Britain warns of IS attacks in S. Africa after couple kidnapped
Britain has warned of a threat of attacks by Islamists on foreigners in South Africa after two British nationals were kidnapped in a small town there,...
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Gunbattles, airstrikes in Sinai as Egyptian forces hit militants
Egyptian security forces killed 12 Islamist militants in gun battles and arrested 92 suspects, while airstrikes destroyed dozens of militant targets in Sinai, the army...
Egypt hangs four convicted of deadly 2015 bomb attack
Egypt has hanged four men convicted by a military court of killing three military students in a bombing in 2015, security sources said on Tuesday. It...
Suspected Boko Haram militants kill nine, abduct dozens in Niger
Suspected Boko Haram Islamist militants killed nine people and abducted dozens more in southern Niger on Sunday night, the local mayor and a journalist said. The attackers rode...
Philippines launches offensive in hope of recapturing Marawi
Philippine aircraft and troops launched a renewed push against Islamist militants in a southern city on Tuesday and a military spokesman said the aim was...
Spain makes arrests linked to Belgian Islamist attacks (Update)
Spanish police arrested eight people and raided 12 properties in Barcelona, in an operation against suspected Islamist militants carried out in conjunction with Belgian police,...
Doubts about letters claiming Islamist motive for German attack
By Michelle Martin German prosecutors have doubts about the authenticity of letters that suggested Islamist militants attacked soccer team Borussia Dortmund’s bus and a newspaper...
Bangladesh sentences six militants to death for bank robbery
A court in Bangladesh sentenced six Islamist militants to hang on Tuesday for a bank robbery on the outskirts Dhaka in April that left eight...
Liberal Bangladeshi blogger killed by machete-wielding attackers
Attackers in Bangladesh wielding machetes killed a liberal blogger, police said on Thursday, the latest in series of murders of secular activists by suspected Islamist...
Islamist car bomb in Somali capital kills at least 3 police
Islamist militants in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, set off a vehicle packed with explosives next to a cafe near a police building on Wednesday, killing...
Indian court convicts 12 in 2006 Mumbai train bombs trial
An Indian court on Friday convicted 12 of 13 men accused of planning blasts that ripped through Mumbai commuter trains in 2006, killing more than...
Britain pays tribute to 7/7 victims 10 years after London bombings
By Michael Holden Prime Minister David Cameron led sombre tributes on Tuesday as Britain commemorated the 10th anniversary of attacks that killed 56 people in...
France arrests heavily armed man over church attack plans (Update 2)
By Antony Paone An Algerian man suspected of planning an imminent attack on a church has been arrested in Paris, with police discovering Kalashnikovs, hand...
Turkey criticises Britain over missing schoolgirls
Turkey criticised Britain on Monday for taking too long to inform it about three London schoolgirls who travelled to Turkey last week possibly en route...
Obama says won’t let Islamic militants create caliphate – NYT
U.S. President Barack Obama said he was willing to consider broader use of military strikes in Iraq to beat back Islamist militants, but Iraqi political...
As Lebanon ceasefire falters, Saudi offers $1 bln to army
By Samia Nakhoul Lebanon’s army and Islamist militants clashed on Wednesday in breach of a ceasefire aimed at ending five days of fighting in the...
Bomb hits Nigeria market, girls’ abduction suspect held
By Lanre Ola A bomb blast hit a busy market in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, killing at least eight people, and troops announced the arrest...
Female suicide bomber attacks Russian bus, kills six
By Alissa de Carbonnel A female suicide bomber attacked a bus in southern Russia on Monday, authorities said, killing at least six people in the...
Islamist gunmen holed up with hostages in Kenya siege, 59 dead
Islamist militants were holed up with hostages on Sunday at a shopping mall in Nairobi, where at least 59 people have been killed in...
