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Smoke rises from the Resorts World Manila complex, early Friday, June 2, 2017, in Manila, Philippines. Gunshots and explosions rang out early Friday at a mall, casino and hotel complex near Manila's international airport in the Philippine capital, sparking a security alarm amid an ongoing Muslim militant siege in the country's south. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

The Latest: Suspect in casino attack near Manila found dead

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Cal State Northridge newly signed guard Kobe Paras takes questions from the media in Northridge, Calif., Wednesday, May 31, 2017. Paras has transferred from Creighton to Northridge and will be eligible to play basketball for the Matadors in 2018-19. The 6-foot-6 guard from Manila, Philippines, returns to Los Angeles, where he played at Cathedral High before transferring to Middlebrooks Academy for his senior year. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Filipino hoops sensation Kobe Paras seeks fresh start in LA

By BETH HARRIS - Associated Press

While Western authorities have been focused on jihadi attacks in places like Manchester, England, intelligence analysts warn that Islamic State may be taking advantage of largely lawless areas in Southeast Asia as terror staging grounds. (Associated Press)

ISIS moves into Southeast Asia

By Carlo Muñoz and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte addresses troops during his visit to the 2nd Mechanized Brigade Friday, May 26, 2017, on the outskirts of Iligan city in southern Philippines. Duterte told the troops fighting Muslim militants for the control of southern Marawi city to use martial law powers to defeat the Islamic State group-linked extremists. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Rodrigo Duterte warns of ‘contamination’ by ISIS

By Jim Gomez and Teresa Cerojano - Associated Press

In this April 20, 2017 file photo, a suspected child webcam cybersex operator has his hands tied behind his back with an iPhone charging cord as members of the National Bureau of Investigation Anti-human Trafficking division arrest him inside his home during a raid in the Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) **FILE**

AP Exclusive: Big child webcam sex bust reveals rising abuse

By MARTHA MENDOZA and JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

This Sept. 6, 2016, photo provided by Seton Hall University shows Lloyd Jefferson Go at the Fiddler's Elbow Country Club in Bedminster, N.J. Go came all the way from the Philippines four years ago to play golf at Seton Hall in South Orange, N.J. He will to trying to wrap up his conference career by winning a second straight Big East individual title this weekend. (Gabe Rhodes/Seton Hall University via AP)

Senior Lloyd Jefferson Go: from Philippines to Seton Hall

By TOM CANAVAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, April 21, 2017, file photo, Philippine troopers raise the Philippine flag during a ceremony upon the arrival of Philippine Defense Secretray Delfin Lorenzana, Armed Forces Chief Gen. Eduardo Ano and other officials on the Philippine-claimed island of Pag-asa, also know as Thitu, off the disputed Spratlys chain of islands in the South China Sea. Lorenzana and Ano flew to the island in the South China Sea, drawing a protest from China, which also claims the remote territory. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2017 file photo, an environmental activist shouts slogans while displaying placard and a mock missile during a rally at the Chinese Consulate to protest alleged military build-up by China on the disputed group of islands at the South China Sea, in the financial district of Makati, east of Manila, Philippines. In their statement, the protesters condemned the alleged China's installation of missile system across the disputed Spratlys group of islands and urged the Chinese government that &quot;reefs not rockets should be proliferating in the ecologically-critical waters of the islands.&quot; (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte offers to sell disputed islands to China

By L. Todd Wood

Quakes crack buildings, panic tourists in Philippine town

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In this photo taken Thursday, April 6, 2017, a pair of medals are pinned to the jacket of Bataan Death March survivor Ramon Regalado at his home in El Cerrito, Calif. Survivors of the infamous Bataan Death March in the Philippines are marking the anniversary Saturday in San Francisco with speeches and a 21-gun battery salute to the thousands who died in it. Among the speakers will be Regalado, a former wartime machine-gun operator who turns 100 this month and is among the war's few living survivors. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

The Latest: Bataan Death March survivors mark anniversary

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FILE - This July 20, 2011 file aerial photo, taken through the window of a closed aircraft, shows Pag-asa Island, part of the disputed Spratly group of islands, in the South China Sea located off the coast of western Philippines. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday, April 6, 2017, that structures should be built on all of the nine to 10 islands, reefs and shoals held by the Philippines in the Spratly Islands. Duterte said he may visit one of the islands, Pag-asa, to plant a Philippine flag on Independence Day. He said money has been budgeted to repair the runway on Pag-asa, home to a small fishing community and Filipino troops. (AP Photo/Rolex Dela Pena, Pool, File)

Philippines to occupy and fortify Spratly islands it holds

By TERESA CEROJANO - Associated Press

The Subic Bay military base in the Philippines, where the U.S. maintains a hefty presence, may be transformed to a more active facility if tensions with China turn hot during the Trump administration, as the alliance with the Philippines is on uncertain ground. (U.S. Navy)

Philippines next home for Islamic State?

By L. Todd Wood

Duterte to US: Why didn’t you send armada vs China islands?

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Ex-teacher gets prison for trying to buy child porn online

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Indonesian police arrest militants setting up jihadi camp

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