May 18 with focus on Greece s economic crisis
