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Philippine Troops In Deadly Firefight With Abu Sayyaf Militants

At least four Islamic State-linked militants and a government soldier were killed in a heavy firefight in the southern Philippines

By Hadi Azmi and Noah Lee Former Prime Minister Najib Razak testified Tuesday that a fugitive financier had misled him,

By Hadi Azmi and Aminah Farid Malaysia’s parliament approved the new government’s first defense-policy paper on Monday, as Defense Minister

By Luis Liwanag A spokesman and senior leader of communist guerrillas in the Philippines was arrested while seeking treatment at

By Nontarat Phaicharoen and Wilawan Watcharasakwet Pope Francis urged Thais on Friday not to consider Christianity a “foreign” religion, as

By Mariyam Ahmad Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha has authorized security forces to impose curfews in nine districts of the

By Muzliza Mustafa and Ali Nufael Malaysia began closing bank accounts of Iranian residents and companies because of “some very

By Kamran Reza Chowdhury Bangladesh is negotiating to purchase fighter jets, missiles systems and combat helicopters from the United States,

By Kamran Reza Chowdhury Bangladesh will allow India to install surveillance radar along its coast on the Bay of Bengal,