Stretching northeast to southwest from Basilan Island, south of Mindanao's Zamboanga peninsula, to Sabah, Malaysia, the Sulu archipelago exceeds 320 kilometers (200 miles) in length, consists of over 500 islands, and occupies an area of 2,813...

Sulu Archipelago is an island chain in the southwest Philippines. It is considered to be part of Moroland by the local independence movement. With the centers in Maimbung and Jolo, the whole of this archipelago, Palawan and coastal regions of the...

Some nations where American foreign service officers are subject to security restrictions imposed by the State Department._ Afghanistan: U.S. officials posted to the embassy in Kabul are not permitted to have family members reside in Afghanistan, according to an April travel warning. It adds, "From...