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How A Botched Raid Led To Martial Law In the Philippines
It was meant to be a "surgical operation" to capture one of the world's most wanted terrorists, who was hiding and...
Philippine Troops Bomb Islamist Militants In City
Philippine security forces bombed a southern city on Thursday as they battled Islamist militants who were holding...
Philippine Troops Battle Islamist Militants In City
Philippine troops aboard helicopters and in armoured tanks battled Islamist militants inside a southern city on...
Victory At Last For Taiwan’s Veteran Gay Rights Champion
Draped with rainbow flags and waving a huge rainbow banner, celebrated activist Chi Chia-wei stood triumphant in front...
Philippine Islamists Beheaded Local Police Chief, Duterte Says
He said the attack occurred near the southern city of Marawi, which is under siege by Islamic militants, as...
Philippines’ Duterte Mulls Imposing Martial Law Nationwide
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday he may impose martial law throughout the nation, after declaring...
Gunmen In Philippines Take Hostages, Including Priest
Islamist militants battling security forces in a southern Philippine city have taken hostages, including a local...
Martial Law In Southern Philippines
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has imposed martial law on the southern region of Mindanao to combat militants who...
Mindanao Martial Law Could Last A Year
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said martial law on Mindanao island could last a year, while the army fights...
Duterte Vows ‘harsh’ Martial Law In Southern Philippines
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned Wednesday that martial law would be "harsh" and like a dictatorship, after...
Martial Law In Southern Philippines Could Last A Year
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday martial law in the southern region of Mindanao could last a year,...
Philippines Soldiers Battle Isis-Linked Gunmen On Marawi City Streets
A group of heavily-armed militants from a group linked to Isis have reportedly stormed a city in the Philippines and...
Duterte Declares Martial Law In Southern Philippines
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law Tuesday in the southern region of Mindanao, where security...
Game Over? Taiwan’s Struggling Kuomintang
The Kuomintang party dominated Taiwan for decades with its wealth and an iron fist -- but now it is battling to keep a...
One Man’s Fight For Gay Marriage In Taiwan
For Chi Chia-wei the imminent court decision that could make Taiwan the first place in Asia to recognise gay marriage...
Duterte Offers Authoritarianism As Philippine Panacea
Three turbulent decades after the Philippines shed dictatorship, President Rodrigo Duterte is offering a return to...
Theater Work Offers Dystopian View of Trump’s America
President Donald Trump's chest-thumping nationalism and harsh immigration policies are the subject of a new play...
Philippines’ Duterte Reignites Martial Law Fears
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned Thursday he may impose martial law and suspend elections for tens of...
S. Koreans Jubilant, Or Stunned By President’s Sacking
Thousands of younger demonstrators erupted with joy while a rival older crowd angrily clashed with riot police -- two...