Isabelle Huppert stars as an aid worker snatched by Islamic extremist group Abu Sayyaf in Filipino director Brillante Mendoza's "Captive", which premiered at the Berlin film festival Sunday. The French-Filipino-German-British production is based on the ...

The military said its US-backed airstrikes last week on a remote southern island killed three senior leaders from the Al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and Abu Sayyaf networks, as well as 12 junior figures. But it was not able to immediately provide ...

The Philippines has said its US-backed airstrike on February 2 killed three senior leaders from the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) networks, as well as 12 junior figures. The bodies were taken away by fellow militants in ...

The Philippines has said its US-backed airstrike on February 2 killed three senior leaders from the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) networks, as well as 12 junior figures. The bodies were taken away by fellow militants in line with ...

Abu Sayyaf commander Umbra Jumdail, who was killed in an air strike last Thursday on Jolo island, was tracked down with the help of Filipino villagers, a Philippines military intelligence official said on Sunday. Jumdail had taken a course related to ...

The air raid struck an Islamic extremists camp located near the town of Parang (Jolo), killing 15 terrorists. Among the dead Zulfifli bin Hir, head of Jemaah Islamiah, Gumbahali Jumdail, leader of Abu Sayyaf and Mumanda Ali, one of the authors of the Bali ...