MANILA -- The Philippines' National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), an agency under the Department of Justice (DOJ) handling major high-profile cases, Wednesday recommended the filing of criminal charges against Vice President Sara Duterte.

"We have finally recommended the filing of inciting to sedition and grave threat against (Duterte)," NBI Director Jaime Santiago told a radio interview, adding that the complaint was submitted to the DOJ. (Philippines-VP-Criminal Charges)

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SEOUL -- Five people went missing after a fishing boat with 10 people, including six South Koreans, three Vietnamese and one Indonesian, on board capsized off South Korea's southern resort island of Jeju Wednesday, according to multiple media outlets.

The coast guard received a distress signal at about 7:56 p.m. local time (1056 GMT) from the 32-ton fishing vessel. (South Korea-Fishing Boat)

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MANILA -- Three people were killed and a 14-year-old boy was severely injured after a tricycle collided with a ten-wheeler truck in Zamboanga del Norte province in the southern Philippines on Wednesday, police said.

The accident happened on Wednesday morning in Dipolog City as two students and the driver of the tricycle died at the scene. (Philippines-Traffic Accident-Deaths)

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KABUL -- The extremist militant group Islamic State (IS) has taken responsibility for a suicide attack in northern Afghanistan's Kunduz province, local media TOLOnews TV reported Wednesday.

Five people lost their lives and seven others were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in front of the Kabul Bank in Kunduz city, the provincial capital of the province, Tuesday morning, said Jumadin Khaksar, the provincial police spokesman. (Afghanistan-Attack-IS) Enditem

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