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Son of Boko Haram Founder Arrested In Chad: Report
A young son of Boko Haram's founder has been arrested in Chad, where he was allegedly leading a jihadist cell, according to both an intelligence source and a former insurgent.
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Hamas Leaders In Spotlight: Insights Into The Group That Controls Gaza
The key leaders of the Palestinian organization, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has compared to the ISIS group.
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Hamas Calls For Palestinian Uprising Against Israel
The powerful Palestinian Islamist group Hamas called on Thursday for a new uprising against Israel after US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.
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Pro-RSS Muslim Body To Stop Young People From Joining ISIS
To help stop misguided Muslim youths from joining terror groups like ISIS or Islamic State, RSS-linked organisation Muslim Rashtriya Manch will soon float a new anti-terrorist body.
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Boko Haram Kill 7 In Suicide Attack, Raid: Residents
Boko Haram gunmen have mounted their first attacks since Nigeria's government declared the Islamist group "technically" defeated, killing seven people in a raid and suicide bombing, residents told AFP on Wednesday.
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Turkey Says 'Has Plans' for Joint US Operation Against ISIS
Turkey's foreign minister today said Ankara "has plans" for a joint operation with the United States to end the presence of Islamic State terrorists along any part of its border with Syria.
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Boko Haram Says Leader Abubakar Shekau is Alive in New Video
Boko Haram said in a new video on Wednesday that its elusive leader Abubakar Shekau was alive and still in charge of the Nigeria-based Islamist group whose six-year insurgency has killed thousands.
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Islamist Bomb Expert Killed in Bangladesh Police Search
An explosives expert from a banned Islamist group was killed in Bangladesh today when he detonated a device while security forces searched for weapons in one of the group's hideouts, police said.
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Boko Haram Attacks Prison in Niger, 4 Killed
Suspected Boko Haram militants launched an attack on the prison in the southern Niger town of Diffa late on Saturday, military sources said, in an apparent bid to free fellow members of the Nigerian Islamist group held there.
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Mali Makes Arrests Linked to Islamist Attacks: Sources
The Malian army captured two people linked to Islamist group Ansar Dine and seized evidence linking them to planned attacks, security sources said on Saturday.
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Egypt Appoints First Ambassador to Israel in 3 Years
Egypt appointed its first ambassador to Israel since 2012 today, signalling improving ties between states that both see the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, as a threat.
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3 Arrested for Putting Up Posters Against PM Modi's Bangladesh Visit
Three activists of radical Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bangladesh have been arrested for putting up posters in a university against the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Hamas Executed Palestinians During Israel War: Amnesty International
The Islamist group Hamas used its 2014 Gaza war with Israel to "settle scores" with rival Palestinians, executing at least 23 in possible war crimes, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
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Somali Shebab Kill 3 African Union Troops: African Union
Somalia's Shebab militants killed three soldiers from the African Union force fighting them in Somalia today, the AU said, condemning the latest in a series of attacks by the Islamists.
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At Least 10 Killed by Boko Haram in North Cameroon
Fighters from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram killed at least ten people in overnight attacks on two villages in neighbouring northern Cameroon, two senior army sources told Reuters today.
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Son of Boko Haram Founder Arrested In Chad: Report
A young son of Boko Haram's founder has been arrested in Chad, where he was allegedly leading a jihadist cell, according to both an intelligence source and a former insurgent.
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Hamas Leaders In Spotlight: Insights Into The Group That Controls Gaza
The key leaders of the Palestinian organization, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has compared to the ISIS group.
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Hamas Calls For Palestinian Uprising Against Israel
The powerful Palestinian Islamist group Hamas called on Thursday for a new uprising against Israel after US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.
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Pro-RSS Muslim Body To Stop Young People From Joining ISIS
To help stop misguided Muslim youths from joining terror groups like ISIS or Islamic State, RSS-linked organisation Muslim Rashtriya Manch will soon float a new anti-terrorist body.
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Boko Haram Kill 7 In Suicide Attack, Raid: Residents
Boko Haram gunmen have mounted their first attacks since Nigeria's government declared the Islamist group "technically" defeated, killing seven people in a raid and suicide bombing, residents told AFP on Wednesday.
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Turkey Says 'Has Plans' for Joint US Operation Against ISIS
Turkey's foreign minister today said Ankara "has plans" for a joint operation with the United States to end the presence of Islamic State terrorists along any part of its border with Syria.
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Boko Haram Says Leader Abubakar Shekau is Alive in New Video
Boko Haram said in a new video on Wednesday that its elusive leader Abubakar Shekau was alive and still in charge of the Nigeria-based Islamist group whose six-year insurgency has killed thousands.
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Islamist Bomb Expert Killed in Bangladesh Police Search
An explosives expert from a banned Islamist group was killed in Bangladesh today when he detonated a device while security forces searched for weapons in one of the group's hideouts, police said.
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Boko Haram Attacks Prison in Niger, 4 Killed
Suspected Boko Haram militants launched an attack on the prison in the southern Niger town of Diffa late on Saturday, military sources said, in an apparent bid to free fellow members of the Nigerian Islamist group held there.
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Mali Makes Arrests Linked to Islamist Attacks: Sources
The Malian army captured two people linked to Islamist group Ansar Dine and seized evidence linking them to planned attacks, security sources said on Saturday.
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Egypt Appoints First Ambassador to Israel in 3 Years
Egypt appointed its first ambassador to Israel since 2012 today, signalling improving ties between states that both see the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, as a threat.
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3 Arrested for Putting Up Posters Against PM Modi's Bangladesh Visit
Three activists of radical Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bangladesh have been arrested for putting up posters in a university against the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Hamas Executed Palestinians During Israel War: Amnesty International
The Islamist group Hamas used its 2014 Gaza war with Israel to "settle scores" with rival Palestinians, executing at least 23 in possible war crimes, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
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Somali Shebab Kill 3 African Union Troops: African Union
Somalia's Shebab militants killed three soldiers from the African Union force fighting them in Somalia today, the AU said, condemning the latest in a series of attacks by the Islamists.
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At Least 10 Killed by Boko Haram in North Cameroon
Fighters from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram killed at least ten people in overnight attacks on two villages in neighbouring northern Cameroon, two senior army sources told Reuters today.
