Philippines says may break Islamist militants' city siege soon
The siege of Marawi City in the southern Philippines could be over soon because the logistics of the Islamist militants holed up there have been disrupted and they have been reduced to a “small resistance”, the military said on Wednesday (June 7).
Jun 08, 2017, 12:11 PM IST
Foreigners from at least 5 countries fighting with rebels in southern Philippines: Minister
Militants of at least five nationalities were among eight foreigners killed while fighting alongside Islamist militants against government troops in the southern Philippines, Manila`s defence minister said on Thursday.
Jun 01, 2017, 10:27 AM IST
Philippine military airstrikes kill 10 troops: Defence Chief
Eighty-nine militants have been killed in the fighting, and the gunmen have murdered 19 civilians.
Jun 01, 2017, 10:22 AM IST
Philippines urges Islamist rebels to surrender as battle enters eighth day
More than 100 people have been killed, most of them militants, according to the military, and most of the city`s residents have fled.
May 30, 2017, 15:28 PM IST
Philippines puts city on lockdown over fears of militant infiltration
Duterte imposed martial law last week on Mindanao where both Marawi and Iligan are located, to quell the unrest and wipe out militancy.
Philippine military bomb Islamist militants in urban battle
Duterte declared martial law across the Philippines in response to the clashes, which have claimed at least 48 lives are part of a campaign by the IS group.
May 27, 2017, 11:45 AM IST
Indonesian president Joko Widodo urges calm after suspected suicide attacks in Jakarta
Authorities in the world`s biggest Muslim-majority nation are increasingly worried about a surge in radicalism.
May 25, 2017, 12:42 PM IST
Militants in Philippines beheaded local police chief: President Rodrigo Duterte
Islamist militants rampaging through a southern Philippine city beheaded a local police chief, President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday.
May 24, 2017, 17:28 PM IST
Bangladesh 'militants' surrender after Facebook plea
Elite counter-terror troops surrounded a one-storey house in the central district of Narsingdi on Saturday afternoon after a tip-off that Islamist extremists were holed up there.
May 21, 2017, 20:22 PM IST
French President Macron stresses on combating Jihadi threat
France has suffered multiple attacks by Islamist militants in the past two years losing 230 civilians.
May 20, 2017, 10:17 AM IST
Macron heads to Mali to reaffirm French commitment to battle jihadists
President Emmanuel Macron undertakes his first trip as commander-in-chief on Friday when he meets troops fighting Islamist militants in Mali where the security situation has worsened despite French intervention more than four years ago.
May 19, 2017, 11:28 AM IST
Bangladesh security forces storm terror den; three militants dead
Three militants, including a woman, were found dead by Bangladesh security forces today when they stormed their hideout, ending a two-day stand off with Islamist militants in a northeastern city amid a massive nationwide clampdown on militants.
Apr 01, 2017, 16:38 PM IST
Five sentenced to death for killing of Japanese citizen in Bangladesh
A Bangladesh court handed down the death sentence on Tuesday for five Islamist militants found guilty of killing a Japanese citizen, court officials said.
Feb 28, 2017, 13:39 PM IST
Five killed in attack in China's Xinjiang
Attackers drove a car into a government building in China`s unruly far western region of Xinjiang on Wednesday and set off an explosive device killing one person, while all four of the attackers were shot dead, the regional government said.
Dec 29, 2016, 11:19 AM IST
ISIS-linked militants under siege in Philippine town: Army
Up to 100 Islamist militants from a group behind a deadly bombing in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's home city were on Saturday under siege in a remote mountain town, officials said.
Nov 26, 2016, 16:39 PM IST
Air strike targeting militants kills seven in southern Libya: Official
An air strike targeting Islamist militants has killed at least seven people near the southwestern Libyan city of Sabha, a local official and media reports said on Tuesday.
Nov 16, 2016, 04:50 AM IST
Spanish police arrest two Moroccans accused of supporting Islamic State
Spanish police have arrested two Morrocan imams on the island of Ibiza accused of supporting the Islamist militant group Islamic State publicly and through their social media profiles, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.
Oct 25, 2016, 13:47 PM IST
South Korean ship`s captain snatched off the Philippines: Army
Suspected Islamist militants kidnapped the captain and a Filipino crew member on a South Korean cargo ship in the southern Philippines, the military said Friday.
Oct 21, 2016, 18:45 PM IST
Suicide bomber kills at least 75 at Quetta hospital; Pakistani Taliban faction claims responsibility
A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed at least 75 people and wounded more than a hundred on Monday in an attack on mourners gathered at a hospital in Quetta, according to officials in the southwestern province of Baluchistan.
Aug 09, 2016, 00:01 AM IST
Dhaka attack neighbourhood falls silent ahead of Eid
An eerie silence pervades the restaurants and shopping malls in Dhaka`s diplomatic quarter, usually teeming with well-heeled urbanites, now standing empty since the killing of 20 hostages at a popu
Jul 06, 2016, 11:59 AM IST
