The plebiscite on a new law to overhaul autonomy arrangements in the southern Philippines—if and when it happens—will be a crucial test of support for the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) outside ...

The Sultan of Sulu’s Manila home lies in a poor Muslim neighborhood in the south of the Philippine capital. Its high walls are festooned with royal banners weighted down by repurposed plastic soda ...

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Deep in the islands of Sulu province in the southern Philippines, people used to rush home as soon as the sun set, fearing that militants from the Abu Sayyaf group might launch attacks against ...

Through the Isle of Jolo spread a familiar, deadly-chilling fear. On that speck in the Sulu Archipelago, southwesternmost part of the Philippines, the Moros were going juramentado again. When a Moro ...

ADETERMINED struggle is in progress today to control the latent wealth and dominate the political future of the richest undeveloped territory under the American flag -- the treasure island of Mindanao ...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The Sulu Sea between eastern Malaysia and the Philippines has become dangerous for merchant shipping due to rising threat of kidnappings, the International Maritime Bureau ...

Americans considering visiting the Philippines should exercise increased caution, the U.S. Department of State advised on Thursday. The risk of encountering crime, terrorism, civil unrest and ...

Scientists visiting a prehistoric site in the Philippines found a vulnerable bird, a Sulu boobook, perched near the cave entrance, a study said. Screengrab from YouTube video shared by Patterns and ...