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Suspected religious attackers in Dhaka, Bangladesh hacked to death two more people, including a leading LGBT rights campaigner and the editor at the country's only LGBT magazine.  "We abhor this senseless act of violence and urge the Government of Bangladesh in the strongest terms to apprehend the criminals behind these murders," said US Ambassador Marcia Bernicat, who also said one of teh victims was an employee of the US Embassy.  This comes two days after a university professor was murdered the same way in Rajshahi City in an attacker claimed by Islamic State - even though Bangladesh claims the terrorist group has no presence in the country.  These are the latest in a line of hacking murders committed by extremists that started with the deaths of atheist bloggers.

Police say the NSW teen arrested in an alleged Anzac Day terrorism plot had online contact with an Islamic State recruiter, and with a younger boy who has already been arrested in another alleged plot.  Police told the ABC that they arrested the youth hours after he had sent encrypted messages seeking to obtain a gun.  The boy's lawyer says he will apply for bail today and claims teh communications were "taken out of context".

Islamic extremists in the Philippines killed a Canadian hostage.  The severed head of John Risdell was found on a  remote island in the archipelago.  Abu Sayyaf militants abducted him from a tourist resort along with three others in September last year.  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called it "an act of cold blooded murder".

US President Barack Obama has announced the 250 more troops will be heading to Syria.  "They're not going to be leading the fight on the ground, but they will be essential in providing the training, in assisting local forces as they continue to drive (Islamic State) back said Mr. Obama on a visit tro Germany.  He's also urging all parties - including the Syrian regime's ally Russia, but not Islamic State or Al Nusra Front - to return to the negotiating table to try and hammer out a lasting peace.

The US city of Cleveland will pay US$6 Million to the family of Tamir Rice, a 12-year old African-American boy who was shot to death by police at a park while playing with a toy gun.  The cops who killed Tamir in November of 2014 within three seconds of arriving at the scene so far have faced no serious disciplinary action nor charges - a grand jury failed to indict them.  But the US Justice Department is still investigating the case to determine if civil rights charges can be brought against the police officers.

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Beijing has succeeded in using diplomatic pressure to create a rift in the ASEAN group, which has announced that China's territorial claims in the South China Sea are none of its business.  ASEAN can only act with a consensus, and Beijing brought Brunei, Cambodia, and Laos over to its opinion that individual states should negotiate disputes with Beijing directly.  China's new air and military bases built upon reefs and artificial islands in the South China Sea overlap with existing claims by the Philippines, Vietnam, and others.