The State Department on Friday, August 6, announced the addition of five alleged Islamist militants to its Specially Designated Global Terrorist list, requiring the blocking of any ownership or interests in US properties they hold.
The Taliban declared the war in Afghanistan was over after insurgents took control of the presidential palace in Kabul as US-led forces departed and Western nations scrambled on Monday to evacuate their citizens.
America’s longest war is nearing its end, with a loss to the enemy it defeated in Afghanistan nearly 20 years ago, shock that the government and military it supported collapsed so quickly, and chaotic eleventh-hour evacuation operations.
Renewed clashes between government forces and ISIS-inspired terrorists forced more than 2,000 villagers to evacuate to safer ground in Lanao del Norte, just one province away from where a 2017 battle destroyed the predominantly Muslim city of Marawi.
The Army’s 36th Infantry Battalion (36IB) has reported the exhumation of the skeletal remains of a victim of summary execution by the communist New People’s Army (NPA) in Surigao del Sur.
The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) is probing the alleged involvement of companies and even some politicians supporting the communist terrorist New People’s Army (NPA)
A Palace official on Thursday lamented that the government’s ongoing efforts to confront the unseen coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) are greatly burdened by local communist terrorist groups.
Malacañang on Thursday said the anti-insurgency funds allotted to the Philippine National Police (PNP) are not being used for political purposes.
New People’s Army rebels on Wednesday afternoon snatched and killed a leader of the Philippine Army’s (PA) Community Support Program (CSP) Sustainment Team in Barangay Lahug in the municipality of Tapaz in Capiz while on his way to follow up on development projects for the village.
The Duterte administration has notable achievements in terms of peace and order that include the creation of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar said on Friday.
A Bangladesh court on Tuesday sentenced six Islamist extremists to death for the brutal murders of two gay rights activists, prosecutors said.
Four student leaders from Hong Kong’s top university were arrested on Wednesday for “advocating terrorism,” police said.