Philippine military
Philippines’ Duterte Seeks Martial Law Extension
President Rodrigo Duterte has asked lawmakers to extend martial law in the southern Philippines as the initial...
Philippines’ Duterte Vows To Eat Militants After Beheadings
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to eat alive the Islamist militants behind the abduction and...
Philippines Kidnap: Abu Sayyaf Islamists Behead Vietnamese
Two Vietnamese men have been beheaded by Philippine Islamist group Abu Sayyaf, the country’s military said. Their...
Militants Cling On To Hundreds of Buildings In Besieged Philippine…
Islamist gunmen led by one of the world's most wanted terrorists still hold about 1,500 buildings in a southern...
China Offers Philippines More Aid Against Drugs, Terrorism
China vowed Thursday to continue providing the Philippines with "necessary assistance", a day after Beijing donated...
Australia Sends Spy Planes To South Philippines
Australian military spy planes will start flying missions over the southern Philippines to help in the fight against...
Horror Philippine War Tales In Heroes’ Ward
Inside the "Heroes' Ward" at a hospital in the Philippine capital, wounded soldiers read the Bible and recount horror...
US Forces Back Philippine Troops In Islamist Held City
United States special forces are providing support to the Philippine military battling to dislodge Islamist militants...
Philippine Military Asks Facebook To Close Jihadist Accounts
The Philippine military on Friday asked Facebook to close dozens of accounts linked to Islamist militants who attacked...
Philippine War Refugees Facing Deadly Health Risks
More than 200,000 people displaced after Islamist militants attacked a southern Philippine city are facing deadly...
Prayers In the Crossfire of Deadly Philippine Urban Battle
Muhamer Macayman cowered for four days as bullets tore through the shanty home he was hiding in, praying neither the...
Philippine Military Flags Martial Law Censorship
The Philippine military said Friday it would censor the press and social media to protect "national security" across...
Philippine Assault On Extremists Sends 24,000 Fleeing
More than 24,000 people fled their homes as the Philippine military used airstrikes and artillery against Muslim...
US Warns of Kidnapping Threat On Philippine Tourist Island
Terrorists are planning to kidnap foreigners on a Philippine island popular with tourists, the US embassy has warned, a...
Foreign Extremists Killed In Philippine Clash
The Philippine military said Tuesday it had killed almost 40 militants loyal to the Islamic State group, including...
Philippines, US To Hold Annual ‘Balikatan’ Military Drills
The Philippine military said Sunday it would hold annual exercises with US troops next month, reaffirming its...
Japan Loans Manila Military Planes For South China Sea
The Philippines Monday took delivery of two Japanese military surveillance aircraft to help it patrol vital sea lanes...
Benham Rise Sea Territory ‘is Ours’
President Rodrigo Duterte says instructed the military to assert Philippine ownership of a large ocean region off the...
Body of Beheaded German Hostage Found
The Philippine military said on Sunday it had recovered the body of an elderly German hostage who was beheaded by...