Indonesia’s parliament passed a tougher antiterror law after Islamic State supporters staged the worst terrorist attacks in the Southeast Asian country in over a decade. Indonesia’s parliament passed a tougher antiterror law after Islamic State supporters staged the worst terrorist attacks in the Southeast Asian country in over a decade. Photo: juni kriswanto/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesJAKARTA—Indonesia’s parliament overwhelmingly passed a tougher antiterror law Friday, giving police new powers to detain suspects following the worst terrorist attacks in the Southeast Asian country in over a decade. Tougher laws are being imposed in the region in response to Islamic State. However, the rise of Islamic State in recent years has raised the terror threat level.

Source: Wall Street Journal May 25, 2018 08:15 UTC