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India

Memon: India executes plotter of 1993 Mumbai attacks

India has executed the man convicted of financing the country’s deadliest terrorist attack. It came after the Supreme Court threw out a final appeal

Pakistan

Malik Ishaq: Pakistan Sunni militant chief dies in shootout

Police in Pakistan say the leader of the banned Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi has been shot dead. Malik Ishaq was arrested last week in

India

At least 6 dead in attack on police in India-Pakistan border town

At least six people have been killed and several wounded in an attack on a police station on the Indian side of the border with Pakistan. Police were

Somalia

Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for Mogadishu hotel bombing

A suicide car- bomb attack on the Jazeera Palace Hotel in Mogadishu kills at least 13 people including hotel security guards. Islamist militant group al-Shabaab claims it was responsible.

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Cameroon

'19 killed' in suspected suicide attack in Cameroon

At least 19 people have been killed by a suspected suicide bomber in northern Cameroon. Many others were injured in the attack on a popular bar in

Turkey

What is behind Turkey’s Suruc attack?

Turkey

Suruç attack: Turkey to tighten security along border with Syria

The political consequences of Monday’s suicide bomb attack in the Turkish city of Suruç are beginning to make themselves felt. For the most part the

World News

Watch: Surfer fights off shark attack mid-competition

Australia's triple surf champion Mick Fanning walked away shaken but uninjured after having a close-encounter with a shark mid-competition in South Africa.

Algeria

Algerian military confirms deadly attack on army patrol

The Algerian military has confirmed in a statement (in French) that nine soldiers were killed and two injured on Friday in an ambush by what it calls

Egypt

ISIL affiliate claims attack on Egypt military in Sinai

A group linked to the self-proclaimed Islamic State organisation has claimed it carried out attacks in Egypt’s Sinai region which killed five members

Kenya

Kenya's Westgate shopping mall re-opens after massacre

Kenya’s Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi has re-opened almost two years after the four-day siege and massacre in which at least 67 people died

Nigeria

Nigeria: Suicide blasts kill at least 13 as worshippers mark Eid

At least 13 people were reported dead in suicide attacks in Nigeria on Friday. Conflicting accounts say that twin or triple blasts killed up to 13

Somalia

US drone attack in Somalia takes out Al-Shabaab leaders

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ISIL claims rocket attack on Egypt navy boat in Mediterranean Sea

The SITE intelligence group reports a rocket attack on an Egyptian navy frigate in the Mediterranean Sea has been claimed by the group calling itself

Afghanistan

Top ISIL commander Hafez Saeed 'killed in US air strike'

Afghanistan’s top ISIL commander has been killed by a US air strike in the east of the country, officials claim. Hafez Saeed would be the fourth

Turkey

{Watch} Thai consulate in Istanbul attacked in protest over treatment of Uighar Muslims

Turkish protesters have attacked the Thai honorary consulate in Istanbul in protest at Bangkok’s expulsion of nearly 100 Uighar Muslims back to

Nigeria

Nigerian troops arrest alleged mastermind of deadly bombings

The alleged mastermind behind deadly bombings in central Nigeria has been arrested. The defence ministry announced that the suspect, behind attacks

Pakistan

First official attempt at peace talks to end conflict in Afghanistan

The first official peace talks have been held between the Taliban and the government.

Niger

Nigeria: 25 killed in suspected Boko Haram suicide blast

A suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber has killed at least 25 people in northern Nigeria. The attack on a local government building at Zaria in Kaduna

Kenya

Al Shabaab kills quarry workers in Kenya gun attack

The Islamist group Al Shabaab says its gunmen were behind an overnight attack that killed at least 14 people, mostly quarry workers, at a residential

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