Illegal cigarette smuggling has become a significant contributor to funding terrorism and organized crime, both in the Philippines and around the globe, authorities and ...

Abu Sayyaf is one of several groups in the Philippines to have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group Abu Sayyaf is one of the smallest and most violent jihadist groups in the southern ...

TWO former members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) were killed in an ambush in a remote area in Sumisip, Basilan province, the ...

Harsim Abdulajid, a member of the Abu Sayyaf, was arrested during a raid on his residence at the FTI Complex in Taguig, Metro Manila, on June 17, foiling what could be an attempted Abu Sayyaf plot ...

Two Vietnamese men have been beheaded by Philippine Islamist group Abu Sayyaf, the country's military said. Their bodies were found on Basilan island in the country's south, a stronghold of the group.

To recall, the Abu Sayyaf members in April 2000 kidnapped 21 people—of which 10 were Western tourists, 9 were Malaysians, and ...

Two former Abu Sayyaf bandits were killed in an attack by unidentified assailants in Sumisip, Basilan on Monday. Police ...

Lawmakers and law enforcement officials warned that the unchecked proliferation of the illicit tobacco trade is financing ...

COTABATO CITY — The last four remaining Abu Sayyaf terrorists in Basilan province in the Bangsamoro region pledged allegiance to the government on Thursday, December 26. Major Gen. Antonio ...

Authorities have arrested the alleged mastermind in the kidnapping of American blogger Elliot Eastman in Zamboanga del Norte, ...

(REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco) The Marawi assault came just months after security forces attacked the mountain lair of Isnilon Hapilon, a long-time leader of Abu Sayyaf, or “Father of the Sword”, a ...

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — The military has declared Basilan free from the presence of Abu Sayyaf bandits after the remaining eight members of the group surrendered on Thursday. Brig.