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A streak of light appears as Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, early on May 17, 2021, Israeli warplanes bombarded the Gaza Strip overnight, said witnesses in the Palestinian enclave, from where armed groups have launched rockets into the Jewish state. Picture: Mahmud Hams / AFP

Islamist militants

Gaza pummelled by fresh Israeli strikes, more than 200 dead in a week

By AFP

Overnight Sunday to Monday, Israel launched dozens of strikes in the space of a few minutes across the crowded coastal Palestinian enclave controlled by...

  • FILE: A picture take on 30 October 2018 shows Burkinabe gendarmes sitting on their vehicle in the city of Ouhigouya in the north of the country. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1220 days ago
  • FILE: This picture taken on 26 July 2018 shows Egyptian policemen stand guarding a street in the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1316 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: United Nations Photo.

    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.

    1416 days ago
  • FILE: This picture taken on 13 May 2018 shows Indonesian police and soldiers working at the site of a blast at a low-cost apartment complex in Sidoarjo, East Java just hours after a series of blasts targeting churches in the neighbouring city of Surabaya. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    1464 days ago
  • Burkinabe police patrol on 14 August 2017 in Ouagadougou, following a deadly attack by gunmen on a restaurant. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1737 days ago
  • Philippine Army troops. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1791 days ago
  • Philippines flag. Picture: Pixabay

    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.

    1814 days ago
  • FILE: Former rebels, predominantly Tuareg, waiting in a military camp in Gao, before participating in joint patrols with the Malian army and pro-government militias. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1842 days ago
  • Picture: AFP.

    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.

    2169 days ago
  • Picture: Wikimedia Commons.

    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.

    2285 days ago
  • FILE: Paris police conduct raids on several buildings as they search for the masterminds behind the the terror attacks. Picture : Screen grab/CNN

    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.

    2302 days ago
  • FILE. Republican presidential candidate and business mogul Donald Trump. Picture: Getty Images/AFP.

    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.

    2326 days ago
  • FILE: Hamas, which controls the Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip, has been regularly accused of trying to take over the West Bank. Picture: AFP.

    Israel arrests dozens of Hamas militants in West Bank

    The Islamist group said Israel was trying to sabotage its relationship with other Arab powers.

    2511 days ago
  • FILE: A screengrab taken on 9 November , 2014, from a new Boko Haram video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and obtained by AFP shows Boko Haram fighters parading on a tank in an unidentified town. Picture: AFP.

    Female suicide bomber kills 10 in Nigerian bus station

    No one claimed responsibility for the attack, which bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram.

    2647 days ago
  • FILE: A picture taken on 17 August 2014 shows a tank during fightings between rival militias around Tripoli international airport. Picture: AFP.

    Gunmen seize government buildings in Libya city of Sirte - state agency

    Gunmen have taken over several government buildings in the Libyan city of Sirte.

    2648 days ago
  • FILE: US President Barack Obama. Picture: AFP

    Obama, Cameron unite against Islamist extremists

    The two leaders said extremists would not muzzle freedom of speech.

    2679 days ago
  • The building that US photojournalist Luke Somers, killed during a failed attempt by US special forces to free him from Al-Qaeda militants, lived in is seen in the the old city of Sanaa 7 December, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    At least 13 killed in failed US bid to rescue hostages in Yemen

    US special forces raided the village of Dafaar in Shabwa province.

    2717 days ago
  • A Kenyan soldier patrols the scene of an attack on a bus, some 30km from Mandera town, north eastern Kenya, on 22 November 2014. Picture: EPA.

    '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.

    2722 days ago
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