Paolo Fossati

The police break into two apartments in the capital, arresting five people. The accusations are "trafficking in human beings" and "intermediation in surrogate motherhood". The clinics (legal and otherwise) of Southeast Asia are increasingly looking to China: 90 million couples have become eligible to have a second child.

Islamist infiltrations in the educational systems of more and more Southeast Asian countries is a problem. Sarah L. Handang approves the government's policy of supervising what is taught in the country’s Islamic schools. This way radicalism and extremist ideologies will not be taught to children. Filipino Muslims are used to living together with Christians.

As a principal, the judges ascertained his involvement in the suicide attack on January 14, 2016 at Thamrin. He is considered the inspirer of two other attacks between 2016 and 2017 and the most recent Surabaya attacks.

The People's Peace Network document indicates the guidelines for a real reconciliation process, in a territory devastated by armed conflicts. Armed groups and authorities are invited "to mutual respect, to sincere dialogue and to truthful negotiations".

The murder of Fr Richmond Nilo follows those of Fr Mark Ventura, on 29 April, and Fr Marcelito Paez, on 4 December 2017. Since the beginning of 2018, 18 Catholic priests have been killed in the world, on average one every 9 days.

On June 15, the Islamic holiday will end Ramadan. Two days ago, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani declared a unilateral ceasefire until the 20th. A few hours after the truce was announced, the Taliban launched a series of coordinated attacks.

He and his colleague Le Thu Ha arrived in Frankfurt this morning on a Vietnam Airlines flight from Hanoi. The two lawyers and four other members of Brotherhood for Democracy were sentenced to a total of 66 years in prison and 17 years under house arrest.

After winning the presidency in July 2016, President Duterte launched a war on illegal narcotics. More than 8,000 suspected drug users and dealers have lost their lives during operations by the security forces. The Catholic Church is among the few who have denounce the killings.

Manila plans to supervise the curricula in the country’s Muslim schools. For Fr Sebastiano D'Ambra, some schools get money from abroad and escape the controls of the Department of Education. They also promote radical ideas. The Bangsamoro Basic law is “a good thing,” but “Muslim community is divided.”

According to custom, their traditional curved knife, the khukri, must draw blood every time it is unsheathed. Admired for their valour and fighting skills, they have been recruited by the British military for more than 200 years. Some 1,800 serve in Singapore but they live separately from Singaporeans and are not allowed to marry local women.

A bicameral panel will reconcile differences between the two versions. The Bangsamoro region will have executive, legislative and fiscal powers. A plebiscite will be held to determine which parts of Mindanao will be part of the new entity. For Duterte, the law is fundamental to continue the peace talks and stem Islamist advance.

Four of them were killed by the police. The attacks on three churches and the local police headquarters caused the death of 14 civilians and 13 bombers. Over 40 people were injured. The police chief: Terrorism embraced by entire families, but our quick response creates a sense of security.