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Duterte to lift martial law in southern Philippines
MANILA: President Rodrigo Duterte will lift martial law in the southern Philippines by year's end, his spokesman said Tuesday (Dec 10), more than two years after it was imposed in an attempt to stop the Islamic State group gaining a foothold there.
Three cops and a civilian hurt in Abu attack in Sulu
ZAMBOANGA CITY (ANN): Three police officers and a civilian security volunteer have been hurt in an attack by the Abu Sayyaf in Patikul, Sulu on Wednesday (Dec 4) night.
Silence from Philippine govt drives price for hostages snatched from Sabah down
KOTA KINABALU: Abu Sayyaf gunmen, who are holding three Indonesians snatched from Sabah’s east coast waters two months ago, are getting desperate with no response from Filipino authorities to their ransom demand, say intelligence sources.
Hostages recount nightmare
Zamboanga: A British man and his wife rescued this week from militant captors in the Philippines’ south say they were chained and threatened with beheading if they didn’t deliver a ransom.
Freed UK hostage and wife: We're chained and threatened in Philippines
Zamboanga (AFP): A British man and his wife rescued this week from Islamist captors in the Philippines' south say they were chained and threatened with beheading if they didn't deliver a ransom.
British hostages safe after Philippine troops clash with Islamist rebels
MANILA: British hostages safe after Philippine troops clash with Islamist rebels
British hostages safe after Philippine troops clash with Islamist rebels
MANILA (Reuters) - Soldiers in the southern Philippines rescued a British man and woman from members of an Islamist militant group, the army said on Monday, after their captors fled during a military operation.
Philippine army foils suicide bombing bid linked to IS
MANILA: Soldiers in the southern Philippines foiled what the army said was an attempted suicide bombing in an urban area, the latest in a series of attacks blamed on a group aligned with the Islamic State (IS) group.
Recently released Abu Sayyaf gunman Murphy Ladja no longer a threat to Sabah, says Esscom chief
KOTA KINABALU: Security forces in Sabah's east coast do not view notorious Abu Sayyaf-linked gunman Murphy Basaluddin Ladja as a threat, after Filipino authorities freed him due to lack of witnesses.
Philippine army says it thwarted a suicide bombing in town in restive south
MANILA (Reuters) - Soldiers in the southern Philippines foiled what the army said on Wednesday was an attempted suicide bombing in an urban area, the latest in a series of attacks blamed on a group aligned with Islamic State.