Southeast Asia had its own terror network of violent Salafist extremists, which was connected to al Qaeda and focused on ...

A hundred rapid deployment Army troops, trained in ranger-style maneuvers, arrived in Basilan on Sunday, April 20, to support ...

A NOTORIOUS former Abu Sayyaf operative apparently linked to various criminal activities in Mindanao who has been on the run for 16 years was arrested by police trackers on Monday in Barangay Dita, ...

A court has sentenced to life 17 Islamic militants for kidnapping 21 people, including European tourists and Asian workers, ...

Maintaining peace in its volatile Bangsamoro region is important for the Philippines, amid its bid for one of the 10 ...

James Hookway is a foreign news editor at The Wall Street Journal.

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines -- The Philippine military says it has decimated the support base of the Abu Sayyaf kidnappers following the arrest of dozens of the group's members and supporters.

Members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM) have claimed responsibility for numerous attacks on civilians in the Philippines, and are implicated in many others.

She could have migrated to Manila like many promising journalists, but she persisted in Zamboanga where she practiced her ...

(REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco) The Marawi assault came just months after security forces attacked the mountain lair of Isnilon Hapilon, a long-time leader of Abu Sayyaf, or “Father of the Sword”, a ...

The heightened precautions were a result of Abu Sayyaf, a militant separatist group aligned with Islamic State that has conducted kidnappings and demanded ransoms in recent years. While passengers ...