Soldiers have found the body of a German woman on an abandoned yacht in the troubled waters of the southern Philippines and suspect her companion may have been taken captive by Islamist Abu Sayyaf rebels, the military said on Monday.
Five Malaysian hostages are on the run with their Abu Sayyaf captors in the mountainous jungles of Jolo amid an intense sustained Philippines military offensive against the gunmen.
The government of Philippines has ordered Abu Sayyaf bandits to surrender and release all their hostages or they will face massive strikes, Indonesian defense minister disclosed here on Thursday.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday that the Muslim rebel groups should sever their connection with the terrorist Abu Sayyaf group for the peace process to succeed.
Three Marine soldiers were killed when they were ambushed by a group of Abu Sayyaf Group members in south Philippine province of Sulu on Thursday, said local authorities.
The military on Monday claimed to have killed around 40 members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in skirmishes in the southern Philippines since last week as part of the military's efforts to end the terrorist group.
A senior Philippine government official said Sunday that he is ready to talk with the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)for the safe release of a Norwegian hostage in southern province of Sulu.
Three Abu Sayyaf men were killed and around 10 others and 16 soldiers were wounded in a firefight in Patikul town in Sulu in southern Philippines on Tuesday afternoon.
The Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia agreed on Monday to take possible coordinated actions, including sea and air patrols, to stop an alarming wave of cross-border kidnappings and boat attacks by Abu Sayyaf extremists and other outlaws.
US-trained Philippine Army troops arrive in Jolo island for deployment against Abu Sayyaf rebels on August 24, 2002, as part of a government campaign that over decades has weakened but not eliminated the movement (AFP Photo/Romeo Gacad)More
Abu Sayyaf militant group in the Philippines has freed four other Indonesian nationals abducted on March 15, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said here on Wednesday.
Islamic militants in the Philippines have beheaded a Canadian hostage, raising fears for more than 20 other foreigners held captive on remote islands, with troops and police vowing Tuesday (April 26) to hunt down the extremists.
Ten Indonesian crewmen were reportedly kidnapped by terrorist group Abu Sayyaf off Tawi-tawi in southern Philippines, military sources said on Monday.
Abu Sayyaf gunmen freed its unharmed captive mayor in a remote village in Sulu of southern Philippines Tuesday morning, after holding her six months in the jungle, according to authorities. There was no immediate report if ransom was paid in exchange for the release of kidnap victim Mayor Gemma Adana, who was escorted by local officials at the house of Sulu vice Gov. Sakur Tan.
The Islamist movement of Hamas condemned the United State for blacklisting of its members as international terrorists, a Hamas official said on Tuesday.
The Philippine government assured Sunday that security forces have been doing all they can to prevent a spillover of clashes in southern Philippines amid an all- out offensive against lawless elements and terrorist group in the region.
Iraqi Interior Ministry confirmed Sunday that the Islamic State (IS) top leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was injured in a previous air strike, which also killed several senior leaders of the extremist group, an official Iraqi television reported.
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