MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A captured Abu Sayyaf commander told investigators that a top Southeast Asian terror suspect, who the military reported was killed in a U ...

U.S. Special Forces killed an alleged senior Daesh commander during a raid aimed to capture him in Syria, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said Saturday. “Last night, at the direction of the ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Eight more Abu Sayyaf extremists have been killed and a top militant commander has been wounded as Philippine troops pressed a major offensive in the country's south ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Latest on clashes between Philippine forces and suspected militants (all times local): 1 p.m. The young Abu Sayyaf commander killed in battle had been regarded by the ...

Philippine military aircraft fired rockets and dropped assault troops Thursday on a southern island where an Abu Sayyaf commander wanted by Washington has been sighted with his men, officials said.

JOLO, Philippines (AP) — An Abu Sayyaf commander aligned with the Islamic State group most likely plotted the suicide attacks on an army camp in the volatile southern Philippines by two militants ...

MANILA — A battle between Philippine marines and Muslim militants, who launched a surprise attack to regain control of a captured jungle training encampment, has left 14 Abu Sayyaf fighters and one ...