Tag: Marawi crisis

The Philippine Congress sits in a special session Saturday to vote on President Rodrigo Duterte's bid for longer military rule ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte made a surprise visit to the wartorn city of Marawi on Thursday where troops are still ...

Singapore said Wednesday it has offered surveillance drones and urban warfare training to Philippine troops battling Islamist fighters, to prevent ...

President Rodrigo Duterte has asked lawmakers to extend martial law in the southern Philippines as the initial two-month limit approaches ...

A Philippine military jet accidentally killed two soldiers and injured 11 others as troops fought to retake a southern city ...

Children and hostages are being forced to fight alongside pro-Islamic State gunmen waging a seven-week battle for a Philippine city, ...

Snipers in high-rise buildings are the main problem facing Philippine forces battling to crush pro-Islamic State fighters who have occupied ...

A gun-toting Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte made a surprise visit Friday to a military camp close to a city where ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to eat alive the Islamist militants behind the abduction and beheadings of two Vietnamese ...

Two Vietnamese men have been beheaded by Philippine Islamist group Abu Sayyaf, the country’s military said. Their bodies were found ...

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

US and Philippine warships on Saturday conducted a joint patrol of southern waters known as a hunting ground for local ...

Islamist militants occupying a southern Philippine city have forced nearly 400,000 people in the wider area to flee their homes, ...

China vowed Thursday to continue providing the Philippines with "necessary assistance", a day after Beijing donated thousands of weapons to ...

China on Wednesday donated thousands of guns to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to help Manila in its battle against Islamist ...

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 ...

The Philippine armed forces declared an eight-hour ceasefire Sunday in its ongoing offensive against Islamist militants occupying parts of the ...

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