WIRE — COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — Military and police authorities in Central Mindanao scored a major victory against resurgent terrorist groups in the region after a key leader of an Islamic State-linked faction was killed in a law enforcement operation on Thursday. Lt. Col. Erwin Jay Dumaghan, commanding officer of the Army's 40th Infantry Battalion, said

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