Military officers who have skirmished for years with Islamic insurgents in the southern Philippines say the battle in Marawi has been more intense and difficult than earlier encounters.

In a post-truth world where “dubious, albeit popular, bloggers” dish out fake news, there is an urgent need for communications scholars and practitioners to craft strategies to deliver messages that reflect the truth and inspire hope, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales said.

As soon after fighting broke out between extremist gunmen and government troops in Marawi City on May 23, authorities said the violence was triggered by an operation to serve a warrant of arrest on Abu Sayyaf commander Isnilon Hapilon.

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Communist rebels mocked President Rodrigo Duterte’s latest hint of a general amnesty, calling it “absolutely unacceptable” for being “nothing but a psywar (psychological warfare) tool to create division within the revolutionary movement and to spread the illusion of magnanimity among the general public.”

Myanmar is committing crimes against humanity in its campaign against Muslim insurgents in Rakhine state, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, calling for the U.N. Security Council to impose sanctions and an arms embargo.

President Donald Trump warned North Korea on Tuesday that any U.S. military option would be “devastating” for Pyongyang, but said the use of force was not Washington’s first option to deal with the country’s ballistic and nuclear weapons program.

President Rodrigo Duterte maintained that the Philippines not only became “a narco-state long ago,” it has become a “client state” of the “triads,” transnational crime organizations with Chinese roots that operate worldwide.

Vets in the Philippines are turning to technology to fight rabies, using tracking tools to identify problem areas in mass campaigns to vaccinate dogs.

The days of Twitter Inc limiting messages to 140 characters, a signature of the social network since its launch in 2006, may be numbered.

The Supreme Court has been asked to order the Philippine National Police, Department of Justice and Commission on Human Rights to investigate all killings associated with President Rodrigo Duterte’s war against illegal drugs.

Saudi King Salman on Tuesday ordered that women be allowed to drive cars, ending a conservative tradition seen by rights activists as an emblem of the Islamic kingdom’s repression of women.

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Clooney is the latest celebrity to support the protest of NFL players who kneel during the playing of the U.S. national anthem.

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