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Philippine troops kill nine Islamist militants
Published on 27/01/2024
» MANILA - Government troops killed nine members of a pro-Islamic State group in the southern Philippines, the military said on Saturday, including two suspects in a deadly blast at a Roman Catholic mass last month.
3 dead in blast during Mass in Philippine university gym
Published on 03/12/2023
» MANILA: Three people were killed and nine wounded when an explosion ripped through a Catholic Mass in a university gymnasium in the southern Philippines on Sunday, police said.
Philippines' Marcos visits Indonesia in first overseas trip as president
Published on 05/09/2022
» JAKARTA: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr met with his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo on Monday for a state visit focused on bolstering defence, trade and other ties between the two neighbours.
Timeline: Philippine President Duterte's tumultuous term
Reuters, Published on 03/10/2021
» MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has announced he will retire from politics, opening the way for his daughter to run for president in next year's election.
Philippine army may seek martial law return after suicide attacks
Reuters, Published on 25/08/2020
» MANILA: Twin blasts that killed 15 people in the volatile southern Philippines could both have been suicide bombings, the military said on Tuesday, representing an escalation of violence that the army chief said may require martial law to be re-imposed.
Philippines' Duterte threatens martial law-like virus crackdown
AFP, Published on 17/04/2020
» MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened a martial law-like crackdown to stop people flouting a virus lockdown in the nation's capital.
On guard against terror
Asia focus, Published on 03/02/2020
» When President Donald Trump ordered American troops to withdraw last October from northeastern Syria, critics said the decision would play into the hands of terrorists, with ramifications beyond the Middle East.
Duterte to end martial law in Philippine south after 2 years
Reuters, Published on 10/12/2019
» MANILA: President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to end more than two years of martial law in the southern Philippines after government forces considerably weakened Islamic militant groups there with the capture and killing of their leaders, his spokesman said Tuesday.
Duterte calls for probe after mess
Sports, Published on 30/11/2019
» Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has called for a probe into the preparations for the Southeast Asian Games, which officially start today after a messy build-up marked by last-minute construction and logistical problems.
In the line of fire
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 04/11/2019
» One day in September, while they were resting after a day's labour in the fields, 30 civilians were killed by a US drone strike intended to hit an Islamic State hideout in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan.