Greek Goddess of Justice Statue Is Removed In Bangladesh
Religious hardliners in Bangladesh removed a controversial statue depicting the blindfolded Greek goddess of justice from outside the nation's supreme ...
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Breeding and Training Ground For Jihadists
Feeding on the chaos that has gripped Libya since the overthrow and killing of longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011, ...
Bangladesh ‘militants’ Surrender After Facebook Plea
Five young Bangladeshis accused of being Islamist militants surrendered to authorities Sunday, an official said, after a lengthy siege that ...
Faith, Politics Clash As Egypt’s Al-Azhar Pressed To Reform
When Pope Francis visits Egypt's Al-Azhar this week, he will find support for his message of peace in the venerable ...
Bangladesh To Build Hundreds of Mosques With Saudi Cash
Bangladesh has approved a project to build hundreds of mosques with almost $1 billion from Saudi Arabia, an official said ...
From Aspiring Stylist To Jihadist Widow
Islam Maytat thought marrying an Afghan-British businessman was her ticket to a new life as a fashionista in London. Instead ...
Pressed In Iraq and Syria, IS Lashes Out In Egypt
The twin bombings of churches in Egypt suggest that Islamic State group jihadists are lashing out as they find themselves ...
Erdogan Has Command Responsibility For Aiding Terrorism
The infamy of the crimes against humanity carried out by Islamic State is legendary, but the still untold story is ...
Belgian Altar Boy Goes To Fight For ISIS, Then Returns On Welfare
With his blue eyes, brown hair and beaming smile, young Michael Delefortrie looked every inch the angelic altar boy. But ...
Top Bangladesh Army Officer Dies From IS-Claimed Blast
A senior army officer who headed the intelligence wing of Bangladesh's elite security force died Friday, days after he was ...
Bangladesh Police Storm Hideout, Find Up To Eight Bodies
Bangladesh security forces found the scattered body parts of up to eight people including women and possibly children when they ...
Grenade Attack As Bangladesh Police Raid Islamist Hideout
Bangladesh police came under grenade attack when they raided two suspected Islamist extremist hideouts on Wednesday, days after a major ...
Bangladesh Anti-Terror Raids
At least two civilians and one policeman killed during the operation at a residential building in Sylhet city. At least ...
HRW Calls On Iraqis To Avoid Ad Hoc Mass Grave Exhumations
Iraqis should not carry out hurried or ad hoc exhumations of mass graves left by jihadists, as this makes identifying ...
Iraqi Soldiers Using SHUTTLECOCK Grenades To Target ISIS
The Iraqi army is giving ISIS a taste of its own medicine by bombing them with shuttlecock grenades attached to ...
Adopting IS Tactic, Iraqi Forces Weaponise Small Drones
Inside an armoured vehicle in Mosul, a colonel scans live footage from a drone flying above the Iraqi city, hunting ...
Fear and Hunger In Iraq’s West Mosul
The luckiest of west Mosul's residents under Islamic State group rule had tomato concentrate. Potatoes were an almost unheard-of luxury. ...
Mosul Families Huddle At Home, Terrified of IS
For two weeks, Yunis Mohammed and 17 relatives huddled terrified in the cellar of his west Mosul home as the ...
Upstaging Jihad In Tunisia’s Impoverished Mountains
A rustic theatre where performers wear masks carved from cactus aims to win over young Tunisians in a long neglected ...
Muslim, Christian Clerics Say Don’t Link Islam To Terrorism
Leading Muslim and Christian clerics in the Middle East issued a statement Wednesday urging against linking Islam to terrorism, following ...