March 28, 2021 8:00 pm
Jihadis have seized a town and also allegedly attacked a convoy of fleeing civilians, including foreign workers, as fighting continued in the gas-rich region.
April 16, 2016 11:53 am
The al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group, which is known for extortion, kidnappings, beheadings and bombings, has stepped up activities on the remote islands.
February 09, 2015 10:23 pm
The town of Diffa was attacked for the third time in recent days.
January 04, 2015 2:16 pm
The strikes destroyed four militant hideouts and a suicide bomber training center.
December 18, 2014 7:27 pm
The law would allow police to curtail journalists' freedoms if they are deemed to be 'undermining' investigations.
December 10, 2014 5:45 pm
The air assaults also wiped out five militant hideouts in the area.
November 23, 2014 3:53 pm
Order non-Muslims to get off, open fire in retaliation for police raids on mosques
September 02, 2014 8:56 pm
The Islamists launched an attack on the town of Bama on Monday but came back in greater numbers overnight, the sources said.
August 09, 2014 4:58 pm
Obama justifies his decision to carry out targeted airstrikes in Iraq to prevent 'massacre of innocent people'.
August 09, 2014 12:10 pm
Obama said the US may eventually do more to help Iraq repel the militant group, which seeks to control its own state.



