Extremists kill 12 in Nigerian Christian villages

Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 19:04

Witnesses say suspected Islamic militants killed 12 civilians in weekend attacks on two Christian villages in Muslim-dominated northeast Nigeria.

Taiwan woman in fatal Malaysia kidnapping returns home

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 21:09

A Taiwanese tourist whose husband was killed by gunmen in a kidnapping at a Malaysian island resort returned to Taiwan on Saturday after she was rescued in the southern Philippines.

Islamic militants attack Nigerian air force base

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 01:07

Hundreds of Islamic militants in trucks and a stolen armored personnel carrier attacked an air force base on the outskirts of a Nigerian city before dawn on Monday, officials and witnesses said.

Tunisian women waging `sex jihad` in Syria by sleeping with Islamic militants

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 13:24

Tunisian women have reportedly travelled to Syria, for what is called as `sexual jihad`, to comfort the Islamist militants fighting there, however, lawmakers believe that such a practice has led to increased number of pregnancies in the country.

11 Boko Haram members arrested in Nigeria

Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 08:55

A Nigerian security official says at least 11 members of the main Islamic sect in the country`s northeast have been arrested in the town of Michika in Adamawa state.

11 Boko Haram members arrested in Nigeria

Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 08:55

A Nigerian security official says at least 11 members of the main Islamic sect in the country`s northeast have been arrested in the town of Michika in Adamawa state.

Three Islamic militants sentenced to death in China

Last Updated: Friday, September 13, 2013, 16:45

Three suspected Islamic militants from China`s Xinjiang province have been sentenced to death and another to 25 years in jail for a violent terrorist attack which killed 24 people in June this year.

Islamic militants kill 13 in northeast Nigeria

Last Updated: Saturday, August 17, 2013, 09:08

A Nigerian legislator and a survivor say suspected Islamic militants have killed 13 people in an attack on a northeast village near where a massacre occurred at a mosque.

Ten Islamist militants get death penalty in Bangladesh

Last Updated: Thursday, June 20, 2013, 15:01

Ten militants of a banned Bangladeshi Islamist outfit were sentenced to death on Thursday by a fast-track court here after they were found guilty of involvement in a deadly suicide bombing in 2005 that claimed eight lives.

At least 7 killed in new Nigeria attack, says Military

Last Updated: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 19:05

Nigeria`s military says at least seven people have been killed in a shootout between soldiers and Islamic extremists in the country`s northeast.

Malaysia frees 32 Filipinos held over incursion

Last Updated: Friday, April 12, 2013, 14:10

The Malaysian police said they had released 32 armed Filipinos arrested earlier this week on suspicion of trying to join an incursion by Islamic militants.

Nine killed by Boko Haram militants in shootout in Nigeria

Last Updated: Friday, April 12, 2013, 00:18

Radical Islamist sect Boko Haram militants stormed a police station in northeast Nigeria`s Yobe state, sparking a shootout in which four policemen and five insurgents were killed, officials said.