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Civilians become human shields

HAWI AL-HAWA, Syria"•As fighters from the Islamic State group retreat into a shrinking part of Syria’s Raqa, they are dragging along terrified civilians for...

Pinoy doc faces extradition to US

A FILIPINO suspect in a thwarted terrorist plot to launch attacks on New York’s subway and Times Square will face legal proceedings seeking his...

PH breeding ground for terrorists–Salic

THE Philippines is “a breeding ground for terrorists,” a Filipino suspect in a plot to launch attacks on New York City boasted to his...

Gunman was ‘well-off,’ doted on 90-yr-old ma

LAS VEGAS—Stephen Craig Paddock, the retired accountant who smuggled an arsenal into a swank Las Vegas hotel and mowed down concert-goers from a 32nd...

Deadly fight

This photo, taken on Tuesday, shows Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels from the 118th base command patrolling an area once held by ISIS militants...

‘Humanitarian catastrophe’

Fighting in the troubled southern Philippine region of Mindanao has combined with extreme weather events to create a “humanitarian catastrophe,” French aid groups said...

We lost 10 men fighting rebels–Iqbal

The Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group said Wednesday it had lost 10 fighters in battles to stop a “growing force” of radical militants who...

Baghdad presses assault on Islamic State bastion

BAGHDAD"•Pentagon chief Jim Mattis was in Baghdad Tuesday to show US support for Iraqi forces as they pressed an assault on Tal Afar, the...

Separated by war, Iraqi children wait for parents

DEBAGA, Iraq"•Adel, 15, hasn’t seen his parents for the past nine months, but that was the price to pay to escape the brutal rule...

High-rise snipers keep troopers at bay

SNIPERS in high-rise buildings are the main problem facing Philippine forces battling to crush pro-Islamic State fighters who have occupied a southern city for...

Mosul: ‘graveyard’ OF foreign jihadists

Mosul, Iraq—The decaying bodies of foreign jihadists are piling up among the ruins of Mosul where the last few dozen Islamic State group fighters...

Forces breach IS stronghold

WASHINGTON"•US-backed forces in Syria have entered the most heavily fortified area of Raqa, the de facto capital of the Islamic State group, in what...

Martial law critics warned

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte threatened to jail critics of his declaration of martial law in Mindanao, days before the Supreme Court is set to rule...

US-supported forces cut off last IS escape route in Syria

BEIRUT"•US-backed forces cut off the last escape route for the Islamic State group from Raqa on Thursday, trapping the besieged jihadists inside their de...
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