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ISLAMISTS

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 18, 2018
France vows aid for Burkina Faso but no more troops to fight Islamists
France agreed on Monday to a new military framework with Burkina Faso that would speed engagement of its forces to fight Islamist militants in a northern border region of Burkina where there has been a spike in violence.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 17, 2018
At least 12 Nigerian soldiers reported killed, dozens missing in fighting with Islamists
At least 12 Nigerian soldiers were killed and dozens of others are missing after fighting with Islamists in the northeastern state of Borno, three military sources said on Sunday, one of the largest known losses of life by the army in the last month.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 29, 2018
China plans to develop top-class anti-terrorism force to protect its overseas interests: intelligence official
China is working to develop a first-class, crack anti-terrorism force that can operate at home and abroad and protect the country's overseas interests, a senior Chinese officer said in comments carried by state media Saturday.
WORLD
Jan 24, 2018
At least 22 killed as car bomb explodes at Benghazi mosque, another goes off after responders arrive
A double car bombing in the east Libyan city of Benghazi on Tuesday left at least 22 people dead and 30 wounded, including senior security figures, according to officials and a Reuters witness.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 6, 2017
Libya's eastern commander declares victory in battle against Islamists for Benghazi
Libya's eastern commander, Khalifa Hifter, said on Wednesday his forces had taken full control of Libya's second city Benghazi from rival armed groups after a three-year campaign.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 13, 2017
Bangladesh hangs three Islamists for 2004 attack on British envoy
Bangladesh executed an Islamist militant leader and two of his aides on Wednesday for a grenade attack on the British ambassador in 2004, a senior prison official said, days after the president turned down their clemency pleas.
WORLD
Apr 4, 2017
St. Petersburg metro blast suspect likely born in central Asia
A blast in a St. Petersburg train carriage on Monday that killed 14 people and wounded 50 was probably carried out by a Russian citizen born in Kyrgyzstan, authorities from the predominantly Muslim central Asian state said.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 28, 2017
Philippines says U.S. military to upgrade bases, defense deal remains intact
The United States will upgrade and build facilities on Philippine military bases this year, Manila's defense minister said on Thursday, bolstering an alliance strained by President Rodrigo Duterte's opposition to a U.S. troop presence.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 14, 2017
Philippine Islamist militants free Korean and Filipino from cargo ship
Islamist militants in the Philippines allied with Islamic State freed on Saturday a South Korean cargo ship captain and a Filipino member of his crew held captive for more than three months on a southern island, an army spokesman said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 7, 2016
Bangladesh nabs four militant suspects, including pair linked to Japanese farmer's slaying
Bangladesh police on Sunday arrested four suspected Islamist militants, including two linked to the slaying of a Japanese man one year ago, in a raid on their hideout in an abandoned brick kiln.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 15, 2016
How the Islamic State group overtook al-Qaida
With its self-declared caliphate, Islamic State has gained control of more resources and generated more income than al-Qaida.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2016
Extremism's odd bedfellows
The relationship between the extreme right, particularly in Europe, and Islamist radicalism runs deep, with adherents of both groups sharing some important traits.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 22, 2016
Islamic State tweets credit for slaying of Hindu priest at Bangladesh temple
Suspected Islamist militants stabbed to death a Hindu priest at a temple in Bangladesh on Sunday, and shot and wounded a devotee who went to his aid.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 27, 2015
Sex and drugs on the road to jihad in Paris
Jobs and education programs for young people in poor neighborhoods would help put Islamic State out of business in Europe.
WORLD
Nov 4, 2015
Suspected Islamic militant cell stages rare, suicidal raid on Kurdish town in north Iraq
Islamist militants launched a rare attack inside Kurdish-held territory in northern Iraq on Tuesday, briefly taking over a local government compound near several producing oil fields.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 16, 2015
Mexico confirms Egypt forces killed eight nationals in mistaken attack
Eight Mexicans were killed by Egypt's army in an apparently mistaken aerial bombing of a tourist convoy, Mexico's government said on Tuesday, matching the fatality estimates given by security sources in Egypt and a relative of two of the victims.
WORLD
Sep 16, 2015
Egypt claims it killed 55 Islamic militants in Sinai, lost two soldiers
Egyptian security forces killed 55 militants in Sinai on the ninth day of an operation against Islamists in the area, the military said in a statement on Tuesday.
WORLD
Aug 4, 2015
11 Malian soldiers killed when Islamists raid their Timbuktu base
Suspected Islamist militants killed 11 soldiers in an attack on a Malian army base near the desert city of Timbuktu on Monday, the government said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 20, 2015
Malian masons rebuild Timbuktu tombs destroyed by Islamist occupiers
Malian masons have rebuilt eight mausoleums destroyed by Islamist militants who took over the desert city of Timbuktu in 2012, the United Nations and Malian officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 30, 2015
Suspected Boko Haram suicide blasts during police raid in Chad capital kills 11
Suspected Boko Haram fighters blew themselves up during a police raid in Chad's capital early on Monday, killing five officers and six militants, police and government officials said.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Air China to buy 100 locally made C919 jets in $11 billion deal
A Comac C919 during an aerial display at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore in February
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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