Story Archive
2020-12-07
Congress would also have to agree to lengthen the term of the government in Mindanao.
2020-12-07
Approval for the procedure usually comes from mothers, grandmothers or aunts, study finds.
2020-12-07
Police say Muslim Defenders’ Front members attacked officers, but group says officers attacked its men.
2020-12-05
Among them is one who participated in high-profile abductions and executions of foreigners, the military says.
2020-12-04
Decimated in 2016, the MIT terror group has pulled off its deadliest strike in the midst of a pandemic.
2020-12-04
Thai embassy in Yangon scrambles to help them, while regional authorities in Myanmar want Naypyidaw to press charges.
2020-12-04
The pandemic and IS-linked militants have stalled reforms, Murad Ebrahim, head of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority, tells BenarNews.
2020-12-04
In efforts to reform ex-fighters, government must pay more attention to education and community outreach, observers in Poso regency say.
2020-12-03
Experts say Thailand can prevent dam construction as it is the intended market for the power.
2020-12-03
In the spirit of Christmas, the Armed Forced of the Philippines traditionally observe a ceasefire – but not this year.
2020-12-03
Dhaka broke its promise not to relocate refugees until humanitarian experts approved the move, Human Rights Watch says.
2020-12-03
Many who joined the group had lost relatives to violence in Poso in 1998-2001, a former militant says.
2020-12-02
With COVID cases surging, police still seek to question Muhammad Rizieq Shihab over health protocol violations.
2020-12-02
International organizations have criticized the plan, saying Bhashan Char is vulnerable to cyclones and not inhabitable.
2020-12-02
The Islamic State-linked Eastern Indonesia Mujahideen group remains small but lethal.