Senator Christopher "Bong" Go has extended his deepest sympathies to the bereaved families of the military personnel that lost their lives in a deadly encounter between Philippine Army soldiers and members of the Islamic State (IS)-linked Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) in Lanao del...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief, General Romeo Brawner Jr. (sitting, second from left) meets with leaders of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and security officials in Marawi City on Dec. 4, 2023 following a deadly blast at the Mindanao State University on Dec....
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is validating information that Islamic State (IS) is responsible for the explosion at a gymnasium inside the Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City which claimed the lives of four people.Col. Xerxes Trinidad, chief of AFP public affairs office, said...
WASHINGTON, United States -- A US military raid in Somalia ordered by President Joe Biden killed a key regional leader of the Islamic State group, Bilal al-Sudani, US officials said Thursday.
Sudani was killed during a gunfight after US troops descended on a mountainous cave complex in northern...
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- The Islamic State jihadist group said Wednesday that its leader Abu Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi has been killed in battle and announced a replacement to head up its remaining sleeper cells.
A spokesman for IS said Hashimi, an Iraqi, was killed "in combat with enemies of God",...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- At least 16 people were killed in bomb blasts in two Afghan cities on Thursday -- attacks claimed by the Islamic State group (IS).
Since Taliban fighters seized control of Afghanistan last year after ousting the US-backed government, the number of bombings has fallen but the...
BEIRUT, Lebanon – The Islamic State group Thursday confirmed the death of its leader Abu Ibrahim al-Qurashi, more than a month after his demise, and named Abu Hasan al-Hashemi al-Qurashi as his successor.
Little is known about the new leader, who will serve as the jihadist group's third...
Daesh leader Abu Ibrahim Al Hashami Al Qureshi (AFP)
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - President Joe Biden said Thursday that a ''terrorist threat to the world'' was removed when the head of the Islamic State blew himself up, as US special forces swooped on his Syrian hideout in an...
President Duterte vowed that the government will remain steadfast in securing the country against terrorism, violent extremism, and other lawless elements.
President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a televised public briefing. (Screenshot from Facebook live)
The Chief Executive made this...
The Taliban said on Monday they had destroyed an Islamic State cell in the Afghan capital, hours after a suspected IS attack on a mosque killed five people.
(AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN)
The Taliban's chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said fighters carried out the operation in the north of Kabul on...
ALEXANDRIA, United States -- Alexanda Kotey, a member of the notorious Islamic State kidnapping cell dubbed the ''Beatles,'' pleaded guilty Thursday in a US court to charges of conspiring to murder four American hostages.
British Islamic State members El Shafee Elsheikh (L) and Alexanda Kotey (R)...
