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Hundreds of videos of slain al Qaeda recruiter Anwar al-Awlaki lecturing on the history of Islam, recorded long before he advocated violence against the United States, were among those removed under the new policy, the spokesperson said.

Google broadens takedown of extremist YouTube videos

The company would not specify when the policy went into effect.

14 Nov 2017 11:24 AM

Boko Haram is blamed for killing more than 20,000 people in their eight-year existence. (Photo: Representational/File)

At least 16 people killed by Boko Haram extremists in north Cameroon

Iya Gana, whose husband was killed in the attack Thursday night, said the rebels entered her village and killed her husband and others.

28 Aug 2017 9:36 AM

People flee from the scene after a white van jumped the sidewalk in the historic Las Ramblas district of Barcelona. (Photo: AP)

Suspects planned massive 100 gas tanks attack in Spain; manhunt on

The investigation is also focusing on a missing imam, Abdelbaki Es Satty, who police think could have died in the Alcanar explosion.

21 Aug 2017 11:52 AM

Britain's security chiefs believe at least 850 fighters have travelled to Iraq and Syria to fight with the ISIS and about half have returned and around 130 have been killed. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

British passports of over 150 UK-born extremist suspects suspended: report

Under UK law, the government cannot take away the citizenship of individuals if it would leave them stateless.

30 Jul 2017 4:25 PM

Google is also teaming up with Jigsaw, a company also owned by its corporate parent Alphabet Inc., to target online ads at potential Isis recruits in hopes of diverting them to anti-terrorist videos.

Google promises YouTube crackdown on online extremism

YouTube also won't recommend these videos to its users.

20 Jun 2017 8:40 AM

The Guardian says six people likely had their profiles viewed by suspected terrorists.

Facebook bug may have exposed moderators to extremists

Facebook says it fixed the error, which occurred last year, and it has no evidence that those affected received any threats.

17 Jun 2017 12:29 PM

French President-elect Emmanuel Macron (Photo: AP)

Emmanuel Macron aims new counter terrorism unit

French presidency said the defense council will outline details of a task force that will be in charge of coordinating counter terrorism

07 Jun 2017 4:00 PM

The government has frozen accounts of more than 5,000 suspects, depriving them of more than Rs 30 million. (Photo: Representational/ File)

Pakistan freezes accounts of 5,000 suspected militants

Pakistan army has already declared that the operations are against every group involved in violence.

03 Jun 2017 8:36 PM

Philippines: Military airstrike kills 11 soldiers, 7 injured in 'friendly fire'

Military spokesman Brig Gen Restituto Padilla said a Marchetti S-211 jet was on a bombing run over militant positions in Marawi city.

01 Jun 2017 9:39 AM

The statement said the group's ban came after several months of investigation and a raid of the mosque and other buildings by 160 police officers in November. (Photo: Representational/AP)

Islamic cultural association mosque banned for extremist comments: German state

Investigations confirmed that several members of the mosque had already left Germany for Syria to join extremist Islamic fighters there.

23 Mar 2017 9:31 PM

Maoists surrender arms to SP Bharati Ghosh in Midnapore. (Photo: Asian Age)

Seven Maoists give up arms in Midnapore

This was one of the rare occasion when such a large number of rebels surrendered in the state.

21 Feb 2017 3:17 AM

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