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Indonesia’s ‘militant Moderates’ Fight Religious Intolerance
Clad in camouflage and armed only with their convictions, the paramilitary wing of Indonesia's biggest Muslim...
Iraq War Made Britain Prime Jihadist Target
Britain has been a prime target for jihadist groups for nearly 15 years, beginning with Al-Qaeda and now the Islamic...
Indonesian Men Caned For Gay Sex Before Jeering Crowd
Two Indonesian men were caned Tuesday in front of a jeering crowd as a punishment for gay sex, in a first for the...
Indonesian Men To Be Caned For Gay Sex
Two Indonesian men will Tuesday be publicly caned for having sex, in a first for the Muslim-majority country where...
Indonesian Men Face 80 Strokes of the Cane For Gay Sex
Prosecutors in Indonesia's Aceh Wednesday recommended 80 strokes of the cane for two men accused of having sex in...
Indonesian Men Face 15 Years Jail ‘for Holding Gay Party’
A group of men arrested in Indonesia for holding a 'gay party' could face up to 15 years in prison, it has emerged....
Southeast Asia’s Leaders Steer Away From Democracy
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly drug war is part of a worrying assault on human rights and democracy...
Roadside Bomb Kills Six Soldiers In Somalia’s Puntland
A military vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region on Sunday, killing at least six...
Nigeria Sees ‘massive Spike’ In Death Sentences
Nigeria handed down an astonishing 527 death sentences in 2016, three times more than the previous year, in what...
Indonesian Men Face Caning For Gay Sex
Indonesia's Aceh looks set to cane two men who admitted having sex in contravention of Islamic laws, an official said...
Teenager Pleads Guilty To Australia Anzac Day Terror Plot
A teenage boy pleaded guilty Friday to planning a terrorist attack at an Anzac Day service honouring Australian...
Indonesian Collapses After Caning For Breaking Islamic Law
An Indonesian man collapsed while being publicly caned Monday for spending time with a woman who is not his wife in...
Kabul To Set Penalties For Subculture of Boy Sex Slaves
Afghanistan is finally set to outlaw the sick 'bacha bazi' practice that sees young boys dressed up as women and...
The Afghan Practice of Child Sex Slavery
Afghanistan is set to criminalise the practice of "bacha bazi" -- the sexual exploitation of boys -- with a slew of...
Five Things To Know
South Sudan, where the government on Monday declared famine in some parts of the country, is mired in an economic...
Q and A On Indonesia’s Rising Religious Intolerance
Jakarta goes to the polls on Wednesday to elect a leader, but a blasphemy case against the Indonesian capital's...
Al Shabaab Executes Somali Man and Teenager For Homosexuality
A Somali man and teenager were publicly executed by Somali Islamist group al Shabaab on Tuesday for committing a...
Boko Haram Blocking Aid To Scores of Refugees In Cameroon
The United Nations warned Friday that the threat from Boko Haram jihadists was complicating efforts to help tens of...
Over Two-Thirds of Foreign IS Group Recruits Are Well Educated, World Bank Finds
More than two-thirds of the foreigners seeking to join the Islamic State (IS) group have attended high school or...