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Legislators in the Philippines have voted overwhelmingly to extend martial law to deal with an Islamist insurgency in the restive ...

A Vietnamese sailor being held hostage by Islamist gunmen in the southern Philippines was killed during a gunbattle between the ...

Islamist gunmen led by one of the world's most wanted terrorists still hold about 1,500 buildings in a southern Philippine ...

Islamist militants occupying parts of a southern Philippine city used a water route to bring in ammunition and evacuate wounded ...

A Roman Catholic priest abducted by Islamist militants who seized parts of a southern Philippine city has been seen alive, ...

An eight-hour ceasefire in a Philippine city allowing residents to celebrate the end of Ramadan came to an abrupt end ...

One of America's most wanted terrorists may have escaped a five-week battle with Islamist militants in a southern Philippine city, ...

Philippine troops have rescued a Vietnamese sailor held hostage for seven months by Islamist militants in the country's south, the ...

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

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday ordered the military to "crush" Islamist militants still occupying parts of a southern city, ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte offered large bounties Monday for the leaders of Islamist fighters holding parts of a southern city ...

There are about 1,200 Islamic State (IS) group operatives in the Philippines, including foreigners of whom 40 are from Indonesia, ...

Philippine authorities said Sunday they were trying to negotiate a ceasefire in a war-torn southern city to rescue up to ...

Dozens of people ran to freedom through a terrifying gauntlet of military air strikes and Islamist gunmen Saturday, nearly two ...

Loud explosions rang out in the now mostly deserted city of Marawai on Friday as Philippine fighter jets launched fresh ...

Philippine airstrikes aimed at Islamist militants who are holding hostages as human shields killed 11 soldiers, authorities said Thursday, as ...

Philippine airstrikes aimed at Islamist militants who are holding hostages as human shields in a southern city killed 11 soldiers, ...

Philippine airstrikes aimed at Islamist militants who are holding hostages as human shields in a southern city killed 11 soldiers, ...

Ten soldiers have been killed in a government air strike in the embattled city of Marawi in the Philippines. Eight ...

Philippine military airstrikes aimed at Islamist militants who are battling soldiers in a southern city instead killed 10 troops and ...