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Bangladesh Arrests Suspect In Murder of Rohingya Leaders
Bangladesh police have arrested a man suspected of murdering two Rohingya leaders in the country's southeast where tens...
Indian Woman Attacked With Acid For Fifth Time
A woman who survived an alleged gang rape and four separate acid attacks has once again been hit by corrosive liquid,...
Cow Vigilantes Arrested For Assault On Indian Officials
Eight men have been arrested for violently ambushing a government convoy transporting cows in northwest India, police...
Bangladesh Arrests 10 Islamist Extremists As Raids Continue
Bangladesh police Monday widened a sweeping crackdown against Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants,...
Philippines’ Duterte Faces Martial Law Legal Challenge
Philippine opposition lawmakers on Monday asked the Supreme Court to reject President Rodrigo Duterte's imposition of...
Fear, Confusion As Philippine Muslim City Burns
Four hungry chickens clawed at rubbish in a deserted street that smelt of corpses as military helicopters skimmed the...
Afghan Road Accident Kills 15 Family Members
At least 15 members of a single family were killed when a pickup truck veered off the road and plunged into a river in...
Philippine Islamists Beheaded Local Police Chief, Duterte Says
He said the attack occurred near the southern city of Marawi, which is under siege by Islamic militants, as...
Wounded Author Kuki Gallmann Vows Return To Kenyan Ranch
Blood was already pooling in the seat of her car when a second bullet tore through the driver's door and thumped into...
Indian Village Bans Women From Using Mobile Phones
An Indian village has banned women from using mobile phones in public in an attempt to restrict their contacts with men...
Bangladesh Islamists Blow Themselves Up, Ending Standoff
Four suspected Islamist fighters blew themselves up at a hideout in Bangladesh, ending a 24-hour standoff, police said...
Bangladesh Buries Islamist Extremists After Hanging
Bangladeshi villagers buried the leader of a banned Islamist extremist outfit and two of his aides early Thursday,...
New Army Chief Survives Deadly Mogadishu Bomb Blast
Somalia's new military boss has survived a suspected suicide car bomb attack that has killed at least 15 people,...
Grenade Attack As Bangladesh Police Raid Islamist Hideout
Bangladesh police came under grenade attack when they raided two suspected Islamist extremist hideouts on Wednesday,...
Emboldened Taliban Capture Key Southern District
Taliban fighters captured the strategic southern district of Sangin on Thursday, officials said, another setback for...
Butcher Shops Razed Amid Crackdown On Beef In India
Arson has not been ruled out after blazes tore through three butcher's shops in Uttar Pradesh, days after the state's...
Butcher Shops Razed Amid Crackdown On Beef In India
Indian police said Wednesday they were not ruling out arson after fire gutted three butcher shops in Uttar Pradesh...
Many Dead In Kintampo Freak Tree Accident
The massive tree crushed students while they were swimming At least 18 people, mainly high school students, have died...
Daring Ambush Fails To Free Top Bangladeshi Militant
Suspected Islamist militants hurled bombs at a prison van in a daring attempt to free Bangladesh's most-wanted militant...