Islamist Militants

• Canada’s foreign minister condemns ‘horrific’ attacks on civilians in Mozambique

  Several reports, citing state media and police, say over 50 people were attacked and beheaded over the weekend by militant Islamists in the Cabo Delgado province.

  World

  Nov 10, 2020
  
• At least 12 dead after gunmen attack agriculture institute in Pakistan

  Police and military troops killed three attackers during a firefight and while clearing the complex in Peshawar.

  World

  Dec 1, 2017
  
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• Suicide bomber kills 50 in Nigeria, marking region’s deadliest attack this year

  Tuesday's bombing brings the number killed in 2017 to at least 278, according to calculations by Reuters.

  World

  Nov 21, 2017
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• British officials deny changes to Donald Trump’s state visit to United Kingdom

  Prime Minister Theresa May's office said Sunday there had been no change to plans for U.S. President Donald Trump to visit Britain.

  Politics

  Jun 11, 2017
• Boko Haram kidnapped over 400 children, women from Nigeria town: report

  Boko Haram kidnapped more than 400 women and children from the northeastern Nigeria town of Damasak, according to a report in the wake of the town being freed by armed forces from Chad and Niger.

  World

  Mar 24, 2015
• Libya urges UN to lift arms embargo to counter ISIS, militant groups

  Libya made an urgent appeal Wednesday to the U.N. Security Council to either lift an arms embargo completely or allow exemptions so that its army can fight the rising threat of ISIS and other militant groups.

  World

  Mar 4, 2015
• Burkina Faso general flies to France for medical care

  A general who attempted to declare himself president of Burkina Faso amid that country's chaos has flown to France for medical treatment.

  World

  Nov 13, 2014
• WATCH: Boy, mother reunited after jihadi father took him to Syria

  An 8-year-old ethnic Albanian boy was reunited with his mother in Kosovo after he was taken by his jihadi father to Syria in June.

  World

  Oct 16, 2014
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• Appetite for destruction: Where ISIS gets its reputation for brutality

  Torture and executions, recruiting child soldiers and too unruly for al-Qaeda: A look at the allegations against the Islamic State militant group.

  World

  Aug 11, 2014
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• Iraqi parliament to meet in step to form new gov’t

  Iraq's vice-president called on parliament to convene on Tuesday, taking the first step toward forming a new government to present a united front against a rapidly advancing Sunni insurgency.

  World

  Jun 26, 2014