Abu Sayyaf militant group carried out a bomb attack in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's home town that killed at least ...

President Marcos awarded the highest military medal for combat to a deceased Army officer who was killed 15 years ago in a gunbattle with approximately 150 Abu Sayyaf Group ...

With a machete slung around his waist, Muamar Julani was planting coffee in a small field near his home surrounded by coconut trees. The 24-year-old is among former members of the Abu Sayyaf militant ...

Deep in the islands of Sulu province in the southern Philippines, people used to rush home as soon as the sun set, fearing that militants from the Abu Sayyaf group might launch attacks against ...

MANILA, Philippines - An Abu Sayyaf militant leader accused of plotting a recent suicide attack in a Roman Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines may be harbouring a foreign would-be ...

The security level in Sabah's East Coast will be upped including mobilising a commando team from the Special Action Unit (UTK) in tackling issues involving the Abu Sayyaf militant group. The two Abu ...

HEAVY fighting between government forces and Abu Sayyaf militants in the southern Philippines has left at least 15 rebels and three soldiers dead. Regional military spokesman Major Filemon Tan said ...

Government forces have been battling Abu Sayyaf militants in the predominantly Muslim province of Sulu for decades. It was not immediately clear what caused the crash. Regional military commander Lt.

At least 15 people were killed and 75 wounded -- including members of the security forces and civilians -- in twin bombings Monday involving a suicide attacker on a southern Philippine island that ...

"They were watching it and they were happy," she said of the militants, adding that she did not witness the killings. Government forces launched a major offensive against the Abu Sayyaf after the ...

The Abu Sayyaf, which has been linked by Washington and Manila to the international Al Qaida network of militants, is still holding American couple Martin and Gracia Burnham, and Filipina nurse ...

Harsim Abdulajid, a member of the Abu Sayyaf, was arrested during a raid on his residence at the FTI Complex in Taguig, Metro Manila, on June 17, foiling what could be an attempted Abu Sayyaf plot ...