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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday he would not talk to Muslim rebels who are fighting the military and occupying parts of a southern city.

The IS group is trying to establish a stronghold in the violence-racked southern Philippines, the head of the nation's biggest Muslim rebel organisation warned Monday.

Lawmakers have been urged to immediately pass a new Muslim autonomy law in a region of southern Mindanao to counter radicalism, especially among young Muslims.

Two soldiers were killed when Muslim rebels attacked a government hospital in southern Philippines on Wednesday night.

A reporter and cameraman at ABC-5, a major Philippine TV broadcaster, were among those hurt in the blast on Saturday.

The deal is the last of four power-sharing accords that must be agreed between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels, before a final peace deal can be signed.

The two sides in October last year had signed an initial pact on ending the conflict that has claimed an estimated 150,000 lives, in preparation for a final agreement.

Sixty-one people have died and 70,000 residents been displaced since the standoff in the major southern city of Zamboanga.

Muslim rebels seized dozens more hostages and traded gunfire with Philippines troops, in the second day of a stand-off.

Armoured troops surrounded the southern port city of Zamboanga after between 200 and 300 Moro National Liberation Front gunmen entered six coastal villages on its outskirts before dawn.

The Thai government and Muslim rebels have agreed to try to curb violence during Ramadan, a Malaysian official said Friday.

A roadside bomb and gun attack killed two Thai military rangers and wounded four others on Saturday, police said, two days after the country held its first formal peace talks with Muslim rebels.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino paid a historic visit Monday to the stronghold of Muslim rebels and said peace talks with them must be speeded up.

A wealthy ex-general with ties to Indonesia's popular outgoing president and its dictatorial past, looks set to be its next leader.

The "Axis of Resistance", built up with years of Iranian support, includes Hamas, the Lebanese Hezbollah group, the Houthi movement in Yemen, and various Shi'ite groups in Iraq and Syria.

Russia is ready to help seek compromises between arch-foes Israel and Iran, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, saying these would be difficult but possible.

The proposal is also to establish a BRICS reinsurance company to allow uninterrupted shipment of goods and key commodities between members.

Prabowo calls the programme one of the main drivers of economic growth, eventually set to add an estimated 2.5 million jobs.

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Residents of Jabalia said Israeli tanks had reached the heart of the camp after pushing through suburbs and residential districts.

Cheryl Tweedy used her statement to urge the media to remember they had a seven-year-old son, Bear, who could read the reports.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati as head of Indonesia's Ministry of Finance is expected to instil confidence among investors.

Israel has frequently resisted US advice and has caused political difficulties for the Biden administration.