Dhaka terror attack: Japan's Uniqlo suspends most Bangladesh travel; others reviewing operations
One of the world`s poorest countries, Bangladesh relies on garments for around 80 percent of its exports and for about 4 million jobs, and ranks behind only China as a supplier of clothes to developed markets like Europe and the United States.
Jul 05, 2016, 05:15 AM IST
Another Hindu priest attacked in Bangladesh, reported to be critical
Unidentified attackers stabbed and critically wounded a Hindu priest in southwest Bangladesh Saturday, just a day after a Hindu temple worker was hacked to death in an attack by suspected Islamist militants.
Jul 02, 2016, 07:43 AM IST
French charity official says stabbed by couple shouting "Allahu Akbar": Media
A police source confirmed the director of the Restos du Coeur soup kitchen in Montreuil, east of Paris, had said that he was stabbed by a couple carrying an axe and a knife and shouting `God is Greatest` in Arabic.
Jul 01, 2016, 14:03 PM IST
Indian-American Christians condemn attack on Syria church head
Indian-American Christians have strongly condemned a suicide bomb attack on the head of an Orthodox church by Islamist militants in the northern Syrian border town of Qamishli.
Jun 24, 2016, 13:13 PM IST
Morocco arrests 10 suspected Islamist militants, including Algerian
Morocco said on Thursday that it had dismantled a suspected militant cell inspired by the radical group Islamic State and that it had arrested 10 men who were planning attacks in the North African kingdom.
Jun 24, 2016, 04:58 AM IST
Algerian troops kill 14 Islamist militants
Algerian soldiers killed 14 armed Islamist militants in an ongoing operation south of the capital on today, the defence ministry said giving a new toll.
Jun 20, 2016, 02:08 AM IST
Philippine militants release four Indonesian sailors
Four Indonesian sailors kidnapped by suspected Islamic militants in the strife-torn southern Philippines were released Wednesday, the second group of Indonesian hostages to be freed this month.
May 11, 2016, 19:02 PM IST
Germany gurudwara attack: Third suspect arrested from Essen railway station
Police gave no further details, but media reports identified the third man arrested as jihadist Tolga I, a seventeen-year-old jihadist and sympathiser of Islamic State (IS) terror group.
May 05, 2016, 17:40 PM IST
Bangladesh`s top blogger gets death threat
Bangladesh`s best-known blogger said Monday he has become the latest secular activist threatened with murder, a warning which he suspected was linked to his recent scathing criticism of the government.
Apr 25, 2016, 16:21 PM IST
Islamist militants seize four Indonesians in southern Philippines
Islamist militants seized four Indonesian crew of a tugboat in the southern Philippines on Friday night, the third attack on slow moving vessels in about a month, a military spokesman said on Saturday, as troops battled Muslim rebels on a nearby island.
Apr 16, 2016, 16:10 PM IST
Turkish military accuses media of damaging morale, launches legal action
The Turkish military said on Thursday it had launched legal action against unspecified media outlets over reports it said were damaging morale, as Turkey faces an almost unprecedented combination of national security threats.
Mar 31, 2016, 14:56 PM IST
Italy arrests Algerian suspected of forging papers for Brussels attackers - reports
Italian police have arrested an Algerian suspected of having produced false documents for Islamist militants connected to the recent deadly attacks in Brussels and Paris, Italian media reported on Saturday.
Mar 27, 2016, 08:57 AM IST
On Good Friday, pope says Islamist militants profane God's name
Pope Francis condemned "unprecedented violence" by Islamist militants, saying at a Good Friday service that followers of religions who carried out acts of fundamentalism or terrorism were profaning God`s name.
Mar 26, 2016, 10:04 AM IST
Three more arrested in Brussels police operation over attacks
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Brussels on Friday to offer US assistance in security.
Mar 26, 2016, 10:02 AM IST
Philippine Army kills 42 Islamist militants in battles in south
Philippine security forces killed as many as 42 Muslim rebels claiming links with Islamic State and captured their stronghold.
Feb 26, 2016, 11:58 AM IST
Suspected Islamist militants attack Mali UN base, several dead
Suspected Islamist militants attacked a U.N. peacekeepers` base in the northern Mali town of Kidal on Friday, killing several people and wounding others, a spokesman for the separatist Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) told Reuters.
Feb 12, 2016, 15:54 PM IST
Pakistan deploys military to protect huge Chinese investment in Gwadar port
Heavy police presence, guarded convoys, new checkpoints and troop reinforcements have turned parts of the southern port city of Gwadar into a fortress.
Feb 08, 2016, 16:52 PM IST
Boko Haram slaughters 65 people in Nigeria
A Nigerian military spokesman said that Boko Haram militants attacked the community of Dalori, about 5 km east of Maiduguri, on Saturday evening.
Jan 31, 2016, 20:00 PM IST
At least 19 killed in Somalia restaurant attack
The Lido beach area in Mogadishu is busy with restaurants, including upmarket establishments popular with business people and diaspora Somalis.
Jan 22, 2016, 13:51 PM IST
China's Xinjiang adopts non-discrimination rules amid ethnic violence
The new rules, introduced on Jan. 1, make promoting ethnic unity a main factor in evaluating officials` performance on the job.
Jan 15, 2016, 16:20 PM IST
