Local ISIS fighters ambush troops

COTABATO CITY - Suspected Filipino Muslim militants ambushed a group of soldiers Saturday in the southern Philippines, leaving one dead and three others wounded, officials said Monday.

Terror leader, wife killed in firefight in Southern Philippines

COTABATO CITY - Philippine police killed a senior leader of the local affiliate of the Islamic State extremist group and his wife following an alleged gunfight in this southern city, officials said Monday.

Ambush kills police chief in Maguindanao town

COTABATO CITY – Gunmen opened fire on a police car, killing the police chief of Maguindanao’s Ampatuan town and one of his men; and wounded three others in a daring ambush in the troubled province, reports said.