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Kabul blasts kill at least 25, including journalists

KABUL"•At least 25 people were killed, including Agence France-Presse chief photographer Shah Marai and five other journalists, when two suicide blasts ripped through Kabul...

Afghans bury their dead after attack that killed 57

KABUL"•Hundreds of grieving Afghans buried their loved ones in Kabul on Monday amid growing anger over a suicide attack on a voter registration center...

Philippines issues security alert in Syria

THE Philippine government continues to monitor the situation in Damascus and has issued the latest security advisory to Filipino nationals residing there amid looming...

Years after hanging, Saddam mystery lives on

AL-AWJAH, Iraq—In his native village of Al-Awjah, the mausoleum of Iraq’s executed dictator Saddam Hussein has been reduced to broken concrete and tangled barbed...

Egypt extends emergency state for 4th time

EGYPT­—Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi extended for three months from Saturday a state of emergency for the fourth time since it was first declared...

DoJ starts hearing PNP appeal on dismissal

THE Department of Justice has begun hearing the appeal of the Philippine National Police on the dismissal of criminal charges against the arrested Egyptian...

Dutch water filter system widens access to potable water in PH

“Mahirap makipagbakbakan nang may LBM.” This was posted on Facebook by a soldier who fought in the five-month-long armed conflict in Marawi City after it...

‘ASG hostages prevent full-scale military attack’

The presence of the 10 remaining hostages of the Islamic State-inspired Abu Sayyaf Group had been keeping the military at bay in its operations,...

Twin explosion wounds cop, four civilians

JOINT police and Philippine Marine troops have launched a manhunt against two men blamed for the twin explosions in Upi, Maguindanao on Friday evening,...

Philippine government offers sympathy to France over is-owned terror attack

THE Philippine government, through the Department of Foreign Affairs, on Saturday extended its sympathies to France after three persons were killed there while two...

Rody snipes at Canada anew over chopper deal

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte called Canada “stupid” for its aborted deal to sell $233 million worth of helicopters to the government, and said he would...

PAF receives six US drones, beefs up anti-terror assets

The United States gave the Philippine air force on Tuesday its first surveillance drone system, as the two nations step up cooperation in the...

ASG leader named ISIS emir in SE Asia

THE Islamic State in Southeast Asia has announced a new “emir” to replace Isnilon Hapilon, the Abu Sayyaf leader who was killed in the...

US tags Maute IS ally, blocks terror funding

THE United States added the Maute group as an affiliate of the Islamic State in its list of foreign terrorist organizations, a move that...
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