Islamist militants battling security forces in a southern Philippine city have taken hostages, including a local priest, the Catholic Church said Wednesday, after President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law to combat the gunmen. “Father Chito Suganob and others were in the Cathedral of Our Lady Help of Christians when members of the Maute fighting group … Read more
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law Tuesday in the southern region of Mindanao, where security forces have been battling Islamic State group-linked militants, his spokesman said. “As of 10:00pm Manila time Duterte has declared martial law for the entire island of Mindanao,” spokesman Ernesto Abella said in a nationally televised briefing from Moscow where … Read more
A 40-year-old Tunisian man who was held on suspicion of being an accomplice of suspected jihadist Berlin truck attacker Anis Amri has been freed, German prosecutors said Thursday. Investigations had shown that the unnamed man detained Wednesday “is not the suspected contact of Anis Amri,” said a spokeswoman for the federal prosecution service which handles … Read more