Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters

Bomb attack on bus in Philippines linked to possible extortion attempt

Investigators are trying to determine if the attackers were from the same armed group that staged similar bombings in past years to extort money from the Yellow Bus Line.

Night market bombing in Philippines kills 2, injures 37

The homemade explosive device went off at a street festival in a crowded town in southern Philippines, the latest unrest in a region prone to militancy. The army suspects a Daesh-linked group of being behind the attack.