Islamist Militants

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Al Shabaab wants to force out the peacekeepers, oust the Western-backed government and impose its strict interpretation of Islam in Somalia. Photo: Representational/AP)

24 people killed in fights between al Shabaab fighters & Somali troops

Uganda’s defence ministry said its soldiers were part of the AMISOM convoy and an unspecified number of its soldiers had been killed.

31 Jul 2017 11:11 AM

Duterte rides high after a ‘rough’ first year

Mr Duterte has been heavily criticised for his unprecedented crackdown on drugs.

01 Jul 2017 4:16 AM

Acting as a mediator, Kuwait has presented Qatar a long-awaited list of demands from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, four Arab nations that cut ties with Qatar. (Photo: AP)

Saudi and allies could ask Qatar to choose between trading partners

'There are certain economic sanctions that we can take which are being considered right now', Omar Ghobash said in an interview in London.

28 Jun 2017 2:45 PM

National police chief Tito Karnavian said last week about 40 suspected militants had been detained in recent weeks. (Photo: Representational/AP)

Indonesian cop stabbed by suspected Islamist militants in Medan city

Islamic State sympathizers have carried out a series of mostly low-level attacks in Indonesia over the past few years.

25 Jun 2017 11:30 AM

Fake accounts are not permitted under Facebook, and in recent months the company has launched several initiatives against fake news.

Philippines calls on Facebook to shut Islamist fighters' accounts

The military's social media-monitoring team identified 63 accounts under fake names.

11 Jun 2017 8:59 PM

Soldiers ride a military vehicle on the outskirts of Marawi city, southern Philippines. The Philippine military says 13 marines have been killed in fierce fighting with Muslim militants who have laid siege to southern Marawi city. (Photo: AP)

13 Philippine marines killed in gunbattles with Islamist militants in Marawi

The fresh casualties brought to 58 the number of government troops killed in the fighting, Lieutenant Colonel Jo-ar Herrera said.

10 Jun 2017 1:26 PM

Smoke rises after aerial bombings by Philippine Air Force planes on Islamist militant positions in Marawi, on the southern island of Mindanao. (Photo: AFP)

Long battle feared as militants hold on in Philippine city

Two weeks after gunmen waving black flags of the Islamic State (ISIS) group rampaged through the Muslim city of Marawi.

08 Jun 2017 1:52 AM

Philippines Marine Major General Emmanuel Salamat receives an M4 rifle with grenade launcher from US Army Colonel Ernest Lee on Monday. (Photo:AP)

Philippines gets US weapons to fight terror

The weapons, including machine guns capable of firing thousands of rounds a minute, were handed over.

06 Jun 2017 6:09 AM

Policemen inspect motorcycle riders at a checkpoint in Manila, Philippines, Wednesday, May, as the Philippine National Police is placed under full alert status following the declaration of martial law in Mindanao southern Philippines. (Photo: AP)

Gunmen in Philippines take 14 people on hostages, including priest

Islamist militants have threatened to kill the hostages if the government forces unleashed against them are not recalled.

24 May 2017 3:47 PM

Khan says the remote controlled bomb was detonated on Monday in Tirah valley in the Khyber tribal region. (Photo: Representational/ AFP)

5 killed, several wounded in roadside bomb in northwest Pakistan

The attack took place in a remote area of the valley and the wounded were being transported to a hospital in the region, said officials.

22 May 2017 3:56 PM

Chibok schoolgirls, recently freed from Nigeria extremist captivity, are photographed in Abuja, Nigeria. (Photo: AP)

Nigeria: Boko Haram releases video of purported Chibok girl holding gun

Last week, 82 schoolgirls who were kidnapped 3-years-ago, were released after negotiations between the terrorist group and the government.

13 May 2017 12:52 PM

People look at damage inside the St. George's after a suicide bombing, in the Nile Delta town of Tanta, Egypt. (Photo: AP)

Palm Sunday bombings in Egypt churches, claimed by ISIS, kill 44

The assault is the latest on a religious minority increasingly targeted by Islamist militants.

10 Apr 2017 4:16 AM

Neo-JMB was behind the July 1 terror attack on a Dhaka cafe that killed 22 people, including 17 foreigners. (Photo: AP)

Bangladesh: Security forces storm militant hideout; 3 dead

Bangladesh has been witnessing a spate of attacks on secular activists, foreigners and religious minorities since 2013.

01 Apr 2017 4:17 PM

While China officially guarantees freedom of religion, authorities have issued a series of measures in the past few years to tackle what it sees as a rise in religious extremism. (Photo: AP)

China to prohibit beards, veils to tackle extremism in Xinjiang

A number of bans on select ‘extremist behaviours’ had previously been introduced in some places in Xinjiang.

30 Mar 2017 5:18 PM

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