Islamist
Trial in France for extremist foiled by 3 Americans on train
World
November 16, 2020
Trial in France for extremist foiled by 3 Americans on train
PARIS (AP) — An Islamic State operative went on trial Monday in Paris on terror charges for swaggering bare-chested through…
Qatar calls for arms embargo against Libya’s Haftar
Middle East
April 16, 2019
Qatar calls for arms embargo against Libya’s Haftar
MILAN (Reuters) – Qatar’s foreign minister has called for an effective arms embargo against eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar and…
Pakistan makes it easier to go after assets of militants
Middle East
March 5, 2019
Pakistan makes it easier to go after assets of militants
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has made it easier to seize and freeze the assets of people and groups facing UN…
Pakistan extends house arrest of Islamist blamed for 2008 Mumbai attacks
Middle East
August 1, 2017
Pakistan extends house arrest of Islamist blamed for 2008 Mumbai attacks
Pakistan has extended by two months the house arrest of Hafiz Saeed, accused by the United States of masterminding 2008…
Egyptian in Red Sea knife attack was Islamic State supporter, sources say
Egypt
July 30, 2017
Egyptian in Red Sea knife attack was Islamic State supporter, sources say
An Egyptian man who stabbed three foreign tourists to death and wounded three more earlier this month at a Red…
German police rule out terrorism in Konstanz nightclub shooting
World
July 30, 2017
German police rule out terrorism in Konstanz nightclub shooting
A gunman who killed one person and injured three others in a nightclub in southern Germany on Sunday was an…
Hamburg attacker was known to security forces as Islamist: minister
World
July 29, 2017
Hamburg attacker was known to security forces as Islamist: minister
The migrant who killed one person and injured six others in a knife attack in a Hamburg supermarket on Friday…
Executed Pakistani praised as hero of Islam for supporting blasphemy law
World
March 1, 2016
Executed Pakistani praised as hero of Islam for supporting blasphemy law
Tens of thousands of Pakistani supporters on Tuesday cheered and threw flowers at the casket of a bodyguard executed this…
Singapore says arrests 27 Bangladeshi Islamists, deports 26
World
January 20, 2016
Singapore says arrests 27 Bangladeshi Islamists, deports 26
Singapore, a wealthy multi-ethnic city state, arrested 27 Bangladeshi construction workers who supported Islamist groups including al Qaeda and Islamic…
Bangladesh court upholds death sentence for Islamist leader
World
January 6, 2016
Bangladesh court upholds death sentence for Islamist leader
Bangladesh's Supreme Court upheld the death penalty for a top Islamist party leader on Wednesday for atrocities committed during the…