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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)

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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 March 2017 5:18 PM IST

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (Photo: AP)

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Duterte rides high after a rough' first year

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

1 July 2017 4:16 AM IST

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

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

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

13 May 2017 12:52 PM IST

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)

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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...

31 July 2017 11:11 AM IST

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

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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,...

22 May 2017 3:56 PM IST

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)

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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...

24 May 2017 3:47 PM IST

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

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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 April 2017 4:16 AM IST

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

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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.

8 Jun 2017 1:52 AM IST

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

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Philippines gets US weapons to fight terror

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

6 Jun 2017 6:09 AM IST

$The names of all banned outfits - including acronyms and small variations in spelling - were searched on Facebook to find pages, groups, and user profiles that publicly \liked\ a banned outfit, the report said. (Photo: AFP/File/Representational)$ Technology

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 IST

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)

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13 Philippine marines killed in gunbattles with Islamist militants in...

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

10 Jun 2017 1:26 PM IST

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

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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.

1 April 2017 4:17 PM IST