Islamic state
Ramaphosa arrives in Mozambique for SADC summit on insurgent attacks
Heads of state and government in the southern African region are set to plan the way forward after insurgents attacked Cabo Delgado again last month.
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Besieged Mozambique town deserted as Islamic State group claims control
IS-linked militants attacked the town on Wednesday, escalating an Islamist insurgency that has spread steadily across northern Mozambique since 2017.
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Electricity restored in Nigerian city two months after jihadist attack
The attack on January 26 was the third time in a month that militants from the IS-linked Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group had plunged the city into darkness.
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Slow aid response to Mozambique risks fuelling insurgency: UNHCR
Jihadists, known locally as Al-Shabab and affiliated to the Islamic State group, have wreaked havoc in the gas-rich but deeply impoverished Cabo Delgado province since 2017.
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Eastern Libya forces say arrested top Islamic State figure
Abu Omar was among the top IS leaders in Libya when the group took control of the central coastal city of Sirte in 2015, the statement added.
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UK Supreme Court rejects IS bride's legal bid to return
Five judges at the Supreme Court gave a unanimous decision in the case of Shamima Begum, whose legal battles have come to be seen as a test of how Britain treat nationals who joined the jihadists.
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Biden facing 'serious dilemmas' on Afghan troop withdrawal: US official
The new US leader has ordered a review of the deal Washington cut with the Taliban last year, which promised the withdrawal of all foreign forces by 1 May in return for security guarantees from the militants.
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Russia says it intercepted Islamic State attack plot
On 17 December, police killed two attackers targeting security forces in Russia's neighbouring republic of Chechnya.
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IS steps up Sinai fight with bombs in civilian homes
The IED attacks that have multiplied in the vast, remote and sparsely populated region which authorities have declared off-limits to journalists recall those the IS launched to sow terror in Iraq and Syria.
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Afghan VP vows to track down Kabul attackers
The attack came hours before US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was to meet with negotiators from the Taliban and Afghan government in Qatar, amid signs of progress in talks between the two warring groups.
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Austria admits security failings over Vienna gunman
Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said intelligence services had received a warning from neighbouring Slovakia that the assailant had tried to buy ammunition, but that 'a failure of communication' had followed.
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IS claims Vienna shooting as Austria mourns
Four people were killed when Kujtim Fejzulai, described as a 20-year-old IS sympathiser who had spent time in prison, opened fire with a Kalashnikov in a busy area of the Austrian capital the day before the country went into a new coronavirus lockdown.
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Vienna shooter identified as 'IS supporter' as Austria mourns
Four people were killed during the assault on Monday night that saw Kujtim Fejzulai open fire with an automatic weapon in a busy area of the historic Austrian capital before being shot dead by police.
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Afghanistan mourns after 22 killed in university attack
Holding banners stating: "Stop Killing Us", the small gathering came as Afghanistan observed a national day of mourning and the first funerals were expected.
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Mass jailbreak in Afghanistan, at least 24 die in Islamic State attack
The attack began on Sunday evening with a car bomb detonated at the entrance to the prison, and there were numerous other blasts heard as the IS gunmen opened fire on security guards.
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Nigeria jihadist attack toll rises to 81
Residents said that men, women, and children had been mown down by the insurgents as they watched over their cattle at a watering hole outside the village.
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Islamic State claims Mozambique attack close to gas projects
Islamic State claimed the attack through its Amaq news agency, which said dozens of soldiers and police officers had been killed or injured. The government has not provided a figure of dead or injured.
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20 soldiers killed in Mali attack, government says
The identity of the attackers was not immediately clear. In a statement, the government said 'terrorists' entered the camp near the village of Sokolo, killed the soldiers and caused 'significant material damage'.
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Netflix courts controversy with Middle East thriller 'Messiah'
Netflix could scarcely have picked a more controversial plot for its latest thriller, about a mysterious religious leader who emerges in the Middle East and is pursued across the globe by the CIA.
