After six years of seeking justice for the 2001 kidnapping of an American missionary couple and 18 others killing five of them in southern Philippines, 14 members of the Abu Sayyaf group have been convicted by the local court for life...

As Muslims across the Phillipines, particularly in the volatile southern state of Mindanao, celebrate Eid, festival marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, people are hoping that the violence which has ravaged the state over the years would...