Military troops in the Philippines have clashed with members of the Abu Sayyaf group in the town of Patikul in Sulu province, killing at least three suspected militants.
Five soldiers were also killed during the two-hour shoot-out.
It comes as the search continues for those behind last week’s church attack in Jolo, where an Indonesian couple are thought to have been responsible for setting off devices that killed at least 22 people and injured more than 100.
Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University arrested
Dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators have been arrested after they were holed-up in an academic building on Columbia University campus late on Tuesday.
Dozens of schools in India evacuated after email bomb threat hoax
Dozens of schools in India's national capital region were evacuated on Wednesday after they received a bomb threat by email, police said, adding that "nothing objectionable" was found during searches of the schools.
Evacuation continues following Indonesia's Ruang volcano eruption
Hundreds residents of Indonesia's Tagulandang island were waiting at the island's port to be evacuated on Wednesday, footage from National Search and Rescue Agency showed, while grey smoke continued to erupt from Ruang volcano.
Teenage boy killed in London sword attack
A 14-year-old boy was killed and four other people were injured after a stabbing in London on Tuesday involving a man with a sword.
Kenya searches for more than 90 missing after floods
Rescuers were searching on Tuesday for at least 91 people missing in heavy flooding across Kenya, the interior ministry said.
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John Lyons of Espace Real Estate says there is a slight slowdown in the property market during summer. So we asked him, does this mean prices are negotiable during the summer months?
Lawyer Rebecca Kelly of Clyde & Co. explained why UAE judicial authorities are setting up new offices to deal with financial crime, including money laundering.
Airalo - an eSim company disrupting telco's roaming revenues, has raised $60 million in funding including investment from our own e&.
It sounds like an episode of The Jetsons, but the sight of flying taxis whizzing around our cities could be much closer than you think.
The UAE has said that tougher penalties will come into force from 1st August for not keeping proper corporate tax records.
