Islamic State claims southern Philippine blast that killed 11
Source: Reuters BY Manuel Mogato MANILA (Reuters) – A bomb exploded in a van in the restive southern Philippines on Tuesday, killing 11 people at a military checkpoint in what […]
Indonesia Bans Islamic State-Linked Terror Group Behind Child Suicide Bombings
Source: Wall Street Journal By Ben Otto and Anita Rachman JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indonesia banned the militant group behind Islamic State’s first attack in Southeast Asia and suicide bombings involving children, a […]
Toronto Shooting Rekindles Familiar Debate: Terrorist? Mentally Ill? Both?
Source: The New York Times By Rukmini Callimachi and Catherine Porter After a 31-year-old man used a cargo truck to crush 86 people to death on the promenade in Nice, France, his distraught […]
Syria war: More than 200 dead in suicide attacks
Source: BBC News At least 215 people have died in a series of apparently co-ordinated attacks in south-western Syria, local officials and a monitoring group say. Several suicide bombings struck […]
Pakistan election: Dozens killed on voting day
Source: BBC News Pakistan has been hit by violence on the day of its general elections – with at least 31 dead in the worst attack. A suicide bomber blew […]
31 killed in suicide blast outside Quetta polling station
Source: Dawn News At least 31 people have been killed and more than 30 injured in a suicide blast outside a polling station in Quetta’s Eastern Bypass area on Wednesday, […]
Indonesia passes anti-terrorism law after suicide attacks on churches
Source: Religion News Service JAKARTA, Indonesia (RNS) — Weeks after a radicalized Muslim family committed suicide attacks on churches in the city of Surabaya, Indonesia, the country passed an anti-terror law […]
Mosque suicide bombing in north Nigeria kills 7, injures 7
Source: Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian officials say that seven people have been killed in a suicide attack on a mosque in Konduga town in the country’s north. […]
Toronto shooting rampage leaves 2 dead, 12 wounded and a city baffled
Source: CNN By Sheena Jones, Madison Park and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN)A second victim has died after a gunman opened fire in a popular Toronto neighborhood late Sunday night. Police said the second victim […]
Neil Prakash: Turkey rejects extradition of Australian jihadist
Source: BBC News A Turkish court has ruled against extraditing Australia’s most wanted jihadist, Neil Prakash, to face terrorism charges in his home country. Prakash was arrested in Turkey in […]
Turkish court rejects appeals to release jailed American pastor
Source: The Washington Post By Kareem Fahim ALIAGA, Turkey — A Turkish court on Wednesday rejected appeals to release Andrew Brunson, an American pastor being tried on terrorism-related charges whose prosecution and […]
Sikhs and Hindus Bear Brunt of Latest Afghanistan Suicide Attack
Source: The New York Times By Zabihullah Ghazi and Mujib Mashal JALALABAD, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber struck a crowd of Afghan Sikhs and Hindus arriving to meet with President Ashraf Ghani […]
Iraqi PM orders ‘immediate’ execution of all ‘terrorists condemned to death’
Source: CNN By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Nick Paton Walsh raq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi has called for the “immediate” execution of all convicted “terrorists” on death row after the bodies of eight members of […]
Mali: G5 force headquarters targeted in deadly attack
Source: Al Jazeera News At least two soldiers have been killed and several others wounded in an attack by unidentified fighters on the headquarters of an African military taskforce in […]
UN warns of ‘catastrophe’ as 160,000 flee southern Syria push
Source: Al Jazeera News The United Nations has warned of a looming “catastrophe” in southern Syria, as it raised the number of people fleeing a fierce government offensive aimed at retaking […]
Syria’s war: Calls for help as Deraa hospitals are forced shut
Source: Al Jazeera News by Arwa Ibrahim Air strikes on rebel-held parts of southern Syria have put at least three hospitals and medical centres out of service as the Syrian army presses […]
Dozens injured after blast hits rally attended by Ethiopian leader
Source: CNN Dozens were injured, and at least one person killed, in an explosion Saturday at a rally in Addis Ababa attended by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, officials said. […]
Indonesian Islamic State cleric gets death sentence for Jakarta attack
Source: BBC News An Indonesian cleric found guilty of masterminding a 2016 terror attack in Jakarta which left four civilians dead has been sentenced to death. Aman Aburrahman was convicted […]
Europol says homegrown jihadis behind most 2017 attacks
Source: Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Europol says armed jihadis plotted or carried out more attacks in Europe last year than in 2016, with a total of 33 attacks either […]
Al-Shabab kidnaps Somali children to fill its ranks. Parents pull kids from school or flee to protect them.
Source: PRI By Tonny Onyulo Members of the al-Qaeda-linked militant group al-Shabab surrender to authorities in the north of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, Sept. 24, 2012. Credit: Omar Faruk/Reuters You can hear the anguish in Maalim […]