Tag: martial law

Islamist militants in the Philippines have beheaded seven local loggers they kidnapped last week in their stronghold in the strife-torn ...

Philippine troops have seized 59 suspected militants trying to reinforce Islamist gunmen holed up in the southern city of Marawai ...

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been ousted from power by the Supreme Court, an unceremonious end to his third ...

Western governments are warning their citizens against travelling to nearly all of the southern third of the Philippines, citing the ...

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

The Philippine Congress on Saturday voted to extend President Rodrigo Duterte's declaration of martial law in the south until the ...

The Philippine Congress opened a special session Saturday to vote on President Rodrigo Duterte's bid for an extension of martial ...

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 ...

Four of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's bodyguards were shot and wounded on Wednesday by suspected communist rebels a day after ...

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

When saxophonist Chen Shen-ching was jailed during Taiwan's "White Terror" political purges, it was music that helped him hold on ...

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 ...

The Philippines' Supreme Court on Tuesday endorsed President Rodrigo Duterte's enforcement of martial law across the southern third of the ...

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

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to jail critics of his use of martial law in the violence-wracked south, days ...

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