Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte on May 15 reaffirmed his intent to realise his commitments during the presidential election in his first press conference since his victory. 

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Islamic State has not gained significant ground since it took the Iraqi city of Ramadi a year ago, which it then lost in December, as the US-led coalition in Iraq and Syria has been helped by better intelligence and better equipped local forces.

US Secretary of State John Kerry met Saudi Arabia's King Salman in Jeddah on May 15 to discuss the fragile truce in Syria, before broader talks with Russia, Iran and other countries in Vienna on May 17.

An Islamic State attack on a state-run gas plant in Baghdad's northern outskirts on May 15 killed at least 11 people, including policemen, and forced two power stations it supplied to suspend electricity production.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told France's foreign minister on May 15 that Israel remained opposed to a French initiative for an international conference to try to revive peace talks.

The 24th ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting (ALMM 24) convened in Vientiane on May 15 with a focus on creating sustainable jobs and a competitive workforce in the ASEAN Community. 

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on May 15 announced that a cabinet reform will take place soon in an attempt to fulfill current needs and fill up vacancies.

Australian police have charged five men suspected of planning to travel to Syria to join Islamic State via journey that would start in a small motor boat taking them to Indonesia and the Philippines.

Syrian government forces retook a hospital in Deir al-Zor after Islamic State attacked it on May 14 following a dawn offensive by the militants on the besieged eastern Syrian city, a war monitor and state media said.

Venezuela's opposition on May 14 slammed a state of emergency decreed by President Nicolas Maduro and vowed to press home efforts to remove the leftist leader this year amid a grim economic crisis.

 Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will visit Russia from May 17-19 to forge the bilateral ties and sign a number of cooperation agreements between the two nations, annoucned the Thai Foreign Ministry on May 13. 

Military officers from the navies, air forces, coastguards, border guards and defence ministries of Southeast Asian countries completed an international training course in Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Protection on May 13. 

China is expected to add substantial military infrastructure, including surveillance systems, to artificial islands in the East Sea this year, giving it long-term "civil-military bases" in the contested waters, the Pentagon said on May 13.

The United States plans to renew the bulk of its sanctions against Myanmar when they expire next week, but will make some changes aimed at boosting investment and trade, according to several senior US officials and congressional aides.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro declared a 60-day state of emergency on May 13 due to what he called plots from within the OPEC country and the United States to topple his leftist government.

The Royal Malaysia Police has arrested 22 men, including 12 foreigners, for suspected involvement in the self-proclaimed Royal Army of Sulu, which has fought against the Government since 2013. 

Top Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine has been killed, the Lebanese group said on May 13, the biggest blow to the Iranian-backed organization since its military chief was killed in 2008.

The Malaysian Government will lift a ban on the hiring of foreign workers in manufacturing, construction, plantation and the furniture-making industry.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo will pay official visits to the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Russia from May 16 to 20, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Arrmanatha Nasir said at a press conference in Jakarta on May 12.

Brazil's Senate is debating whether President Dilma Rousseff should face a full impeachment trial on charges of illegally manipulating finances to hide a growing public deficit ahead of her re-election in 2014.

The 12th ASEAN Senior Labour Officials’ Meeting (SLOM) was held in Vientiane, Laos within the framework of the 24th ASEAN Labour Ministers’ Meeting (ALMM) from May 11-12, seeking to secure sustainable employment for workers in the bloc. 

Myanmar's government has named former permanent representative to the United Nations U Kyaw Tint Swe as Minister of the Office of State Counselor.

The Abu Sayyaf rebel group in southern Philippines has threatened to execute four Malaysian hostages if they don’t receive ransom money in early May.

A Vietnamese representative at the UN delivered a speech at the High-level Thematic Debate on the United Nations, Peace and Security on May 10-11, highlighting ASEAN’s central role in building the regional security architecture.

Turkey refused again on May 11 to make changes to its anti-terrorism laws demanded by Brussels in a hardening of its stance that could jeopardize a major deal with the bloc covering migrants, free travel and militants.

Three suicide bombings claimed by Islamic State across Baghdad killed at least 80 people on May 11, Iraqi police and hospital sources said, in the deadliest attacks in the Iraqi capital this year.

Republican Donald Trump pulled even with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on May 11, in a dramatic early sign that the November 8 presidential election might be more hotly contested than first thought.

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Ukraine and Russia agreed on May 11 to create demilitarized zones and implement other security measures in separatist-held areas of eastern Ukraine, but they remained at odds over how to move toward local elections.