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Islamists kill 13 Philippine marines in wartorn Marawi city

Thirteen Philippine marines have been killed in fresh gunbattles with Islamist militants who have overrun parts of a southern city, a military spokesman said...

Long battle feared as militants hold on in Marawi city

With bomb-proof tunnels, anti-tank weapons hidden in mosques, human shields and a "mastery" of the terrain, Islamist militants holed up in a southern Philippine...

Deranged man carried out Resorts World attack: PNP

(Relatives of a victim cry outside Resorts World Manila on June 2, 2017. Photo credits: AFP/Noel Celis) A masked gunman set fire to a gaming...

IS claims its ‘lonewolf soldiers’ staged Resorts World attack

Gunfire was heard at a hotel and a casino resort in the Philippine capital on Friday, and the Islamic State group (IS) quickly claimed...

PNP confirms 34 bodies found after gunman sets fire to Philippine casino

Thirty-four bodies were found Friday in a casino complex after a gunman started a fire in the building, the local police chief said. "According to...

Windows smashed at Philippine casino, but no gunshots: Police

Windows were smashed on Friday at a Philippine casino complex where police were looking for a gunman who had fired an assault rifle, but...

Death toll in Marawi City clashes reaches 129

Fatalities from the battles in Marawi City between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Maute local terrorist group has reached a...

Military tells Islamist militants in Marawi City to surrender

Philippine authorities on Tuesday urged Islamist militants occupying parts of a southern city to surrender for the sake of trapped civilians, as attack helicopters...

Fear and confusion reign as Philippine Muslim city burns

Four hungry chickens clawed at rubbish in a deserted street that smelt of corpses as military helicopters skimmed the rooftops firing rockets while the...

North Korea fires missile in latest provocation

North Korea test-fired a missile Monday into Japan's maritime economic zone -- the latest in a series of provocative launches that have ratcheted up...

AFP: 40 to 50 Maute terrorists keep their defensive positions in Marawi

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Spokesperson Restituto Padilla reports, forty to fifty members of the Maute group still lurk in Marawi City. He, nevertheless,...

Egypt hits jihadists after attack on Christians kills 28

Egypt launched six air strikes on jihadist camps in Libya Friday after masked gunmen attacked a bus of Coptic Christians south of the Egyptian...

Martial law in southern Philippines: What we know

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has imposed martial law on the southern region of Mindanao to combat militants who have declared allegiance to the Islamic State...

Duterte: Islamist militants beheaded local PNP chief

Islamist militants rampaging through a southern Philippine city beheaded a local police chief, President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday. He said the attack occurred near the...
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