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Having already launched a grim, brutal war on drugs that has reportedly led to thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands of arrests, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is now turning his eye to ...

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines, June 17 (UPI) --Some 5,000 Philippine soldiers have been deployed to the southern province of Sulu to track down the Islamist militant group Abu Sayyaf that beheaded two ...

An ambush by Abu Sayyaf rebels in which at least seven Philippine soldiers were killed is a reminder the outfit isn’t finished. Dismissed as violent bandits and unworthy of a place at the negotiating ...

Philippines-based Islamist extremist group Abu Sayyaf says it has abducted a German man off the coast of Malaysia, according to the Philippine military. “The ASG (Abu Sayyaf group) is claiming to have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine government troops have killed a senior member of the Abu Sayyaf rebel group instrumental in a spree ...

Hostages Canadian national Robert Hall, right, and Norwegian national Kjartan Sekkingstad, left, are seen in this undated picture released to local media in Jolo island in southern Philippines ...

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Philippines-based Islamist extremist group Abu Sayyaf has made international headlines with the kidnapping and subsequent killing of Canadian John Ridsdel, whose remains were found the day after a ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine forces have arrested nine women who were related to Abu Sayyaf commanders and militants in the south and could have been “potential suicide bombers,” the military ...