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Contradicting Trump, Merkel says Islamic State not yet defeated

Joseph Nasr, Reuters
Posted at Feb 08 10:08 PM

BERLIN - Islamic State is far from defeated, and instead is morphing into an asymmetrical warfare force after the militant group lost almost all of the territory it once controlled in Syria, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday. Read more »

Duterte to terrorists: Don’t surrender because I’ll kill you

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 07 11:07 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday again lashed out at Islamic State-inspired terrorists in the Philippines, days after he ordered the military to pummel their lairs in the hinterlands of Mindanao.   Read more »

US promises to keep IS fight after '100 percent' defeat

Shaun Tandon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 07 06:58 AM

The United States promised Wednesday to stay focused on permanently destroying the Islamic State group but asked concerned allies to contribute more, as President Donald Trump boasted that the extremists will soon have lost all their territory in Syria. Read more »

Protesters assail CPP-NPA 'terrorism'

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 06:56 PM

Protesters wear costumes during a protest rally denouncing the armed leftist organization, New People’s Army (NPA) in front of the building were the Deutsch Embassy is located in Paseo De Roxas in Makati, Wednesday. Read more »

Duterte honors soldiers killed in Jolo blasts, clash with Abu Sayyaf

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 11:22 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday visited the families of the soldiers killed in the blasts that hit a Catholic Church in Jolo, Sulu and the clash between government troops and Abu Sayyaf bandits in Patikul, Sulu. Read more »

De Lima: ‘Gangster-like’ Duterte cannot protect PH from terrorists

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 10:35 AM

MANILA - Senator Leila de Lima on Monday said the “gangster-like antics” of President Rodrigo Duterte do not seem to scare terrorists, as she raised doubts on the capability of the tough-talking chief executive to protect the country and its citizens. Read more »

Pope Francis calls for end to wars in Middle East

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 05 01:27 AM

Pope Francis on Monday called for an end to wars in the Middle East during the first visit by the head of the Catholic church to the birthplace of Islam -- the Arabian Peninsula. Read more »

PNP declares Jolo blast 'case closed'

Chiara Zambrano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 05 04:59 PM

The Philippine National Police on Monday declared the Jolo cathedral bombing "case closed" after authorities took custody of the man allegedly linked to both the mastermind and the bombers. Read more »

5 suspek sa Jolo church bombings hawak na ng pulisya

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 07:46 PM

Hawak na ng mga awtoridad ang pangunahing suspek at apat na iba pang lalaking dawit umano sa magkasunod na pagsabog sa isang simbahan sa Jolo, Sulu. Read more »

5 suspects in Jolo blasts in police custody

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 10:00 PM

Alias Kamah, brother of bandit leader Surakah Ingog, and 4 other individuals allegedly involved in the bombing are now in police custody, said Director General Oscar Albayalde, chief of the Philippine National Police. Read more »

Ilang Katoliko sa Jolo lakas-loob nagmisa 1 linggo matapos ang pagsabog

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 03 08:25 PM

Isang linggo matapos yanigin ng dalawang pagsabog ang isang katedral sa Jolo, Sulu, lakas-loob dumalo ng misa ang ilang Katoliko para ipakita ang kanilang pananampalataya. Read more »

Mga bakwit sa Patikul, Sulu nakilahok sa peace rally kontra terorismo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 02:47 PM

Aabot sa 500 tao mula sa bayan ng Patikul, Sulu ang nakilahok sa isang peace rally, Linggo, upang kundenahin ang pagkukuta ng Abu Sayyaf sa kanilang lugar. Read more »

Thousands of Muslims, Christians join solidarity walk in Quezon City

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 02:03 PM

Around 3,000 people from different religions made a statement against terror by joining a symbolic march at the Quezon Memorial Circle, Sunday, a week after twin blasts in a Jolo cathedral killed dozens and injured at least a hundred others.  Read more »

8 patay sa engkuwentro ng militar, Abu Sayyaf sa Sulu

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 02 10:53 PM

Kaakibat ng engkuwentro ang paghuli kay Hajan Sawadjaan, lider ng grupo na pinaniniwalaang responsable sa suicide bombing sa Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral sa Jolo, Sulu na ikinamatay ng 22 katao at ikinasugat ng higit 100 iba pa noong Enero 27.   Read more »

Soldiers clash with Abu Sayyaf rebels in Sulu, several dead

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 02 10:32 PM

MANILA - Government troops on Saturday clashed with Abu Sayyaf rebels in Patikul, Sulu, among them a suspect in the twin blasts that killed 22 and hurt at least 100 others in Jolo town last week.  Read more »

Indonesian suicide bombers behind Jolo blasts: Año

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 02 01:55 AM

He said the bombers were a couple who had ties to the Islamic State. Read more »

UNHCR officer backs PH probe on Jolo terror suspects

David Dizon, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 09:04 AM

BANGKOK - An official of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) regional office in Thailand is backing a full investigation into the suicide bombing in Jolo that killed 22 people, saying that terrorism is a global problem that affects many states. Read more »

'Mga suicide bomber nasa likod ng Jolo blast'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 01 08:38 PM

Ayon kay Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, Indonesian couple ang nasa likod ng mga pambobomba at ang gumabay sa kanila ay mga miyembro ng bandidong grupo na Abu Sayyaf. Read more »

Sulu police: Suicide bombers behind Jolo twin blasts

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 01 08:19 PM

The twin blasts in the Jolo Cathedral that killed dozens of people was perpetrated by suicide bombers, the military confirmed Friday, nearly a week after the explosion happened. Read more »

Jolo blast death toll climbs to 22: military

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 01 11:10 AM

The death toll due to twin explosions in a Sulu cathedral earlier this week has risen to 22, authorities said Friday, 5 days after the blast took place during a Sunday mass in Jolo. Read more »