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Singapore has detained three female Indonesian domestic workers under its Internal Security Act for alleged radicalisation, the Singaporean government announced on September 23.

The Indonesian Police’s anti-terror squad (Densus 88) on September 23 arrested eight terror suspects from different locations in Jakarta and Bekasi of West Java.

The Indonesian National Police's Counterterrorism Squad, Densus 88, is probing a likely involvement of the Islamic state (ISIS) group in a string of riots in the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua, Indonesia’s Antara News Agency reported.

A suicide bomber was killed after detonating a bomb outside a military camp on Jolo island, the southern Philippines on September 8.

Indonesian authorities on September 4 arrested three people on suspicion of involvement with the Eastern Indonesia Mujahideen (MIT), a militant group linked to the self-claimed Islamic State (IS).

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to recruit and train up to 10,000 elite special forces to fight the growing threat of Islamic State-affiliated terror groups.​

Two Singaporeans have been arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA) of the country for trying to travel to Syria to join the self-claimed Islamic State (IS) group.

Indonesian police announced on July 23 that a married Indonesian couple was behind a suicide bombing of a Catholic church in the Philippines in January that killed 22 people and injured more than 100 others.

A Singaporean was detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) after investigations showed that he was "radicalised and harboured the intention" to travel to Syria to join the self-claimed Islamic State (IS), said the Singaporean Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

Ten Malaysian fishermen were kidnapped by suspected Islamic State-linked militants off Borneo island on June 18 and were taken to the southern Philippines, local police said.

Security was tightened outside Indonesia’s election agency on May 20 when official results of a presidential poll are released this week.

Three militants inspired by the self-claimed Islamic State (IS) group have been arrested in Malaysia, accused of planning attacks on non-Muslim places of worship in the country and neighbouring Indonesia, police said on May 16.

Malaysian police have detained four men suspected for plotting assassinations and terror attacks during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Indonesia police said on May 6 that they had thwarted a scheme by an Islamic State (IS)-affiliated group to conduct suicide bombings on the day the presidential election results will be announced at the end of this month.

Malaysian police have arrested six people, including four foreigners, who are suspected of planning attacks, local officials said on February 15.

The self-claimed Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for twin bombings at a cathedral that killed at least 19 people and injured 48 others in the Philippines on January 27. ​

At least two people were killed while 21 others were injured when an explosion occurred on December 31 afternoon, near the entrance of a mall in Cotabato city in southern Philippines, Xinhua news agency reported.

Indonesian police have detained around 20 suspected militants as security steps up ahead of the Christmas and New Year holiday season.

The Philippine Congress voted on December 12 to extend martial law on the southern island of Mindanao for another year until the end of 2019, due to concerns over continued threats from rebels and groups sympathetic to Islamic State militants.

Eight people were arrested by Malaysian police for their alleged involvement in terrorism between October 30 and November 12, according to a recent announcement of the local police.