Julie M. Aurelio, Julie S. Alipala Inquirer Mindanao, Philippine Daily Inquirer 05:15 AM March 30th, 2016 ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines—Ten Indonesians were abducted by Abu Sayyaf gunmen in Sulu waters, and a Philippine military source said the gunmen had demanded a ransom of P50 million.
By: Edwin O. Fernandez @inquirerdotnet Inquirer Mindanao 09:22 AM April 5th, 2016 COTABATO CITY — Three students were injured when an improvised explosive device went off inside the premier college here, police said Tuesday.
Published April 11, 2016 6:58pm Updated April 11, 2016 9:16pm The number of Abu Sayyaf terrorists killed in continuous operations by the military in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan, has climbed from five to 13, a Mindanao-based military official said Monday.
Published April 13, 2016 8:52pm Military operations against the Abu Sayyaf in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan, reached its fifth day on Wednesday, with three more terrorists killed, a military official said.
MANILA, Philippines — Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed that the decapitated head of a Caucasian male recovered Monday night in the southern Philippines belongs to one of two Canadians taken hostage by Abu Sayyaf militants in September.
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - A military offensive in Sulu against the Abu Sayyaf continued Tuesday after the bandit group beheaded one Canadian captive in the hinterlands of Patikul town.
Published August 22, 2016 4:02am JERUSALEM - Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip launched a rocket that landed in the Israeli border town of Sderot on Sunday and Israeli aircraft and tanks responded by shelling the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, the army and police said.
By: Totel V. de Jesus @inquirerdotnet INQUIRER.net 05:22 AM September 3rd, 2016 President Rodrigo Duterte early Saturday declared "a state of lawlessness" or "a state of lawless violence" to counter terrorism and strengthen the campaign against illegal-drug trade.
By: Allan Nawal, Germelina Lacorte / @inquirerdotnetInquirer Mindanao / 04:17 PM October 07, 2016 DAVAO CITY—Mayor Sara Duterte on Friday welcomed the arrests of the suspects in the September 2 night market explosion here that killed 15 people and injured 69 others. "It is, however, important for us to remember that the arrest must ultimately lead us to the dismantling of terror groups in our midst or result in the failure of more senseless acts of violence and extremism," Duterte said in a staterment.
By: Kimberlie Quitasol / @inquirerdotnetInquirer Northern Luzon / 12:44 PM October 07, 2016 BAGUIO CITY–Three men were killed while another was injured when they were attacked by a gunman at a carwash on Thursday night (Oct. 6) along Naguilian Road.
By: Tonette Orejas - Bureau Chief / @ttorejasINQInquirer Central Luzon / 08:50 AM November 10, 2016 CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The mayor and vice mayor of a Nueva Ecija town survived an ambush by armed men in Arayat town in Pampanga province on Wednesday (Nov. 9), police said.
Published November 20, 2016 9:20am A man and his four-year-old son were killed in a dynamite explosion inside their house in Vinzons, Camarines Norte on Saturday.
MANILA - (UPDATED) Terror alert 3 has been raised in the entire country, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Thursday, a day after two suspected terrorists declaring allegiance to the Islamic State were arrested for the foiled bomb attack on Roxas Boulevard in Manila.
MANILA, Philippines – The whole country is under Terror Alert Level 3 after authorities nabbed persons of interest in the planting of an improvised bomb explosive near the US Embassy this week.
Published December 11, 2016 10:38am Three troops were killed while 17 more were wounded in a clash with the group of Abu Sayyaf leader Rdaullan Sahiron in Patikul, Sulu Saturday morning.
Published December 11, 2016 9:32am By FULYA OZERKAN, AFP Twenty-nine people were killed, mainly police officers, and 166 wounded in double bombings that struck Istanbul Saturday after a home football match hosted by top side Besiktas, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said.
Berlin (CNN)Streets that would normally be bustling with shoppers and friends meeting over steaming mugs of mulled wine five days before Christmas are eerily quiet.
Published December 11, 2016 7:34am By HUMEYRA PAMUK and MURAD SEZER, Reuters ISTANBUL—Two explosions, one thought to have been a suicide bomb, killed 13 people outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul on Saturday, security sources said, in an attack that appeared to target police hours after a match between two of Turkey's top teams.
Published December 13, 2016 4:51am Some four victims were shot to death late Monday night in a home on Dr. Sixto Antonio Avenue, Pasig City that allegedly functioned as a drug den, Super Radyo James Agustin reported.
December 15, 2016 7:49am Four people were hurt, one critically, in a roadside blast in Marawi City late Wednesday afternoon.
By Agence France-Presse Published Thu, Dec 15, 2016 7:17 AM ALEPPO, Syria – Syrian rebels announced a new evacuation deal for Aleppo civilians and the injured on Wednesday, December 14, after shelling and air strikes sent terrified residents running through the city's streets.
By Christina Mendez (The Philippine Star) | Updated December 15, 2016 - 12:00am PHNOM PENH – The Philippine government is holding informal talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines before yearend to craft the terms of a permanent ceasefire between the two parties before the next round of peace talks in January.
Evacuations have resumed from east Aleppo, with buses and ambulances leaving rebel areas of the Syrian city, a UN official says.
Stuart Williams with Raziye Akkoc, Agence France-Presse Posted at Jan 01 2017 03:07 PM Thirty-nine people, including many foreigners, were killed when a gunman reportedly dressed as Santa Claus stormed an Istanbul nightclub as revelers were celebrating the New Year, the latest carnage to rock Turkey after a bloody 2016.
Leleth Rumaguera, ABS-CBN News Posted at Jan 01 2017 03:16 PM MANDAUE CITY - Some 200 houses and an electronics warehouse were damaged in three separate fires in this southern city during the New Year's Day revelries on Sunday, authorities said.
Published January 5, 2017 8:19pm By AMITA LEGASPI, GMA News Neither the Philippine National Police nor the Armed Forces of the Philippines have monitored any threats in connection with the celebration of the Feast of the Black Nazarene next week so far.
Nigeria's air force killed 50 people and injured 120 in an air strike on a refugee camp in the northeast on Tuesday, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said. The military said the strike had targeted Boko Haram.
Associated Press / 04:28 AM January 22, 2017 PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A bomb exploded Saturday in a market in a northwest tribal region bordering Afghanistan, killing 22 people and wounding at least 50, officials said.
The Philippine defense chief said Monday that 25 hostages are still being held by militants in the southern Philippines but urged that no ransom be paid for their release.
Jewel Reyes, ABS-CBN News Posted at Jan 29 2017 02:24 AM Lamitan city Vice Mayor Orick Furigay confirmed twin explosions in Calle Flores, and Visaya minutes ago.
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Five members of the Abu Sayyaf Group were killed while seven others were wounded in a clash between the armed group and troops of the Joint Task Force Sulu in Barangay Pugad Manaul, Panamao, Sulu on Tuesday, the military confirmed.
MANILA - The Ateneo de Manila University on Wednesday received a bomb threat that prompted authorities to scour its campus, school officials confirmed.
MANILA - The New People's Army announced Wednesday that it has withdrawn its unilateral ceasefire with the government, but promised to continue supporting ongoing peace negotiations between the state and communist rebels.
A deadly dawn raid on the al Qaeda militant group in southern Yemen earlier this week "likely killed" civilians and could include children, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.
MANILA, Philippines – A young officer of the Philippine Army was killed in an alleged ambush by the New People's Army (NPA) in Davao Oriental on Wednesday, February 1, only hours after the communist group terminated its ceasefire with the government.
By Christina Mendez (The Philippine Star) | Updated February 4, 2017 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines - Government peace initiatives with Muslim rebels remain on track, but the Duterte administration foresees more violence as the military continues offensive operations against the Abu Sayyaf and those affiliated with the terrorist Islamic State (IS).
By Christina Mendez (The Philippine Star) | Updated February 4, 2017 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines - Saying he is not in the business of paying policemen for every drug suspect killed, President Duterte blasted Amnesty International (AI) yesterday for its report on how the killing of drug offenders had become a state-sanctioned source of income for law enforcers.
By Audrey Morallo (philstar.com) | Updated February 4, 2017 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines—The Department of National Defense on Friday blamed communist rebels for a hitch in peace talks, which were resumed last year after breaking down during the Aquino administration.
Mon Feb 6, 2017 | 12:42am EST Experts from Russia, Turkey, Iran and the United Nations have started a technical meeting in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, to discuss in detail the implementation of the Syrian ceasefire agreement, Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
Published February 7, 2017 8:46am- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday clarified that President Rodrigo Duterte has not declared an all-out war against the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) despite tagging the group as terrorists.
(Associated Press) | Updated February 8, 2017 - 3:00am BEIRUT — Airstrikes on a rebel-held city in Syria early yesterday killed at least 15 people, wounded dozens more and demolished several buildings, in one of the deadliest attacks since a cease-fire went into effect last year, Syrian activists and medics said.
Posted at Feb 08 2017 04:56 PM Three more members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) were killed as military troops continued its operations against the terrorists in Sulu, military officials said Wednesday.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan - Suspected Islamic State gunmen killed six Afghan employees of the Red Cross delivering relief supplies in snowbound northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said, underscoring the dangers faced by aid workers in the war-battered country.
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh -- More than 1,000 Rohingya Muslims may have been killed in a Myanmar army crackdown, according to two senior United Nations officials dealing with refugees fleeing the violence, suggesting the death toll has been a far greater than previously reported.
More than 100 people have been reported killed during a six-day strike by police in the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo, as hundreds of troops patrolled streets attempting to keep order with schools and businesses closed and public transport frozen.
ABS-CBN News Posted at Feb 11 2017 03:35 PM | Updated as of Feb 11 2017 05:42 PM "Hayaan muna ng mga rebeldeng NPA ang mga sundalo na tumulong muna sa rescue at rehabilitation sa Surigao," AFP Public Affairs chief Col. Edgar Arevalo said.
Published February 16, 2017 11:50pm Updated February 17, 2017 9:33am BY SYED RAZA HASSAN, Reuters KARACHI, Pakistan - A suicide bomber attacked a crowded Sufi shrine in southern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 72 people and wounding dozens more in the deadliest of a wave of bombings across the South Asian nation this week.
Reuters Posted at Feb 20 2017 05:06 PM MANILA - Gunmen in southern Philippine waters killed one crewman of a Vietnamese vessel and abducted seven in what appeared to be the latest attack by pirates in the area, the Philippine coastguard said on Monday.
BY AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Published Thu, Feb 23, 2017 11:37 PM GENEVA, Switzerland – The UN's Syria envoy met rival negotiators gathered for peace talks in Geneva on Thursday, February 23, but even getting them into the same room appeared uncertain as hopes remained slim for a breakthrough.
BY AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Published Fri, Feb 24, 2017 12:15 PM JERUSALEM – Israel will stop issuing work visas to Human Rights Watch staff, the NGO said Friday, February 24, with the Jewish state accusing the group of being "fundamentally biased" against it.
By Sophia Saifi Updated 0620 GMT (1420 HKT) February 24, 2017 CNN)Pakistan's military has announced a major new nationwide operation to deal with militancy in the country in the wake of a string of terrorist attacks.
By Hamdi Alkashali, Ingrid Formanek, Euan McKirdy and Angela Dewan, CNN Updated 0322 GMT (1122 HKT) February 24, 2017 (CNN)Iraqi forces have regained control of the airport in Mosul, part of a monthslong operation to push ISIS militants from the key city.
By Agence France-Presse Published Fri, Feb 24, 2017 6:25 PM BEIRUT, Lebanon (3rd UPDATE) – A suicide bomber attacked Turkish-backed rebels outside the Syrian town of Al-Bab Friday, February 24, killing 51 people in a major blow just hours after they hailed its capture from the Islamic State group.
ABS-CBN News Posted at Feb 25 2017 09:13 PM DAVAO DEL SUR — About 300 families in Bansalan municipality here were evacuated as fighting between government troops and the New People's Army (NPA) continued.
ABS-CBN Posted at Feb 25 2017 10:08 PM Ipinresenta ng 73rd Infantry Battalion ang 13 umano'y miyembro ng New People's Army (NPA) na sumuko.
By Agence France-Presse Published Sun, Feb 26, 2017 1:03 AM GENEVA, Switzerland (UPDATED) – A suicide assault which killed dozens in Syria Saturday, February 25, dealt a further blow to already sputtering UN efforts to launch a new round of talks to end the 6-year conflict.
ABS-CBN News Posted at Feb 26 2017 10:19 PM MANILA -- The Regional Operations Command of the New People's Army (NPA) in southern Mindanao expressed its intention to hold talks with Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte.
ABS-CBN News Posted at Feb 26 2017 10:42 PM MANILA -- The Philippine military is still verifying reports that the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf allegedly beheaded German hostage Jurgen Kantner on Sunday.
ABS-CBN News Posted at Feb 26 2017 11:45 PM DAVAO DEL NORTE - Elements of the 60th Infantry Battalion of Philippine Army conducting a focused military operation encountered around 22 New People's Army rebels under Guerilla Front 33 at Sitio Magdao and Sitio Alongan in Barangay Sagayen, Asuncion, Davao Del Norte Sunday morning.