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Fear stalks city in Islamic State's Afghan heartland
AFP, Published on 21/01/2022
» JALALABAD (AFGHANISTAN) - The Taliban promised to bring peace, but fear reigns above all in the eastern city of Jalalabad, hit by Islamic State group attacks and reprisals, and with corpses appearing mysteriously in rivers.
US charges Canadian who narrated Islamic State videos
AFP, Published on 03/10/2021
» WASHINGTON - A Canadian jihadist who fought for the Islamic State group and narrated violent propaganda videos has been taken into custody by the United States and charged, the Justice Department said Saturday.
California suspends death penalty
AFP, Published on 14/03/2019
» LOS ANGELES: State governor Gavin Newsom imposed a moratorium on carrying out the death penalty in California on Wednesday, granting a reprieve to 737 condemned inmates -- the largest death row population in the United States.
Saudi woman held at Bangkok airport 'fears death' if repatriated
AFP, Published on 06/01/2019
» A Saudi woman held at Bangkok airport said she would be killed if she was repatriated by Thai immigration officials, who confirmed the 18-year-old was denied entry to the country on Sunday.
Hatred stirred by leaders blamed for rise in journalist murders
AFP, Published on 18/12/2018
» PARIS: Hatred whipped up by "unscrupulous politicians" has contributed to the shocking rise in the number of journalists murdered in 2018, a media watchdog said Tuesday.
Trump: Saudi prince denies Khashoggi murder
AFP, Published on 17/10/2018
» WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he had spoken with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and been assured that a "full" probe into the disappearance of a critical journalist was under way.
Bangladeshi rich kids who grew up to be jihadists
AFP, Published on 04/07/2016
» DHAKA - Well-educated and hailing from wealthy families, the gunmen who killed 20 hostages in a Bangladesh cafe defy the increasingly outdated stereotype of jihadists from poor backgrounds who have been radicalised in madrassas.
Bangladesh hostage siege: what we know so far
AFP, Published on 02/07/2016
» DHAKA - Bangladeshi troops have stormed a cafe popular with foreigners in the diplomatic zone of the capital Dhaka after suspected Islamist militants took dozens of diners hostage.
Six sentenced to death for brutal Bangladesh child murders
AFP, Published on 08/11/2015
» DHAKA - A Bangladesh court Sunday handed four men the death sentence over the brutal killing of a 13-year-old boy that provoked national outrage after video footage of the attack went viral, a lawyer said.
Saudi identifies dead suicide bomber, confirms link to IS
AFP, Published on 24/05/2015
» RIYADH - Saudi Arabia on Saturday identified the suicide bomber who killed 21 worshippers at a mosque for the minority Shiite community and confirmed his link to the Islamic State group.