MANILA - THE US Embassy in the Philippines says American troops travelling in a Philippine army convoy came under fire earlier this week from suspected Muslim militants on southern Jolo island, but there were no casualties.

US Embassy spokesman Rebecca Thompson says the incident happened on Tuesday and that the US military vehicle was part of the logistics mission.

HANOI - COMMUNIST Vietnam, alarmed by its fast population growth of recent years, is planning to tighten up enforcement of its two-child policy, family planning officials said on Thursday.

PHNOM PENH - CAMBODIAN Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday repeated his country would not 'wage war' with neighbouring Thailand over a long-running border dispute that erupted into violence last month.