In this Aug. 31, 2016 photo released by Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, front center, salutes the flag-draped coffins of 15 soldiers killed in a gunbattle ...

Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson released a five-count indictment alleging the group masterminded the May 2001 kidnappings of three Americans and 17 others in the Philippines. “The United States ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The killing of a Muslim extremist leader on a resort island in the central Philippines this week was a clear victory for the military, but it also drove home an unsettling ...

A deadly plane crash in the Philippines. By Amelia Nierenberg At least 50 people, including three civilians on the ground, were killed in the accident, and it was feared that the toll would climb. By ...

MANILA, Philippines-- Philippine troops battling militants on a central resort island killed a young Abu Sayyaf commander who was involved in the beheadings of two Canadians and a German who had ...