Islamist militants
Burkina Faso extends state of emergency in north by 6 months after attack
Burkina Faso imposed the state of emergency on 31 December after militants killed 10 gendarmes in a single attack.
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Egyptian military kills 52 militants in Sinai: statement
Their deaths bring the total of suspected Islamist militants killed since the beginning of the operation to at least 509, according to Reuters calculations based on military statements.
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Islamist militants attack African military base in Mali, at least 6 dead
Assailants driving a vehicle rigged with bombs attacked the compound in the town of Sevare as some exchanged gunfire with Malian troops and fought to get in, officials said.
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Vehicle explodes in Indonesia's Surabaya, several police wounded
The blast had occurred at 8.50am at their police office, East Java police spokesman Frans Barung Mangera told a briefing.
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Burkina Faso restaurant attack over after gunmen killed
Burkina Faso, like other countries in West Africa, has been targeted sporadically by jihadist groups operating across Africa's Sahel.
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Philippines says Islamist militants withdraw from school, no casualties
No students were taken hostage at the school in Pigcawayan town in North Cotabato province on Mindanao island.
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Philippines city on lockdown over fears of militant infiltration
Witnesses in Marawi said they had seen militants flying the Islamic State flag and wearing black outfits and headbands typical of the group.
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Mali extends state of emergency in bid to quell Islamist attacks
Deteriorating security threatens to return Mali to the chaos that nearly tore it to pieces in 2012 when Islamists hijacked an ethnic Tuareg rebellion in the north.
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Hindu priest in Bangladesh hacked to death by suspected Islamists
Since February 2015, militants have killed more than 30 people, including members of religious minorities.
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Suspected militants kill 3 in attack on UN base in Mali
The attack is a fresh sign of instability in the desert region that is home to Islamist groups.
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Paris schools evacuated after five receive bomb threat
France is on high alert since militant Islamist gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 in Paris attacks.
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Somali al Shabaab militants use Donald Trump in recruiting film
Somalia's Islamist militant group has released a recruitment film about racial injustice in the United States.
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Israel arrests dozens of Hamas militants in West Bank
The Islamist group said Israel was trying to sabotage its relationship with other Arab powers.
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Female suicide bomber kills 10 in Nigerian bus station
No one claimed responsibility for the attack, which bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram.
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Gunmen seize government buildings in Libya city of Sirte - state agency
Gunmen have taken over several government buildings in the Libyan city of Sirte.
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Obama, Cameron unite against Islamist extremists
The two leaders said extremists would not muzzle freedom of speech.
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At least 13 killed in failed US bid to rescue hostages in Yemen
US special forces raided the village of Dafaar in Shabwa province.
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'Kenya is at war with al-Shabaab'
Uhuru Kenyatta says the country is at war with the militants who massacred 36 people in a fresh attack.
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Egypt closes schools in Sinai towns as war looms
Militancy has surged in the Sinai Peninsula which borders Israel, Gaza and the Suez Canal.
