Extremists

Tripura: Militants planning violence ahead of 2018 Assembly election, says police official

The outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) is planning to indulge in violence during the next Assembly elections due in February next year

British govt revokes 150 passports; 'suspected jihadists' returning from Islamic State-held areas targeted

Over 150 Islamist extremists have been stripped of their UK passports over fears that they would return from the Islamic State controlled territory in West Asia to launch attacks in Britain

Over 330,000 deaths recorded since start of conflict in Syria, says human rights group

More than 330,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict since it started six years ago, around a third of them civilians, a monitor said

Emmanuel Macron presents new security bill to combat extremist threats; rights groups fear state of emergency

French President Emmanuel Macron's new government is presenting a security bill on Thursday to beef up police powers amid sustained extremist threats to Europe.

Bangladeshi officials announce 260 missing amid hunt for Islamist extremists

At least 261 people across Bangladesh are missing, officials announced early on Wednesday, sparking fears many of them have joined homegrown Islamist extremist outfits or the Islamic State group in the Middle East.

Terror siege in Bangladesh bakery, another Hindu priest attacked by radical militants

Unidentified attackers stabbed and critically wounded a Hindu priest in southwest Bangladesh Saturday, just a day after a Hindu temple worker was hacked to death in an attack by suspected Islamist militants.

Chanting 'Bharat mata ki jai' is my right: Javed Akhtar in impassioned retirement speech in Rajya Sabha

Retiring as Rajya Sabha member, noted film personality Javed Akhtar said on Tuesday that "adjournaments" and "polarisation" will not take the country forward. He pleaded with the Opposition and the government to work together without thinking about the next elections. Taking a break from the usual uproar, the different political parties in the Upper House, were seen cheering Akhtar, unanimously.

Militants storm guesthouse in Afghanistan, kill 9 Afghan aid workers

Rise in insurgent activity as Taliban launch their warm weather offensive

Boko Haram extremists kill at least 41 people as Nigeria votes for new govt

Boko Haram extremists killed at least 41 people, including a legislator, and scared hundreds of people from polling stations in three states in the northeast of Nigeria on Saturday.

Extremist elements force Pakistan's Ajmal academy to close down

Saeed Ajmal has been forced to close his international cricket academy in his hometown Faisalabad after it received threats from extremist elements.