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Militants Flee After Foiled Philippine Resort Kidnap Raid

Islamic militants who landed on a Philippine tourist island triggering deadly clashes with security forces had planned...

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More Troops Sent To Fight Gunmen On Philippine Tourist Island

The Philippines sent military reinforcements to one of its most famous tourist islands Wednesday as a deadly operation...

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Houses Damaged As Strong Quake Hits South Philippines

A strong magnitude 6.0-earthquake hit the southern Philippines at dawn on Wednesday, damaging dozens of houses and...

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Two Malaysian Hostages Found Safe In Philippines

Two ailing Malaysian seamen held hostage by Filipino Muslim militants for eight months were found Thursday aboard a...

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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...

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Philippines’ Duterte Sorry For Dead German Hostage

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte apologised on Tuesday for failing to save an elderly German hostage who was...

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Pro-Islamic State Militants Re-Emerge As Philippine Nightmare

With ultra-fast boats, millions in ransom payments and sympathetic locals, pro-Islamic State militants on lawless...

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Philippine Jihadists Behead German Hostage In Video

Islamic militants in the Philippines have posted a video showing the beheading of a German hostage. Juergen Kantner was...

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Philippe Jihadists Behead German

Islamic militants in the Philippines have posted a video showing the beheading of a German hostage. Jurgen Kantner was...

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Philippine Abu Sayyaf Jihadists Behead German Hostage In Video

Islamic militants in the Philippines have posted a video showing the beheading of a German hostage. Jurgen Kantner was...

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German Hostage Beheaded By Philippine Islamists

Islamic militants in the Philippines have beheaded the German hostage they were holding for ransom, the SITE...

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Thirteen Escape In Latest Philippine Jailbreak

Thirteen detainees facing drug charges escaped from jail on Sunday, the latest in a series of prison breaks in the...

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Pirates Kill Vietnamese Sailor, Kidnap Six Others

Pirates have attacked a Vietnamese-flagged cargo ship off the southern Philippines, killing one seaman and abducting at...

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Aftershocks Rock Philippines Quake City

Thousands of residents of a city in the southern Philippines huddled on the streets on Sunday, two days after a deadly...

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Seven Dead, 120 Injured In Strong Philippine Earthquake

Seven people have died and 120 others injured in a 6.7 magnitude earthquake that rattled Surigao City in the southern...

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Earthquake In Southern Philippines Kills Four, Damages Infrastructure

Four people died and more than 100 were injured Four people died and more than 100 were injured after a powerful...

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U.S Forces Must Leave Philipines

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday called for the withdrawal of U. S. military from a restive southern...

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Philippine President Regrets ‘son of A Bitch’ Remark

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expressed regret Tuesday over his "son of a bitch" remark while referring to...