Islamists attack French church, slit priest's throatKnife-wielding attackers interrupted a French church service, forced the priest to his knees and slit his throat on Tuesday, a murder made even more shocking as one of the assailants was a known would-be jihadist under supposedly tight surveilla More… |
Bangladesh arrests 100 Islamists in crackdown after killingsPolice in Bangladesh have arrested at least 119 militants as part of a crackdown on Islamists after a wave of deadly attacks on members of minority groups and liberal activists, an officer said on Monday. More than 8,000 criminal More… |
27 dead after Islamists seize hotel in MaliAround 27 people were reported dead on Friday after Malian commandos stormed a hotel seized by Islamist gunmen to rescue 170 people, many of them foreigners, trapped in the building. The jihadist group Al Mourabitoun, allied to al More… |
Tunisian arrests prevent major Islamist attackTunisia has arrested a cell of 17 Islamist militants and prevented a major assault on hotels and security forces in the resort town of Sousse planned for this month, a senior government official told Reuters on Tuesday. Sousse was More… |
PAM party, Islamists win most seats in MoroccoA political party formed by a close associate of Morocco's king secured most seats in local elections on Friday, closely followed by the ruling Islamist party which also won in major cities, according to preliminary results. M More… |
Norway on alert over imminent attack threatMilitant Islamists with fighting experience in Syria may be planning an attack in Norway in the coming days, police said on Thursday, as they deployed armed units at borders, airports and railway stations. A small group of Norway- More… |
Islamists attack Yemeni airport as bomber hits army baseSuspected Islamist militants attacked an airport in the eastern Yemeni city of Seiyun early on Thursday, clashing with soldiers and occupying parts of the building, sources at the airport said. At around the same time, security of More… |
Libyan Islamists warn US against interferenceThe leader of Islamist militant group Ansar Al-Sharia in Libya's Benghazi city warned the United States against interference or it would face worse than the conflicts in Somalia, Iraq, or Afghanistan. Libya's young d More… |
Egyptian liberal finds enemies on all sidesAmr Hamzawy's liberal politics put him on the wrong side of the Islamists who rose to power after the 2011 uprising. Now his criticism of the army-backed order that replaced them is generating new enemies. A rare example of a More… |
Now Syria democrats fear Al Qaeda militantsWhen he was agitating for revolution, urging fellow Syrians to rise up against President Bashar Al-Assad, Abdullah dreaded the midnight knock at the door from the secret police. Now that the uprising has succeeded in his home town More… |