Philippine Prez seeks 30,000 troops to fight ISIS militants
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has requested lawmakers for funds to recruit 30,000 new soldiers and policemen to tackle ISIS-linked insurgency in the southern part of the country. Sharing intelligence reports on plans by extremists to attack three cities on the Mindanao island, Duterte called the threat "bigger than Marawi", where violence has claimed more than 600 lives.  