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Indonesia approved a new anti-terrorism law which will grant more power to police to take pre-emptive actions against terror suspects.

Philippine authorities on May 24 said Islamic extremists had taken a Catholic priest and others hostages at a cathedral in the southern city of Marawi on the island of Mindanao in southern Philippines.

Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo has said he was determined to prevent the development of radicalism following a report that Islamic extremists were planning protests to destabilise his government.

A clash took place in southern Philippines’ Basilan in early morning on November 8, leaving two terrorists dead and three government soldiers wounded.