MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Abu Sayyaf and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters are among a few small armed groups still struggling to wage a separatist uprising in the southern Philippines.

Asia's most vicious terrorist group has set a deadline of 2pm Monday (Thailand time) to behead at least one of three foreign and one Filipina hostages it holds in the southern Philippines. Abu Sayyaf ...

A deadly plane crash in the Philippines. By Amelia Nierenberg At least 50 people, including three civilians on the ground, were killed in the accident, and it was feared that the toll would climb. By ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Enraged by the beheading of a second Canadian hostage by ransom-seeking Abu Sayyaf extremists, Philippine troops pressed a major offensive in the south Tuesday but there was ...

MANILA, June 27 (Reuters) - The Abu Sayyaf, the smallest and most deadly Muslim militant group in the Philippines, has chosen a Syria-trained Islamic scholar as its new leader, a senior general said ...

The Philippine army said it captured a suspected member of the Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf who allegedly took part in the kidnapping and beheading of at least 10 villagers. Lt. Col. Danilo ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Army 6th Infantry Division, recovered firearms from suspected members of the ...

Another movie-star-handsome young man was nabbed on terrorism charges last week, and he had a story almost as chilling as Amrozi’s in Indonesia. Abdulmukim Edris, a 30-year-old computer school ...

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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine forces killed an Abu Sayyaf militant, who had been implicated in past beheadings, including of 10 Filipino marines and two kidnapped Vietnamese, in a clash in the ...