PHILIPPINES SECRET DEATH SQUADS: OFFICER CLAIMS POLICE TEAMS BEHIND WAVE OF KILLINGS

In his Manila brothel the police officer admits that he too contemplates that very point... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINES' DUTERTE CALLED FOR A 'SEPARATION' FROM U.S. HIS TRADE MINISTER IS NOW BACKTRACKING.

On Thursday night in Beijing, President Rodrigo Duterte called for a military and economic separation from the United States... READ MORE›

WE KILLED FOR DUTERTE, FED BODY TO CROCODILE

1 of 10 Full Screen Autoplay Close Skip Ad x Who is Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte?... READ MORE›

NEARLY 90 DEAD IN PHILIPPINE MUDSLIDES, FLOODING AS STORM HITS

In Zamboanga del Norte province, police said 30 people had been killed in the town of Sibuco town and six in Salug... READ MORE›

HUNDREDS OF MILF CHILD SOLDIERS RELEASED IN PHILIPPINES

Example for other armed groups The number of child soldiers in the Philippines remains unknown... READ MORE›

SOCIAL MEDIA REVEALS CHAOS IN PHILIPPINES AS ISIS BATTLE GOVERNMENT FORCES (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

Another photo, widely shared Wednesday, shows a man clad in black raising a black flag on a building beside the same mosque... READ MORE›

13 MARINES KILLED AS FIGHTING RAGES IN MARAWI CITY

'Take down fake Facebook accounts' Also on Friday, the Philippine military asked Facebook to close dozens of accounts linked to fighters in Marawi City... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE-LINKED MILITANTS BESIEGE PHILIPPINE CITY

Last month, troops backed by airstrikes killed dozens of Maute militants and captured their jungle camp near Lanao del Sur's Piagapo town... READ MORE›

GUNMEN STORM PIGCAWAYAN SCHOOL: POLICE

Pigcawayan is in North Cotabato province in the centre of Mindanao island... READ MORE›

MORE THAN 120 KILLED IN PHILIPPINES MUDSLIDES AND FLOODS AS STORM HITS

In Zamboanga del Norte province, police said 42 people had been killed in the towns of Sibuco and Salug... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT DUTERTE TELLS OBAMA TO 'GO TO HELL'

President Rodrigo Duterte gives a fist-bump gesture during his visit to the Philippine army's Camp Mateo in Rizal province east of Manila on Aug. 25... READ MORE›

ISLAMIST MILITANTS STORM SCHOOL IN THE PHILIPPINES, TAKE STUDENTS HOSTAGE

Pro-Islamic State militants have stormed a town and occupied a school in the southern Philippines... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINES SAYS 11 ISIL SYMPATHISERS KILLED IN SIEGE

Fighting continues in the town of Butig, two days after the Maute Group took over a local town hall... READ MORE›

ARMY KILLS ABU SAYYAF, MAUTE COMMANDERS

Marawi siege Army kills Abu Sayyaf, Maute commanders... READ MORE›

DUTERTE HINTS AT WIDER MARTIAL LAW, CITES ISIS THREAT

Last month, troops backed by airstrikes killed dozens of Maute militants and captured their jungle camp near Lanao del Sur's Piagapo town... READ MORE›

BEIJING'S CLAIMS TO SOUTH CHINA SEA REJECTED BY INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL

The islands in the South China Sea have been Chinese territories since ancient times, he said, according to state media... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINE MILITARY RECOVERS 16 BODIES IN CITY BESIEGED BY ISIS-LINKED MILITANTS

On Tuesday, President Rodrigo Duterte declared a 60-day period of martial law in the south to expand his authority to fight the militants... READ MORE›

DOZENS FLEE 'ISIL GUNMEN' IN BESIEGED PHILIPPINE CITY

Marawi City residents describe scenes of panic and tragedy as they attempt to escape battle between troops and fighters... READ MORE›

FILIPINO FIREBRAND RODRIGO DUTERTE JOKES ABOUT PENIS, LASHES AUSTRALIA AGAIN

Mr Duterte told the business forum he would double the salaries of security forces who will be ordered to destroy criminals... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINES MILITARY: DEATH TOLL IN MARAWI TOPS 500

President Rodrigo Duterte declared a 60-day martial law in Mindanao to help boost the fight against the militants in Marawi City... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINE FORCES STRUGGLE TO EVACUATE CITY OVERRUN BY ISLAMIC MILITANTS

As of Monday, 61 militants, 20 government troops and 19 civilians had died in the fighting, according to the military and the authorities... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINES' RODRIGO DUTERTE POSES A MAJOR AND UNPREDICTABLE CHALLENGE TO THE U.S.

U.S. officials are quite concerned, said Jose L. Cuisia, the Philippines' former ambassador to the United States... READ MORE›

LONG ROAD AHEAD FOR MARAWI REBUILDING AS FIGHTING ENDS

The Marawi siege did not only affect Marawi residents, but also the entire Maranao community, he told Al Jazeera... READ MORE›

25, about 390 elite antiterrorism police officers descended on Mamasapano, a tiny remote village on the southern island of Mindanao... READ MORE›

DUTERTE THREATENS MARTIAL LAW IF 'DRUG WAR' IS BLOCKED

A visibly angry Duterte said in a speech on Tuesday, before military troops in the southern island of Mindanao... READ MORE›

DUTERTE DECLARES 'STATE OF LAWLESSNESS' AFTER DEADLY PHILIPPINE BLAST

Video provided by AFP Newslook Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte C arrives at the site of an explosion at a market in Davao City... READ MORE›

INDONESIAN ISIL FIGHTER ARRESTED IN MARAWI

Syaputra reportedly attempted to evade authorities by swimming across Lake Lanao to a town adjacent to Marawi... READ MORE›

US AND PHILIPPINES UNITED BY CHINA RAMP UP ALLIANCE

According to the Philippine Constitution, the United States cannot conduct military operations there but can support the Philippine forces with intelligence and training... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINES ELECTION: RODRIGO DUTERTE IN QUOTES

The frontrunner in the Philippines election, Rodrigo Duterte, is known for saying things that many would consider unsayable... READ MORE›

18 SOLDIERS KILLED BY ABU SAYYAF IN THE PHILIPPINES

Abu Sayyaf was founded in 1991 in Basilan, about 880km south of the capital, Manila... READ MORE›