Philippine military fighting Islamic State-backed militants in Mindanao Battles centered on city of Marawi The Philippines military said it arrested one of the Maute brothers on Thursday, a senior ...

MANILA, Philippines — A Taguig court has convicted the mother of siblings Omar and Abdullah Maute for financing the terror attacks in Marawi City. In a decision ...

Twenty years after obtaining Christian educations, Muslim brothers Omarkhayam and Abdullah Maute returned to their southern Philippine city with the black flags of the Islamic State group and set fire ...

Expert observers in the Philippines concede they don’t know exactly what motivates the people who have sparked deadly battles on the island of Mindanao since late May. Per Philippine media reports, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The head of the Philippines' armed forces vowed Monday to defeat the remains of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in the war ...

MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - On his Facebook profile page Omarkhayam Romato Maute describes himself as a "Walking Time-Bomb". When a band of militants led by Omarkhayam and one of his brothers ...

MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – Civilians held hostage by Islamist militants occupying a southern Philippine city have been forced to loot homes, take up arms against government troops and serve ...