KUALA LUMPUR: Australia and Southeast Asia have joined forces to choke financing for militant networks, Australia's justice minister said Wednesday, amid recent concerns about the Islamic State group gaining a foothold in the region.
IS militants seized the southern Philippine city of Marawi in May, a move Philippine officials and analysts say was part of the group's plan to establish a base in the region.
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