Story Archive
2019-11-29
Peace talk facilitators are reaching out to groups who influence fighters on the ground, Gen. Wanlop Rugsanaoh says.
2019-11-27
Judge orders convicted men to be “executed by hanging until death” for support roles in July 2016 café attack.
2019-11-27
Weeks of protests in the troubled region left more than 40 people dead, officials said.
2019-11-27
Artillery guns targeted the suspected hideout of the leader of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.
2019-11-27
A Chinese firm will help build a critical piece of the city’s infrastructure – its water distribution system.
2019-11-26
In a referendum, villagers in Khon Kaen province overwhelmingly reject request to register mosque as place of worship.
2019-11-26
Suspects netted more than U.S. $2.5 million during the past few months, investigators say.
2019-11-26
Security forces arrested Jaime Padilla at a hospital where he was being treated for high blood pressure.
2019-11-25
Nearly 20 suspected extremists were arrested in three days, officials said.
2019-11-25
Vice President Leni Robredo speaks out after president dismisses her as co-chair of task force on illegal drugs.
2019-11-25
Couple freed after six militants were killed in a gunfight; no ransom was paid, military says.
2019-11-22
“He is an example to fellow inmates,” Indonesia’s counterterrorism chief says of Umar Patek.
2019-11-22
In a highly symbolic gathering, the head of the Catholic Church meets with leaders of other religions.
2019-11-22
The duo planned rebel ambushes that killed 15 people in Yala on Nov. 5, authorities say.
2019-11-22
But Islamic State is importing terrorist techniques from the Mid-East, says Washington’s counterterrorism ambassador.
2019-11-21
Paul Reichler sees copious evidence of intent to ‘destroy the Rohingya’ in Gambian case.
2019-11-21
“I have made it my personal mission to inform other people about the situation in Papua,” Veronica Koman tells BenarNews.
2019-11-21
Catholic Church leader meets monarch, prime minister and Buddhist patriarch.
2019-11-21
Fifty-eight were killed, 32 of them journalists, in single biggest one-day massacre of media workers around the world.
2019-11-21
Immigration officials seized more than 8,000 cellphones, almost 800 personal computers and hundreds of laptops during the raid.
2019-11-20
Myanmar is trying to exterminate the Rohingya and other minority groups, legal proceedings filed by Gambia allege.
2019-11-20
Naval authorities reviewing border agreements to curtail movements of terrorists, officials say.
2019-11-20
Hairul, known for his bomb-making skills, has become an influential figure with the Eastern Indonesia Mujahideen, officials say.
2019-11-20
Yazid Sufaat, a former al-Qaeda anthrax biochemist, was released after serving his two-year prison sentence, official says.
2019-11-20
Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit violated election laws by not divesting holdings in a media company, Constitutional Court rules.
2019-11-20
Vice President Leni Robredo demands that president tells “it to me straight.”
2019-11-19
“It is the top honor” to perform in front of the pope, says choir director from Muslim school in Deep South.
2019-11-19
Trial looms for detainees who joined rallies demanding referendum on self-determination for easternmost region.
2019-11-19
Mark Esper urges Southeast Asian nations “to take a very public posture” against Beijing’s actions in the South China Sea.
2019-11-19
Disagreement over noodles sparked deadly fight, according to police investigators.
