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Heappey confirmed that intelligence of a possible suicide bomb attack by Islamic State militants had become "much firmer".

The security situation in Afghanistan was changing rapidly and his administration was under no illusions about the threat from Islamic State militants.

A police report said about 300 armed men stormed a school in Pigcawayan town in North Cotabato province on Mindanao island and were holding some students captive.

Thirteen soldiers died and about 40 were wounded during a 14-hour battle that showed recapturing Marawi City from an estimated 150-200 Islamic State militants was becoming harder by the day.

Commander Dean Haydon also revealed that the men had a stockpile of petrol bombs in the back of their van and carried out their deadly attack with pink ceramic knives.

The fighting in the city of Marawi with pro-Islamic State militants of the Maute group is the biggest security challenges of Rodrigo Duterte's 11-month presidency.

As many as 36 suspected Islamic State militants were killed in the strike on Thursday evening in the eastern province of Nangarhar, Afghan defence officials said.

Two Islamic State militants wearing suicide vests carried out the deadly church bombings in Egypt on Sunday that killed at least 44 people, the group said.

Islamic State militants said Abu-Zakariya al-Britani detonated a car bomb at an Iraqi army base southwest of Mosul this week.

Fourteen of the IS fighters were killed as they attempted to enter the rebel-controlled villages of Akhtarin and Turkmen Bareh, three kilometres (two miles) east of Dabiq.

A US airstrike, targeting what were thought to be Islamic State militants in eastern Syria, instead hit Syrian military positions Saturday, killing 62 and injuring 100.

Turkey vowed to "completely cleanse" Islamic State militants from its border region after a suicide bomber suspected of links to the group killed 54 people at a Kurdish wedding.

Police had arrested 12 people before Thursday's operation, all suspected of collaboration with Islamic State militants.

Police foiled an Islamic State (IS) attack around Klang Valley with the arrest of 14 suspected IS militants in five states, IGP said.

At least 121 people died in a bomb attack on a shopping street in the Iraqi capital in the early hours of Sunday morning, as Islamic State militants target civilians amid losses on the battlefield.

Hezbollah says Israel was still occupying Lebanese territory and put the onus on the Lebanese state to get Israeli forces out.

Beijing looks to improve its foothold in a region historically under the US sphere of influence.

Washington's approach changes dramatically with the initial meeting between US and Russian negotiators.

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Sara Duterte makes her first legal move to fight the case that could lead to her removal and lead to a lifetime ban from public office.

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Years of rebuilding work, including clearing unexploded ordinance and millions of tonnes of rubble lie ahead.

Liew Chin Tong says the restrictions would not affect the development of the domestic data centre ecosystem as a whole.