MANILA, Philippines (AP) – Philippine marines killed at least 6 Muslim extremists and captured one of their jungle lairs in fighting in the south, military officials said Monday. Backed by village ...

TERNATE, Philippines -- Snipers take out the kidnappers. Minutes later, Philippine marines in rubber boats storm the beach and rescue the captives. Backed by mortar fire, more troops drop by rope from ...

Midday on June 28, a suicide bomber struck a checkpoint outside a military camp in the town of Indanan, on the restive southern Philippine island of Sulu. Moments later, a second bomb exploded. The ...

The Philippine military is pressing the fight against Abu Sayyaf on Jolo Island in the southern Sulu Archipelago. After deploying with U.S. troops late last week, and suffering casualties during an ...