Three members of the security forces were killed and 12 wounded, Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana told a news conference, as clashes erupted in the wake of what the military said was a raid on a flat where about 15 rebels were hiding. Lt. Gen. Eduardo Ano, the armed forces chief of staff, said nearly 50 gunmen entered Marawi City, which has a population of about 200,000, and burned houses and other... 

A Japanese helicopter hovers above a Philippine coastguard ship as they simulate a sea jacking scenario during the combined Philippine-Japan maritime exercise off Manila bay, in the mouth of South China Sea on May 6, 2015. China has accused the United States of threatening to create “chaos” in the South China Sea, and urged Washington to “refrain from all the provocative words and deeds.” “If...