Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 04:35:00 +0000
DATU ODIN SINSUAT, MAGUINDANAO — The military has launched air strikes Saturday against pro-Islamic State (IS) rebels in Maguindanao as they intensified efforts to crush these militants operating in Mindanao.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 00:32:00 +0000
Director General Oscar Albayalde flew to Jolo, where twin blasts left at least 20 people dead and over a hundred injured.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 23:31:24 +0000
Pope Francis has expressed “firmest reproach” for the twin bombings inside the Catholic cathedral on Jolo island that killed at least 20 people, and is calling for those responsible to change their ways.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 22:32:55 +0000
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for a double bomb attack on a Catholic church in Jolo that killed at least 18 people.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 10:23:48 +0000
Breakaway members of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) slammed on Sunday the holding of a plebiscite on Monday to ratify a law that would put former colleagues at the helm of the autonomous region Bangsamoro, saying they would continue the fight for Islamic State in Mindanao.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 01:32:54 +0000
Military and police foiled early another attempt by IS-linked terrorists to bomb targets in Mindanao after they raided a rebels’ safehouse.
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Credit to Author: Sebastian Castelier| Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 21:11:28 +0000
Thousands of Iraqis, collateral victims of the war on the terrorist group, have found themselves left with war deafness that goes untreated.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2019 06:50:36 +0000
The police are eyeing the possible involvement of local terrorist groups inspired by the ISIS in the deadly blast in front of a mall in Cotabato City on New Year’s Eve.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 04:07:05 +0000
After a year of record bloodshed, Afghans are bracing for a deadlier 2019 with a US drawdown and a presidential vote likely to fuel violence.
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Three members of the Islamic State-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and a civilian were killed in a military operation that prevented a bombing attempt in North Cotabato.
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