Search for 3 Italians kidnapped in Mali
ARMED men kidnapped an Italian couple and their son in southern Mali overnight, their church said, as violence spreads in
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Islamic State
Islamic State claims responsibility for attack on Egyptian soldiers in Sinai
ISLAMIC STATE claimed responsibility for a deadly attack that killed five Egyptian soldiers in the country’s Sinai peninsula on Wednesday,
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Enablers of political extremism: a checklist for West African countries
THE Sahel – the region just south of the Sahara – is home to the world’s fastest growing extremist group,
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Islamic State ‘Beatle’ sentenced to life for murdering U.S. hostages
JAN WOLFE A U.S. judge imposed a lifetime prison sentence on a member of an Islamic State militant group nicknamed
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Islamic State claims bombing in Nigeria’s Taraba state capital
ISLAMIC State claimed a Friday night bombing in Nigeria’s Taraba state capital Jalingo, a statement by the group on messaging
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Burkina Faso mines chamber promises extra security
ANNE MIMAULT THE president of Burkina Faso’s mines chamber said extra measures would be taken to increase security and help
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Islamic State ‘Beatles’ cell member convicted in U.S. of beheading hostages
JAN WOLFE A U.S. jury convicted a former British citizen for his role in a notorious Islamic State hostage-taking plot
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U.N. peacekeepers deployed to northeastern Mali amid spate of killings
PAUL LORGERIE THE United Nations peacekeeping force in Mali has deployed two units to the African country’s tri-border area with
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Tunisia dismantles 150 militant cells in 6 months
TUNISIAN police forces have dismantled about 150 militant cells in the past six months, a spokesman for the National Guard
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Arab attacker kills four in Israel and is fatally shot, police say
AN Arab assailant killed at least four people in Israel’s southern city of Beersheba in the deadliest such attack in
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