Abu Sayyaf Group

Peace talks between the Philippine government and MILF have quickly been thrown off course.

Locals in East Malaysia aren’t amused by a businessman’s decision to proclaim himself the new Sultan of Sulu.

Indonesia’s Detachment 88 counterterrorism unit has had some big successes this year. But are separatist militants down and out?

‘War on terror’ was a flawed term from the start. But Asian governments, too, are willing to play politics with terrorism.

The massacre of dozens of journalists in The Philippines last November grabbed international headlines and shone a light on long-simmering tensions in the country’s south, reports Luke Hunt, who says clan rivalries, terrorist links and corruption have created a combustible mix ahead of May’s general election.