Islamic militants who specialise in kidnappings-for-ransom have reported killing a German sailor and abducting her elderly male companion from their yacht in waters off the southern Philippines, the military said Monday.
Islamic militants in the Philippines have freed three Indonesian sailors abducted at sea, officials said, in the latest release by the Abu Sayyaf group after a kidnapping spree in the restive south.
At least 10 people died and dozens were injured when an explosion rocked Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's home city of Davao on Friday night, authorities said.
Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped another Indonesian sailor in the Sulu Sea where numerous seafarers have been abducted by Islamist extremists in recent months, officials said Sunday.
The Philippines confirmed on Tuesday the execution of a Canadian who had been held hostage by the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf militant group on a remote southern island ...
The Canadian government has "reason to believe" that Canadian hostage Robert Hall has been killed by his captors in the Philippines, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement on Monday.
Four Indonesian sailors kidnapped by suspected militants in the strife-torn southern Philipines were released Wednesday, officials said, the second group of Indonesian hostages ...
An Indonesian sailor has told how Islamic militants in the Philippines threatened to slit his throat during a terrifying kidnap ordeal, a day after he and nine other crew members were released.
Ten Indonesian sailors abducted by Abu Sayyaf Islamic militants were freed in the southern Philippines on Sunday after five weeks in captivity, Philippine police said.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino vowed Wednesday to launch a military assault aimed at ‘neutralising’ Abu Sayyaf Islamic militants who beheaded a Canadian hostage ...
Gunmen have abducted four Indonesian sailors and shot and wounded one crew member on the high seas off the east coast of Malaysia's Sabah state, waters where Abu Sayyaf militants are known to operate, a senior police official said Saturday.
A retired Italian priest held hostage for six months by suspected militants left a Philippine hospital Saturday a day after his ordeal ended, looking frail though officials said he was in good health.
