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Mozambique: Militants seize town, Total halts LNG operations

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.

Islamist militants seize four Indonesians in southern Philippines

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.

Nigeria's Boko Haram extremists attack Cameroon and Niger

February 09, 2015 10:23 pm

The town of Diffa was attacked for the third time in recent days.

Pakistan strikes kill 31 militants, drone kills 7 in Khyber region

January 04, 2015 2:16 pm

The strikes destroyed four militant hideouts and a suicide bomber training center.

Kenya: MPs divided over terror law that bolster police but trims freedom

December 18, 2014 7:27 pm

The law would allow police to curtail journalists' freedoms if they are deemed to be 'undermining' investigations.

Pak kills 19 militants, wipes out 5 hideouts in two separate air attacks in Khyber Agency

December 10, 2014 5:45 pm

The air assaults also wiped out five militant hideouts in the area.

Kenya bus attack: Somali Islamist militant group kills 28 in bus hijack

November 23, 2014 3:53 pm

Order non-Muslims to get off, open fire in retaliation for police raids on mosques

Scores killed as Boko Haram insurgents overrun Nigerian town - sources

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.

US will intervene to prevent 'massacre of innocent people': Obama

August 09, 2014 4:58 pm

Obama justifies his decision to carry out targeted airstrikes in Iraq to prevent 'massacre of innocent people'.

Won't let Islamic militants create caliphate: Obama

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.

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