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Hontiveros calls for sacking of Jolo PNP after deadly twin bombing

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 27 10:20 AM

Opposition Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday called for the relief of all police officers in Jolo, saying the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the area need to be "accountable" for the slay of 4 soldiers that eventually led to Monday's bombings there that left at least 15 dead. Read more »

Military names Sulu attackers: Suicide bomber's widow, Abu Sayyaf leader's wife

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Posted at Aug 26 01:06 PM

The double bombing that killed 14 people in Sulu province this week was the handiwork of the widow of a Filipino suicide bomber and the wife of an Abu Sayyaf leader, a military official said Wednesday.  Read more »

Duterte mulls martial law in Sulu after deadly blasts: Palace

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Updated as of Aug 26 11:00 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte will consider the military and national police's recommendation to declare martial law in the southern province of Sulu, following a double bombing that killed at least 14 people and injured dozens, Malacañang said Wednesday.    Read more »

Both Sulu blasts may have been caused by suicide bombers: police

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Updated as of Aug 26 08:48 AM

Suicide bombers may have carried out both of the blasts that killed 14 people and injured dozens in Sulu province this week, a police official said Wednesday, contrary to earlier reports. Read more »

Police on heightened alert in Metro Manila after Sulu bombings

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 07:15 AM

The Philippine National Police said Wednesday its forces were on heightened alert in Metro Manila despite a lack of imminent terror threat there following a double bombing in the southern province of Sulu. Read more »

Intel officers killed by police in June were tracking Sulu suicide bombers: army chief

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Posted at Aug 25 10:13 PM

The Philippine military said two female suicide bombers were behind the deadly blasts that rocked Sulu province on Monday.  Read more »

Sulu attack 'puts to test' new anti-terror law: solon

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 12:38 PM

The double bomb attack that killed 14 people and injured dozens in the southern province of Sulu "puts to test" the new Anti-Terrorism Act, a lawmaker said Tuesday, as he urged authorities to use the measure against terrorists without committing rights abuses.   Read more »

Filipino suicide bomber’s Indonesian widow may be behind latest Sulu attack: military

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Posted at Aug 25 11:17 AM

The Indonesian widow of the first-ever Filipino suicide bomber could be behind the double bombing that ripped through Jolo, Sulu this week, a military official said Tuesday.    Read more »

Daughter of Jolo church bombers could be behind fresh twin blasts: analyst

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Updated as of Aug 25 08:59 AM

One of 2 deadly explosions that ripped through Jolo, Sulu this week could have been carried out by the daughter of 2 Indonesian suicide bombers that attacked a church there last year, a security analyst said Tuesday. Read more »

No link yet between twin Sulu blasts, earlier slay of 4 soldiers: military

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Updated as of Aug 25 09:58 AM

Investigators have yet to find a link between the twin blasts that killed 14 people in Sulu province this week and the fatal shooting of 4 soldiers there in June, a military official said Tuesday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 24, 2020

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Posted at Aug 25 01:38 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

'Unacceptable': UN strongly condemns Jolo blasts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 12:16 AM

MANILA - The United Nations strongly denounced the twin explosions that rocked Jolo, Sulu on Monday, killing 15 people and wounding dozens of others in what maybe this year's deadliest attack in the country. Read more »

Nagasaki marks 75th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing

Ayano Shimizu, Kyodo News
Updated as of Aug 09 12:16 PM

The mayor of Nagasaki on Sunday pushed the Japanese government to take more action toward realizing a world free of nuclear weapons, amid a global retreat of leadership on the issue, at a memorial ceremony on the 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city. Read more »

A prayer for Hiroshima victims and survivors

Eugene Hoshiko, AP
Posted at Aug 05 04:51 PM

A woman prays before a memorial service for Korean atomic bomb victims in front of the Monument to Korean Victims and Survivors at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, on Wednesday.  Read more »

75 years on, Japan bomb survivors make final pleas for abolition

Kyoko Hasegawa, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 04 12:22 PM

As Japan marks 75 years since the devastating attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the last generation of nuclear bomb survivors are working to ensure their message lives on after them. Read more »

Japan court recognizes more Hiroshima bomb survivors

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 29 05:29 PM

Around 140,000 people were killed in the Hiroshima bombing and its aftermath, and 74,000 perished in the Nagasaki attack. Read more »

Suicide bomber kills, wounds scores in Afghanistan at funeral for policeman

Reuters
Posted at May 12 06:08 PM

KABUL - A suicide bomber in eastern Afghanistan killed and wounded at least 50 men on Tuesday in an attack on the funeral of a police commander attended by government officials and a member of parliament, officials said. Read more »

Suicide bombing in Kabul province kills 3, wounds 15 - ministry

Reuters
Posted at Apr 29 02:15 PM

KABUL - A suicide bombing in Kabul province not far from Afghanistan's capital killed three people and wounded 15 on Wednesday, the Ministry of Interior said. Read more »

Grandson of Abu Sayyaf leader killed in Sulu: military

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Posted at Apr 19 01:50 PM

State forces have killed the grandson of an Abu Sayyaf group leader in the southern Philippine province of Sulu who was allegedly involved in Friday's clash that left 11 soldiers dead, the military said Sunday. Read more »

2 Abu Sayyaf bandits involved in 2018 Basilan blast surrender

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Posted at Feb 22 11:45 AM

Two members of Abu Sayyaf who were reportedly involved in a vehicle bombing at a military checkpoint in Basilan in July 2018 surrendered to authorities on Thursday, the military said. Read more »