FILE - In this Friday, June 20, 2014 file photo, a Philippine police officer escorts Abu Sayyaf extremist group leader Khair Mundos, right, after his arraignment at courts inside a police camp in ...

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 ...

MAIBUNG, Sulu — In a province once known as a stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf Group, former members of the terrorist organization are now being helped to return to education and rebuild their lives. At ...

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 ...