Surrender, AFP urges militants
Authorities yesterday urged Islamist militants occupying parts of a southern city to surrender for the sake of trapped civilians, as ...
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Fear, confusion as Marawi burns
Four hungry chickens clawed at rubbish in a deserted street that smelt of corpses as military helicopters skimmed the rooftops ...
No letup in Marawi
Security forces dropped more bombs Saturday on a southern city where they have been battling Islamist militants for five days, ...
Gunmen kill 28 Coptic Christians in Egypt
Egypt launched six air strikes on jihadist camps in Libya Friday after masked gunmen attacked a bus of Coptic Christians ...
6 foreign fighters killed in Marawi
Foreigners are among Islamist gunmen battling security forces here, the government said yesterday, as the reported death toll from four ...
Duterte bares Maute plan for Mindanao
President Duterte yesterday claimed that the Maute Group attack on Marawi City is a prelude to the planned establishment of ...
Security forces bomb militants
Security forces bombed a southern city on Thursday as they battled Islamist militants who were holding hostages and reported to ...
US may ban laptops on all flights from Europe
The Department of Homeland Security is considering banning laptops and other large electronic devices from carry-on bags on flights from ...
IS Afghanistan head killed
The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abdul Hasib, was killed in an operation on April 27 conducted jointly by ...
US issues travel alert for Europe
The US State Department issued a travel alert for Europe on Monday, saying US citizens should be aware of a ...
Cop killed in Paris shooting
A French policeman was shot dead and two others were wounded in central Paris on Thursday night in an attack ...
Our hopes for world peace this Easter Sunday
The violence that has hit many parts of the world for years continued unabated this year. Holy Week this year ...
Kuwaiti tied to Islamic State linked to cartel
A Kuwaiti nabbed by law enforcers for possible links to the dreaded terror group Islamic State could be the same ...
IS leader’s deputy killed in air strike
Ayad al-Jumaili, believed to be a deputy of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in an air strike ...
11 held over London attack
British police said Friday they had made further “significant” arrests over the Islamist-inspired terror attack on parliament, as they released ...
More infrastructures, other projects for more jobs
UNITED States President Donald Trump, addressing a joint session of the US Congress last Tuesday, called for a trillion-dollar program ...