ZAMBOANGA, PhilippinesZAMBOANGA, Philippines — Philippine troops battled Muslim rebels on two fronts Thursday, after about 100 extremists attacked a second city near the southern port where guerrillas ...

MANILA, PhilippinesMANILA, Philippines — About 200 Muslim rebels were holding nearly 300 people hostage Monday after clashing with government troops and rampaging through coastal communities in the ...

MANILA, Philippines — President Benigno Aquino deployed more troops to the southern city of Zamboanga as a standoff with Muslim rebels there complicated efforts to make progress in peace talks with ...

Philippine military helicopters on Monday fired rockets at Muslim rebels who were holed up in areas of a major city on the southern island of Mindanao. The rebels have been holding scores of people ...

Philippine troops gained ground in Zamboanga, containing the fight against Moro rebels to two districts, as the standoff entered its eighth day on Monday. After a morning of heavy gunfire, and plumes ...

The fighting has been a stark reminder that decades-old grievances fester in the Catholic-majority country despite strong economic growth and an agreement with the biggest Muslim rebel group that was ...

The lifting of an arrest warrant for a wanted Muslim rebel leader in the southern Philippines does not bode well, according to some Catholic Church leaders in the region. "It is very difficult to ...

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - Fighting between security forces and rogue Muslim rebels seeking to declare an independent state escalated in a southern Philippine city on Thursday and spread ...

Last week Col. Carmi Alderman Thompson, personal representative in the Philippines of President Coolidge, leisurely journeyed on as usual after leaving Damaghete, Occidental Negros, where, as in the ...