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Two Islamic State operatives, including Abu Zacharia, a leader of Abu Sayyaf, are killed in separate operations by joint security forces in Marawi, Philippines.
2023-06-14

A new infection of the Zika virus spreads to the Philippines.
2016-09-6

Fighters from the Al-Qaeda affiliated Ansar al-Sharia take control of an army base in southern Yemen.
2015-02-12

Another bomb explodes (the previous was November 6, 2014) on a passenger bus, killing at least 11 people and injuring 21 in the southern Philippines province of Bukidnon.
2014-12-9

Heavy rain and landslides kill 20 people in the southeastern Philippines, mostly in the Mindanao provinces of Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley. Another 13 are missing. [http:--www.startribune.com-world-239895071.html ("Minneapolis Star Tribune")]date=April 2020
2014-01-13

A gunman opens fire outside a terminal at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines, killing four people, including the mayor of Labangan, Ukol Talumpa.
2013-12-20

An Australian man kidnapped in the Philippines by an al-Qaeda-linked group for ransom has been freed following "joint efforts" by the two countries.
2013-03-23

The United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 2093 that partially lifts a decades-old arms embargo on Somalia for one year, allowing the government in Mogadishu to buy weapons to strengthen its security forces to fight al-Qaeda linked Islamists.
2013-03-6

An ambush by suspected Abu Sayyaf rebels kills 6 rubber plantation workers and injures a further 22 in the southern Philippines.
2012-07-11