The year was 1977, five years since President Ferdinand E Marcos had declared martial law in the Philippines - on 21 September 1972. Mr Marcos suspended parliament and arrested opposition leaders ...

A mural depicts the declaration of Martial Law of former Philippine President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos Sr. while many activists denounce it. As we commemorate the 50th year anniversary of the ...

There were protests outside congress on Saturday against the law Legislators in the Philippines have voted overwhelmingly to extend martial law to deal with an Islamist insurgency in the restive ...

MANILA--President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to end more than two years of martial law in the southern Philippines after government forces considerably weakened Islamic militant groups there with ...

MANILA--Twin blasts that killed 15 people in the volatile southern Philippines could both have ... that the army chief said may require martial law to be re-imposed. Monday’s explosions on ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law on Tuesday night, citing a political standoff with the ...