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Philippine soldiers patrol a deserted street in Marawi. AFP file photo
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Soldiers gesture aboard a military truck as they are deployed to remote villages in Jolo, Sulu southern Philippines October 17, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
Extremists Take Hostages at Philippine School
Radical militants stormed a primary school and took hostages in a southern Philippine village on Wednesday, a few hours away from a city where other militiamen were fighting a month-long war, authorities said. “As of now they are in the school holding the...Caption:
Firefighters near the Resorts World Manila. AFP
Dozens Dead after ‘Deranged’ Gunman Storms Philippine Resort
A masked gunman set fire to a gaming room of the upscale Resorts World Manila entertainment complex in the Philippine capital on Friday, igniting a toxic blaze that killed at least 36 people, authorities said, believing it was a botched robbery attempt and insisting...Caption:
Members of the Philippine National Police Special Reaction Unit gather as part of a police visibility operation. Reuters/Romeo Ranoco
Manila Police Defuse Bomb near U.S. Embassy
Police defused an improvised bomb in a trash bin near the U.S. embassy in the Philippine capital Monday, with militants who had declared allegiance to ISIS likely behind the attempted terrorist attack, authorities said. A taxi passenger dropped the mortar bomb with a...Caption:
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech at the Davao international airport terminal building early on Friday. AFP