Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 18:46
French counter-terrorism offensive in rebel-infested northern Mali ended on Friday with 11 Islamist militants killed and a French soldier wounded, military sources inside the operation have said.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 17:30
Al Qaeda and other insurgent groups have tightened their grip on Falluja, defying the Shi`ite-led Iraqi government`s efforts to persuade local tribesmen to expel them from the Sunni Muslim city, residents and officials say.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 01:11
Scores of suspected Islamist gunmen stormed a military barracks in northeast Nigeria on Friday, spraying gunfire on the troops inside before torching the compound, the army and residents said.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 16:55
At least 22 people were killed in an attack by gunmen who entered a business place in Mubi area of Nigeria`s Adamawa state.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 20:19
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius confirmed that 19 armed Islamists had been killed in a French-led military operation this week targeting al Qaeda-linked rebels in restive northern Mali.
Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 17:45
Clashes between Libyan troops and militants in the eastern city of Benghazi on Monday killed at least nine people and wounded a dozen more during a military operation, security and medical officials said.
Last Updated: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 19:50
An Islamist militant group has claimed responsibility for the deadly car crash in Beijing`s iconic Tienanmen Square last month and warned of more such attacks, a media report has said.
Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 00:51
A French engineer abducted by Islamist militants in Nigeria has managed to escape after nearly a year in captivity, officials said.
Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 18:13
A French man has been freed almost a year after he was kidnapped in Nigeria by Islamist militants, President Francois Hollande`s office said on Sunday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 00:35
UN Security Council approved a 4,400-troop boost to the African force in Somalia, taking it to more than 22,100 troops deployed to tackle resurgent Islamist militants.
Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 08:43
Vigilantes in northeastern Nigeria killed four suspected members of the Islamist group Boko Haram and captured seven others before handing them over to the army, a military commander said on Sunday.
Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 23:03
Tunisian security forces on Monday killed two Islamist militants from the extremist group Ansar al-Sharia and arrested two others in a Tunis suburb, the interior ministry said.
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