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MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine security forces killed Thursday the leader of a Muslim militant group that has carried out deadly attacks on civilians to win support from Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria, authorities said. Mohammad Jaafar Maguid, founder and leader of Ansarul Khilafa Philippines, was tracked down and shot at a beach resort on the southern island of Mindanao shortly after midnight, while three “cohorts” were arrested, a police report said. Ansarul […]
KUALA LUMPUR , Malaysia (AFP) — A Malaysian court has convicted three locals and 14 Filipinos of terror-related offences, some punishable by death, following an armed incursion that left scores dead and paralyzed a remote corner of Borneo for weeks, a lawyer said Monday. The 2013 siege, inspired by a self-proclaimed Filipino sultan who tried to resurrect long-dormant land claims, saw clashes between Malaysian forces and some 200 Filipino militants who had arrived by boat […]
(Eagle News) – With a speech that lasted for more than an hour and 30 minutes, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivered his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) where he promised to bring an “enduring peace” to the country before his term ends and to help the poor and underprivileged in society. Duterte on Monday, July 25, also outlined what he would do in the next six years, including fighting crime, reducing poverty, establishing […]
(Reuters) A large explosion was heard in central Kabul several hours after a suicide attack on a building of the national security agency killed dozens of people and wounded hundreds more in the Afghan capital earlier on Tuesday. Sirens could be heard but it was not immediately clear what had caused the blast or whether there were any casualties. (Reporting by James Mackenzie; Editing by Paul Tait)
The Syrian government and its opposition have reached an agreement on evacuating the besieged militants and families in three towns under UN mediation, sources said Sunday. According to the agreement, militants trapped in the Syrian-Lebanon border town of Zabadani will be allowed to head for the airport in Lebanon’s capital Beirut through a secure channel and leave for Turkey under the supervision of the International Red Cross, starting from Monday, sources said. The militants have […]
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(Reuters) – A militant Islamist group has warned tourists to leave Egypt and threatened to attack any who stay in the country after February 20, raising the prospect of a new front in a fast-growing insurgency. The Sinai-based Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group, which claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed two South Korean tourists and an Egyptian on Sunday, made the statement on an affiliated Twitter account. “We recommend tourists to get out safely […]
