Islamist militants

29 May 2013

US President Barack Obama's new counter-terrorism doctrine has run into heavy crossfire. To some Republican opponents, his plan to redefine the global "war on terror" as a more targeted effort to...

6:16AM

Islamists kill 20 in suicide attacks in Niger

24 May 2013

Islamist suicide bombers struck an army barracks and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, officials said, killing 20 people and wounding dozens more in attacks that showed militant...

4:23AM

2 Finns, Austrian abducted in Yemen by al-Qaeda free after four months

11 May 2013

A Finnish couple and an Austrian student abducted in Yemen by al-Qaeda militants more than four months ago have been freed and have arrived safety in Vienna, authorities said.

4:12AM

Islamist rebels in Dagestan deny link to Boston bombing

23 Apr 2013

Islamist rebels in the Russian republic of Dagestan have denied any links to the bombing of the Boston marathon. US investigators have begun to focus on a trip last year to Dagestan taken by...

8:46AM

Cypriot court convicts Hezbollah militant for anti-Israeli plot

23 Mar 2013

A self-confessed Hezbollah militant accused of being part of a plot to attack Israeli interests on the Mediterranean island has been convicted of multiple charges by a court in Cyprus.

3:03AM

Indonesian police officers held over beatings in video posted on YouTube

9 Mar 2013

Five Indonesian policemen have been arrested over the alleged torture of militants after a video posted on YouTube showed suspects being shot and abused. The blurry 14-minute video, also posted by...

2:16AM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Islamists set fire to library housing ancient manuscripts

Halle Ousmani Cisse said that fighters allied with al-Qaeda torched two buildings on Saturday where the manuscripts were being kept. They also burned down the town hall and the governor's office,...

4:00AM

Who said it?

The evidence is clear he was one of the ringleaders … that pulled off this grand heist

Anti-doping chief Travis Tygart on Lance Armstrong

1:51AM

Islamists flee as French troops push north

French troops have consolidated gains in Mali's Islamist-held north as Paris said the aim was its "total reconquest".

4:13AM

Algeria army kills 34 hostages, 15 kidnappers: news agency

An Algerian air strike killed 34 hostages, some of them Westerners, and 15 of their Islamist kidnappers at a desert gas field on Thursday, the ANI news agency quoted a spokesman for the kidnappers...

10:55PM

MALI

Mali's refugee misery spreads with Islamists' advance

The city of Segou used to welcome visitors with a sign for its industrial zone, a scheme designed to encourage industry in this impoverished part of northern Mali. But now the town has a new...

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