Islamic Militants
Egypt executes 15 militants over deadly 2013 Sinai attack
Egypt's Prisons Authority says 15 Islamic militants convicted of staging a deadly attack on an army checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula four years ago have been executed.
Emajuddin made personal comment on Jamaat: Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir terms Prof Emajuddin Ahmed’s comment on severing ties with Jamaat as his personal one.
Inform prosecution lapse in militant trials: Anisul to DCs
Law Minister Anisul Huq asks the deputy commissioners to inform the monitoring cell under the ministry if the prosecutions do not properly assist courts during trial of militants.
Libyan port ‘re-taken from IS’
Libyan forces say they have re-taken control of the port in the city of Sirte, after fierce fighting against militants from so-called Islamic State.
Islamic State threatens 'attacks in India'
In a rare appeal to India's Muslim minority, Islamic State says "it is planning to avenge the deaths of Muslims killed in riots in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat and elsewhere".
Abu Sayyaf releases Canadian hostage beheading video
Abu Sayyaf of the Philippines has releases a video of Canadian hostage John Ridsdell being beheaded by their militants. The harrowing 52-second video shows four militants and Ridsdell in jungle surroundings.
Tailor killed in Tangail, ‘IS claims responsibility’
Bike-riding assailants stab dead a middle-aged Hindu tailor in Tangail. Hours later, US-based SITE Intelligence Group tweet that international militant outfit Islamic State have claimed credit for the murder saying that he blasphemed Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
9 killed in Somalia hotel attack
Militants storm a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, leaving at least nine people dead, in an attack claimed by al-Shabab.
Somalia's al-Shabab killed '180 Kenyan troops' in el-Ade
At least 180 Kenyan troops are killed when al-Shabab attacked their base last month, Somalia's president says.
Islamic State recruits 400 children since January: Syria monitor
A monitoring group says, since last three months, the Islamic State has recruited at least 400 children in Syria and trained them as so-called "Cubs of the Caliphate" and hard line indoctrination.
Boko Haram crisis: 70 bodies found in Nigeria
At least 70 bodies are found dumped outside the town of Damasak in north-eastern Nigeria, after it was recaptured from Boko Haram militants
When will it all end?
ANY direction you cast your gaze you encounter violence in myriad forms; situated in racial, religious, ethnic, or class conflict zones.
Bangladeshi workers taken hostage
ANOWAR Hossain and Helal Uddin are two Bangladeshis among other foreign nationals who have been taken hostage by the Islamic State or some other militia group in Libya.
5 killed in Mali nightclub attack
Five people are killed in a machine-gun and grenade attack on a nightclub in Mali's capital, Bamako
Life inside Islamic State for young female recruits
Melanie Smith monitors around 90 women daily who are believed to be living with Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq and depicts an idea into what life really is like inside IS
Another militant den busted
THE regularity with which the law enforcing agencies have been discovering dens of the extremist groups along with large quantity of weapons, incendiary and explosive materials is worrying. But one must give plaudits to the police for their successes in this regard.
NZ to send non-combat troops to Iraq
New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key announces plans to send 143 non-combat troops to Iraq to help the fight against Islamic State (IS) militants