Dagestan bombs kill three, two dead in shootout near Moscow
Reuters | Monday May 20, 2013
Two car bombs killed at least three people and wounded dozens of others on Monday in Dagestan, a turbulent province in Russia's North Caucasus region where armed groups are waging an Islamist insurgency.
Afghan parliament fails to pass divisive women's law
Reuters | Saturday May 18, 2013
Afghanistan's parliament failed to pass a law on Saturday banning violence against women, a severe blow to progress made in women's rights in the conservative Muslim country since the Islamist Taliban was toppled over a decade ago.
Bombs kill more than 30 people across Iraq
Reuters | Wednesday May 15, 2013
Bomb attacks in Shi'ite areas of Baghdad and in northern Iraq killed more than 30 people on Wednesday, following weeks of violence by Sunni Islamist insurgents determined to spark sectarian confrontation.
Nationwide strike in Bangladesh to protest crackdown on Islamists
Associated Press | Wednesday May 8, 2013
Thousands of security officers patrolled the streets of Bangladesh's capital on Wednesday trying to prevent violence during a general strike called by 18 opposition parties.
President Bashar al-Assad's forces capture strategic town in southern Syria
Reuters | Wednesday May 8, 2013
The Syrian army captured a strategic southern town from rebel fighters on Wednesday after a ferocious two-month bombardment, in an advance likely to result in President Bashar al-Assad's forces regaining control of an international transit route, opp...
Bangladesh opposition calls strike over 'mass killing'
Agence France Presse | Tuesday May 7, 2013
Bangladeshi opposition parties have called a two-day nationwide shutdown from Wednesday to protest what they describe as the "mass killing" of Islamists in a crackdown by security forces.
37 dead as Bangladesh Islamists demand tougher blasphemy law
Agence France Presse | Tuesday May 7, 2013
Bangladeshi police broke up a protest by tens of thousands of religious hardliners and shut down Islamist television stations Monday as 37 people died in some of the fiercest street violence for decades.
United Nations chief appeals for peace and calm in Bangladesh
Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 7, 2013
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today called for peace and calm in Bangladesh as he expressed concern over the current wave of violence in the country. More than 30 people have been killed in the country so far after Islamist hardliners ...
32 dead as Bangladesh Islamists demand blasphemy law
Agence France Presse | Monday May 6, 2013
Bangladeshi police broke up a protest by tens of thousands of religious hardliners and shut down an Islamist television station Monday after 32 people were killed in running battles on the streets of Dhaka.
22 dead as Bangladesh Islamists demand blasphemy law
Agence France-Presse | Monday May 6, 2013
At least 22 people were killed as Bangladeshi police fought pitch battles with tens of thousands of hardline Islamists in the capital Dhaka, police and medical officials said on Monday.
10 dead as Bangladesh protesters clash with police demanding new blasphemy law
Agence France-Presse | Monday May 6, 2013
Hundreds of thousands of Islamists demanding a new blasphemy law on Sunday blocked highways and fought running battles with police, leaving 10 people dead and hundreds injured in the Bangladeshi capital.
Nawaz Sharif says Pakistan should reconsider support for US war on terror
Reuters | Sunday May 5, 2013
Nawaz Sharif, seen as the front-runner in Pakistan's election race, said the country should reconsider its support for the US war on Islamist militancy and suggested that he was in favour of negotiations with the Taliban.
Hundreds in Pakistan pay tribute to Osama bin Laden
Agence France-Presse | Thursday May 2, 2013
Hundreds of Islamists rallied in Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta Thursday to pay tribute to Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden on the second anniversary of his death.
Nigerian senator says 228 killed in gunfight with Islamists
Reuters | Saturday April 27, 2013
A gunbattle between security forces and Islamist insurgents in Nigeria a week ago killed 228 people, a local senator said on Saturday, putting the death toll six times higher than the government's estimate.
US lawmakers question FBI on Boston bombing investigation
Reuters | Wednesday April 24, 2013
US lawmakers grilled top security officials on Tuesday about the handling of the Boston Marathon bombing investigation and why one of the suspects flagged as a possible Islamist radical was not tracked more closely.
