More troops will be deployed to Marawi city in southern Philippines, to engage in the fight to liberate the city from the Maute Group, a Philippine military official said.
The Foreign Ministry has taken measures to protect Vietnamese citizens in the Philippines after receiving reports that the Philippine coast guard force fired at fishing vessel PY 96173 TS of Phu Yen province, killing two and seizing a number of other fishermen.
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines on September 24, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).
Malaysian police said on September 21 that they have arrested seven Filipinos suspected to be members of the Abu Sayyaf militant group.
Vietnam attaches importance to defence ties with Russia, affirmed Nguyen Chi Vinh, member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Defence Minister, at a reception in Hanoi on September 20 for Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Konstantin Vnukov.
The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) has committed to boosting its engagements with ASEAN for the development of a strong ASEAN Community.
After almost four months of fierce fighting, the battle to recapture the Philippines’s southern city of Marawi from pro-Islamic State (IS) fighters is drawing to an end.
The US Embassy in Manila, the Philippines, announced on September 15 that the US will launch a joint anti-terrorism drill with the Philippines in the Southeast Asian country and Hawaii within September.
Storm Maring landed in the eastern part of the Philippines on September 12, flooding Manila and nearby provinces and causing landslides and flash floods that killed at least four people and left six others missing.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced on September 10 that he will never negotiate with Maute terrorism group, even in exchange for the release of hostages in Marawi city.
China and the Philippines agreed to speed up the pace of their cooperative projects, hoping to make vital progress within this year, a Chinese commercial official said on September 9.
Australia will send troops to assist the Philippines in the ongoing battle against Islamic State (IS) fighters in the southern city of Marawi, Australia’s Defence Minister Marise Payne said.
Malaysian police have arrested eight militants of the Islamic State (IS)-linked Abu Sayyaf group in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, the country’s authorities said.
According to a new law in the Philippine, spreading fake news is considered a crime and anybody proven to spread false news can be jailed for up to six months and fined up to 3,909 USD.
At least three soldiers were killed and 52 others wounded in the fight between government forces and insurgents in Marawi city of the Philippines’s southern island of Mindanao.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on August 30 has allowed the government army to decide suitable measures to take back areas that under insurgents’ control in the southern city of Marawi on Mindanao Island.
The Philippine Department of Agriculture on August 24 confirmed that the avian influenza strain found in poultry farms on Luzon island was an H5N6, a virus that is transmittable to humans.
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu is expected to visit the Philippines to sign a cooperation deal in bilateral defence industry, said Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Fomin on August 22.
