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Philippine Islamic extremists open second front on Facebook
Islamic extremists who laid siege to a southern Philippine city have launched a separate war online.
Lindsay Murdoch is a three-time winner of the Walkley Award, Australia's top award for journalistic excellence. Lindsay is a former correspondent based in Singapore, Jakarta and Darwin. In 1999 he covered the tumultuous events in East Timor, and in 2003 he covered the Iraq war while embedded with US Marines.
Islamic extremists who laid siege to a southern Philippine city have launched a separate war online.
Armed forces spokesman Restituto Padilla said that troops hope on Monday to "freely wave our flags in every corner of Marawi and we are working feverishly to do that".
Australian filmmaker James Ricketson has been charged with gathering information that could jeopardise Cambodia's national security and could face 10 years' jail.
A Myanmar transport plane believed to have crashed after taking off from an airbase in the southern part of the country was carrying 122 people, including 15 children.
A Myanmar military plane carrying more than 100 people is believed to have crashed in southern Myanmar.
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has ordered troops to "crush" Islamic extremists who have occupied parts of a southern city for more than two weeks, despite they are holding dozens of civilian hostages and hundreds of residents remain trapped.
South-east Asian nations and the United States have pledged to support the Philippines in its fight against Islamic State-allied militants.
Cambodian authorities say an Australian filmmaker has been arrested in Phnom Penh for allegedly living in Cambodia illegally, and not for spying as earlier reported.
An award-winning Australian filmmaker has been arrested in Phnom Penh and accused of spying after using a drone on the eve of nationwide local elections.
Footage released on Saturday shows an armed man setting fires and stealing gambling chips but making no attempt to shoot fleeing customers and employees.
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