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Islamic militants launched a day-long assault on a southern Philippine village Wednesday during which they held 31 people hostage inside ...

Islamic militants occupied a primary school and took hostages in a southern Philippine village on Wednesday, a few hours drive ...

Inside the "Heroes' Ward" at a hospital in the Philippine capital, wounded soldiers read the Bible and recount horror stories ...

About 200 gunmen attacked troops and occupied a primary school in a southern Philippine village on Wednesday, in what appeared ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte apologised Tuesday for a military offensive that has left the nation's main Muslim city in ruins, ...

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

Philippine troops pounded Islamist militants holding parts of southern Marawi city with air strikes and artillery Saturday as more soldiers ...

Islamist militants holding parts of a Philippine city are killing civilians who try to flee while using others as orderlies ...

Embattled Philippine troops struggling to force out Islamist militants from a southern city raised the national flag for Independence Day ...

US forces are providing the Philippines with technical assistance to end a siege of the southern town of Marawi by ...

United States special forces are providing support to the Philippine military battling to dislodge Islamist militants in a southern city, ...

The Philippine military on Friday asked Facebook to close dozens of accounts linked to Islamist militants who attacked a southern ...

More than 200,000 people displaced after Islamist militants attacked a southern Philippine city are facing deadly health risks, relief groups ...

One local politician has been arrested and others are wanted for supporting Islamist militants who have taken over parts of ...

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 ...

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