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Philippine troops kill nine Islamist militants
Reuters, 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
Reuters, 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
Reuters, 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.
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.
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.
US to launch new programme to fight extremism in Philippines
Associated Press, Published on 04/06/2019
» MANILA: US and Philippine officials are discussing a new programme to help thwart efforts by Muslim extremists to recruit and mobilise followers after a bloody siege by jihadists aligned with the Islamic State group.
Philippines: US DNA tests confirm death of IS-linked leader
Associated Press, Published on 14/04/2019
» MANILA, Philippines: Philippine officials say US DNA tests have confirmed the death of a Muslim militant leader who helped lead the 2017 siege of southern Marawi city and was regarded as crucial to helping the Islamic State group gain a foothold in the region.
Philippines cathedral bombing sparks peace process worries
AFP, Published on 28/01/2019
» MANILA: The Islamic State-claimed bombing of a Catholic cathedral that killed 20 in the Philippines' restive south put fresh pressure Monday on peace efforts aimed at ending decades of separatist violence.