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Swiss hostage escapes Abu Sayyaf extremists in south Philippines, gets wounded

MANILA, Philippines — A Swiss hostage escaped Saturday from Abu Sayyaf extremists after hacking one militant commander and getting shot …

500,000 Filipinos evacuated as storm’s path widens

MANILA, Philippines — Half a million Filipinos fled their homes as differing forecasts about the path of a dangerously erratic …

Wide swath of the Philippines carry out evacuations, brace for dangerously erratic typhoon

MANILA, Philippines—A wide swathe of the Philippines, including the bustling capital Manila, braced Friday as a dangerously erratic and powerful …

Approaching Philippine typhoon brings back nightmares in central region devastated by Haiyan

MANILA, Philippines—Villagers fled coastal homes and sparked panic-buying in grocery stores and gas stations in the central Philippines on Thursday …

5 years after Philippine massacre, justice still elusive, witnesses are killed, trial drags on

MANILA, Philippines — Five years after gunmen flagged down a convoy of cars in a southern Philippine province and massacred …

Amid murder case, top Philippine diplomat says pact with US ‘imperfect’ but likely to stay

MANILA, Philippines — A security pact that allows thousands of American troops to join large-scale combat exercises in the Philippines …

2 rings of security 1 US, 1 Filipino around arrested Marine reflect sore spot in relations

Murder suspect transferred to Philippine camp, guarded by fellow US Marines after deal reached

MANILA, Philippines—A U.S. Marine suspected in the gruesome killing of a transgender Filipino was flown Wednesday from his warship to the Philippine military’s main camp, …

US Marine suspected in transgender killing in Philippines tests country’s American alliance

OLONGAPO, Philippines — Inside a funeral parlour, a Filipino mother sits and weeps next to a coffin containing the body …

PH military tracker dogs to help look for Germans and other hostages held by militants

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine military is deploying 10 teams of tracker dogs to help locate about a dozen hostages …