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• Indonesia to strengthen anti-terrorist laws following Jakarta attack

  Indonesia President Joko Widodo held a close meeting with senior law enforcement and security officials to discuss an amendments to anti-terrorist law. The move aims to strengthen anti-terror law in the country following last week attack by Islamic State in Jakarta.

• China's Anti-Terror Law Restricts Media Reporting on Attacks On its Way

  China may prohibit media reporting on terrorism attacks. The country has passed an anti-terror law that restricts the media from delivering news regarding terror incidents.

• China to increase video surveillance in security push

  China will ensure that all key public areas are covered with video surveillance cameras by 2020 to fight crime and ensure social stability, the government said on Wednesday, part of a broader push to step up security in response to violent unrest.

• China's Tibet to reward tips on 'terror attacks'

  Authorities in China's Tibet will offer rewards up to 300,000 yuan ($48,000) for tips on "violent terror attacks", state media reported, in an effort to "promote stability" in the region beset by ethnic tensions.

• China punishes 17 officials over Xinjiang violence

  China has punished 17 officials for lapses in connection with explosions and riots in the Xinjiang region in September, state media said, as the regional Communist Party boss said the fight against "terrorism" was getting "more intense".

• Police hunt three Frenchmen after 12 killed in Paris attack

  Police are hunting three French nationals, including two brothers from the Paris region, after suspected Islamist gunmen killed 12 people at a satirical magazine on Wednesday, a police official and government source said.

• Turkey's Erdogan says media raids a response to 'dirty' plot

  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday defended weekend raids on media outlets close to a U.S.-based Muslim cleric as a necessary response to "dirty operations" by the government's political enemies, and told a critical European Union to mind its own business.

• Hostages held in Sydney cafe, forced to hold Islamic flag in window

  Dozens of hostages were trapped inside a central Sydney cafe on Monday, with local television showing some being forced to hold up a black flag with white Arabic writing in the window, raising fears of an attack linked to Islamic militants.