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Hataman: Why rush anti-terror bill, but not Marawi siege victims' compensation?

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 10 07:08 PM

MANILA — Deputy House Speaker Mujiv Hataman on Wednesday called out his colleagues for rushing a new anti-terrorism legislation, but leaving behind bills seeking to compensate victims of the 2017 Marawi siege.   Read more »

Jehovah's Witness jailed in Russia for extremism, lawyer says

Alexander Marrow, Reuters
Posted at Jun 09 06:41 PM

The ruling at the Pskov City Court, handed to 61-year-old Gennady Shpakovskiy, was the harshest sentence for a Jehovah's Witness in Russia since a Supreme Court decision in 2017 ruled the Christian denomination was an extremist organization and should disband, the group said. Read more »

House releases new vote results on anti-terror bill after clarifications

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 10:53 PM

The House of Representatives on Thursday corrected the votes cast for the controversial House Bill 6875, which seeks to amend the country's current anti-terrorism law. Read more »

Protest all you want? Sotto says gov’t critics won’t be classified as terrorists

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 11:50 PM

Protesters, government critics and those who exercise their civil and political rights will not be branded as suspected terrorists under the proposed Anti-Terrorism bill, Senate President Vicente Sotto III assured on Wednesday. Read more »

Biazon withdraws as anti-terror bill sponsor a day after defending it

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 11:44 PM

MANILA - A lawmaker who sponsored the controversial anti-terror bill which critics fear could be used to suppress free speech and harass those who go against President Rodrigo Duterte, withdrew as author of the legislation a day after defending it. Read more »

Why tough new anti-terror bill strikes fear—even to non-terrorists

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 02 09:13 PM

A new bill granting Philippine state forces sweeping powers against terrorists has sparked fears that it may be also used to crack down on legitimate dissent under President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Saudi promo video labels feminism, atheism, homosexuality as extremist ideas

Reuters
Posted at Nov 12 05:01 AM

DUBAI—A promotional video published by Saudi Arabia's state security agency categorizes feminism, homosexuality and atheism as extremist ideas, even as the conservative Muslim kingdom seeks to promote tolerance and attract foreigners. Read more »

Baghdadi's wife revealed Islamic State group secrets after capture

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 07 05:40 PM

She was said to be the "first wife" of the IS leader, who was killed in a US special forces raid in Syria last month. Read more »

Russia jails Jehovah's Witness member for 6 years amid crackdown on religious group

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 05 06:59 PM

Russia outlawed the Jehovah's Witnesses in 2017, calling them an extremist organization. Read more »

OPINION: Reading and learning from history

Edmund Tayao
Posted at Sep 16 04:07 PM

Imagine a world where there are no phones, internet, cars and airplanes, only the same people in different clothes and belonging to different political aggrupations. Then ask yourself if everything is a lot better. Read more »

Taliban forces attack northern Afghan city amid peace talks with US

Reuters
Posted at Aug 31 07:08 PM

Taliban forces attacked the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday, Afghan and Taliban officials said, even as the United States and the hardline Islamist group seem close to finalizing a deal for the withdrawal of American troops. Read more »

Australia plans to censor extremist online content

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 26 12:26 PM

Australia plans to block websites to stop the spread of extreme content during "crisis events," the country's prime minister has said. Read more »

Alleged terrorist surfaces, denies extremist ties: DOJ chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 11:33 AM

One of 3 alleged terrorists who reportedly slipped into the Philippines has denied any extremist link, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Tuesday. Read more »

Duterte prays: Spare us from ISIS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 04:06 AM

MANILA—President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday he prayed to God to spare the country from possible attacks by the Islamic State (ISIS). Read more »

7 foreign terrorists 'grooming' suicide bombers in Mindanao: official

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 24 09:32 PM

Seven foreign terrorists are "grooming" locals to become suicide bombers in the restive south, a military official said Wednesday. Read more »

Somalia security forces end militant attack on hotel that killed 13

Reuters
Posted at Jul 13 02:48 PM

MOGADISHU - Somalia's security forces on Saturday ended an overnight attack by the al Shabaab Islamist militant group on a hotel in the southern port city of Kismayu that killed at least 13, a police officer said. Read more »

1 of 2 suicide bombers in Sulu twin blasts confirmed to be Filipino

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 08:24 PM

The Philippine National Police (PNP) verified Norman Lasuca as one of the two suspects who blew themselves up after targeting a military camp in Indanan. Three soldiers died in the incident. Read more »

Military probes 'suicide bombing' angle in Sulu blasts

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 02 09:22 AM

The military on Tuesday said it was still investigating whether or not suicide bombers carried out the twin blasts that killed 8 people and injured 22 others near a camp of soldiers in the restive south last week.  Read more »

Metro Manila safe from 'direct threat' after Sulu blasts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 07:20 AM

The Metro Manila police on Monday said it has not monitored any direct threat to the region following Islamic State-claimed bombings that left 8 dead near a military camp in the restive south last week.    Read more »

Reject foreign extremism, defense dept tells public after Sulu twin blasts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 30 12:27 PM

The Department of National Defense on Sunday urged the public to "be adamant in our rejection of foreign extremist ideologies" following Islamic State-claimed bombings that left 8 dead near a military camp in the southern province of Sulu.  Read more »