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WASHINGTON, June 18, (AFP): A software tool unveiled Friday aims to help online firms quickly find and eliminate extremist content used to spread and incite …
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Teenage ‘Islamist’ killed in Bangladesh
A teenage suspected Islamist militant being held in custody in Bangladesh was shot dead Saturday in a gunfight, police said, days after he allegedly hacked …
Read More »Pakistan bans Ramadan TV
Two Ramadan shows broadcast by private news channels in Pakistan were taken off air Friday by regulators for discussing blasphemy laws. The channels, ‘Aaj News’ …
Read More »GCC nod to VAT, tax proposals – Start 2018
JEDDAH, June 17, (KUNA): The GCC finance ministers discussed and approved on Thursday the proposals to impose the valueadded tax (VAT) and the selective tax, …
Read More »Boko Haram shot ‘dead’ 24 women
YOLA, Nigeria, June 17 (RTRS): Boko Haram militants have shot dead 24 women at a funeral in Nigeria’s northeast, rampaging a village, setting houses on …
Read More »Parents ‘kill pregnant woman’ in Pakistan
Relatives slit the throat of a young mother who was pregnant with her second child after she married against their will in eastern Pakistan, officials …
Read More »11 get ‘life’ over Gujarat massacre – 12 others sentenced to 7 years in jail
AHMEDABAD, India, June 17, (AFP): An Indian court jailed 11 Hindus for life on Friday over the massacre of dozens of Muslims in Gujarat state …
Read More »‘In’ MP murdered in Britain – UK in shock
LONDON, June 16, (AFP): A British lawmaker died on Thursday after a shock daylight street attack, throwing campaigning for the referendum on Britain’s membership of …
Read More »India holds suspect in the brutal rape and murder of a student in Kerala
Indian police have detained the main suspect in the brutal rape and murder of a student in Kerala, the state’s top official said Thursday, after …
Read More »Suspect held over publisher attack in Bangladesh – Hindu lecturer seriously wounded
DHAKA, June 16, (AFP): An Islamist militant suspected of attacking a publisher last year has been arrested, Bangladesh police said Thursday, in what they described …
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