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MOSCOW, March 3, (Agencies): A nanny accused of decapitating a 4-year-old girl and brandishing her head outside a Moscow subway station said during an apparent …
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76 hungry Boko Haram members surrender – Nigeria choking supply routes of rebels
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, March 3, (AP): Dozens of emaciated-looking Boko Haram members begging for food have surrendered in northeast Nigeria, the military and a civilian self-defense …
Read More »GCC declares Hezbollah ‘terrorist’ – ‘RECRUITING YOUNG, SMUGGLING ARMS … INCITING SEDITION’
DUBAI, March 2, (Agencies): The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) named Hezbollah a terrorist organisation on Wednesday, opening up the possibility of further sanctions against …
Read More »Seven killed in Jordan IS raid
IRBID, Jordan, March 2, (Agencies): Seven men killed in armed clashes with Jordanian special forces had ties to the Islamic State extremist group and had …
Read More »Militants attack Indian consulate in Afghan city – Taleban claim US consulate blast in Pakistan
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, March 2, (Agencies): Gunfire and an explosion echoed Wednesday as militants attacked India’s consulate in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, killing three …
Read More »43 Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters killed in battle with IS militants
BEIRUT, March 2, (Agencies): The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said on Wednesday 43 of its fi ghters were killed when Islamic State militants attacked the …
Read More »Young couple among 18 caned in Indonesia
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, March 1, (AFP): Eighteen people were publicly caned Tuesday for breaking Islamic law in Indonesia’s Aceh province, including a young unmarried couple …
Read More »HRW slams Afghan ‘virginity tests’ as sexual abuse – Policeman kills 4 colleagues, 11 missing
KABUL, March 1, (AFP): Human Rights Watch has slammed “virginity exams” conducted on Afghan women and girls accused of so-called moral crimes, saying the invasive …
Read More »Filipino shoots Saudi scholar
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines, March 1, (AFP): An influential Saudi Arabian preacher was shot and wounded in a southern Philippine city on Tuesday, police said, adding security …
Read More »Laden papers reveal suspicious Qaeda – Fortune for ‘jihad’
WASHINGTON, March 1, (Agencies): Al-Qaeda’s leaders were increasingly worried about spies in their midst, drones in the air and secret tracking devices reporting their movements …
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