By Dan Glazebrook Nigeria’s Boko Haram are now officially the deadliest terror group in the world. That they have reached this position is a direct consequence of Cameron and co’s war on Libya’ and one that was perhaps not entirely…
Category: Conflicts
Firebomb kills 16 at Cairo nightclub
Molotov cocktail hurled at a Cairo nightclub kills 16 people, Egyptian interior ministry says. At least 16 people were killed in a firebomb attack on a nightclub near Cairo after an argument broke out between employees and revellers seeking to…
Eight injured in Cox’s Bazar BCL-Shibir clash
At least eight people were injured in a clash between the activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in the district town on Thursday night The clash took place after Shibir activists allegedly slashed the tendon and…
Turkey will “regret more than once” what it did: Putin
By Reuters and VICE News Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a State of the Nation address that Turkey would regret “more than once” shooting down a Russian bomber jet near the Syrian-Turkish border last week, and declared retaliatory sanctions…
UK launches airstrikes against IS in Syria
RAF Tornado jets have carried out their first air strikes against so-called Islamic State in Syria, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. Four Tornados took off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus shortly after MPs voted to approve bombing. The strikes…
Did the Islamic State go shopping for weapons in Ukraine?
By Jack Losh It began with a feverish report in November from a little-known media outlet in the Persian Gulf. “Security forces have busted and dismantled a multi-national cell for the so-called Islamic State,” trumpeted the Kuwait News Agency. “The…
From Pol Pot to ISIS: The blood never dried
By John Pilger In transmitting President Richard Nixon’s orders for a “massive” bombing of Cambodia in 1969, Henry Kissinger said, “Anything that flies on everything that moves”. As Barack Obama wages his seventh war against the Muslim world since he…
Turkey requests meeting with Russia
As scary as the shooting down of a Russian warplane was — especially by Turkey, a NATO member — signs emerged Friday that some leaders involved are working to ease tensions between the two countries. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu,…
Turkey ‘will work’ to calm tension over downed Russian jet
Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu has said Ankara “will work with Russia and our allies to calm tensions” after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane. Writing in the UK’s Times newspaper, Mr Davutoglu stressed that fighting Islamic State was the main…
So are we all at war against Islamic State, and is that legal?
By Katie Engelhart Twelve days after the attacks, and Paris can breathe again. Signs of the French capital’s transformation into a war zone — the bodies draped in white sheets, the blood-soaked streets, the night raids, the curfews, the suburban…
Russia raiding Turkish firms and sending exports back
Moscow also preventing Turkish tourists from entering Russia, businessmen say, in apparent response to downing of plane. Russian police have been raiding Turkish companies in different regions of Russia and, in some cases, have suspended their operations, two Turkish businessmen…
Why the hell did Turkey down Russian fighter jet?
By Ryan Faith On Tuesday, a Turkish Air Force F-16 shot down a Russian Su-24 that had intruded into Turkish airspace. If Turkish reports are to be believed, two Russian jets were warned over emergency frequencies as they approached the…
US State Department issues worldwide travel alert
Washington – The United States issued a worldwide travel alert for Americans amid concerns that terror groups and individuals plan more attacks after the Paris massacres. The State Department warned that groups like ISIS, al-Qaeda and Boko Haram “continue to…
Japan’s Coast Guard finds 10 dead presumed N.Koreans
Leo Byrne The bodies were found in three wooden boats which were marked as KPA, North Korean security Japan’s Coast Guard found three boats containing 10 dead sailors who are presumed to be North Korean in Japanese coastal waters, according…
Brussels lockdown: Belgian police arrest 16 in anti-terror raids
Belgian police have made 16 arrests in anti-terror raids, but suspected Paris attacks gunman Salah Abdeslam remains at large, the authorities have said. Some 22 raids were carried out Sunday across Brussels and Charleroi, the federal prosecutor’s spokesman said. Brussels…
IS claims to have found a leader in Bangladesh
The Islamic State claims it now has a ‘regional leader’ in Bengal, meaning Bangladesh.But it does not name the leader nor does it provide any clue to who it could be.A post in its online magazine ‘Dabiq’ says that the…
Stopping ISIS: Follow the money
By Peter Van Buren Wars are expensive. The recruitment and sustainment of fighters in the field, the ongoing purchases of weapons and munitions, as well as the myriad other costs of struggle, add up. So why isn’™t the United States…
UN Security Council backs ‘all necessary measures’ against IS
The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution to “redouble” action against Islamic State, following last week’s deadly attacks in Paris. The French-drafted document urges UN members to “take all necessary measures” in the fight against IS. IS said…
Danger of chemical attack – French PM
French PM Manuel Valls has warned that France could face chemical or biological attack from terror groups, as MPs debate extending the state of emergency after the Paris attacks.
N. Korea declares no-sail zone on its east coast: Yonhap
Analysts suspect SLBM launch or “new type of ballistic missile” Chad O’Carroll North Korea has declared a no-sail zone along its east coast in advance of a possible missile test, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency claimed on Sunday. The no-sail…
Miscreants shoot Dinajpur Missionary Hospital doctor
An Italian citizen sustained bullet injuries in an attack by unknown miscreants at Mirzapur BRTC bus stand in Dinajpur town on Wednesday morning. The injured, Piyara Samio,50, is a physician of Kasba Missionary Hospital in Dinajpur.
Turkey: We warned France twice about Paris attacker
Official tells Al Jazeera that Turkey informed Paris about suspect twice in the past year, but did not hear back. A senior Turkish official says Ankara shared information with France about one of the Paris attackers twice over the past…
Hollande calls for grand coalition to defeat ISIL
French president wants to extend state of emergency and vows to escalate the air campaign in Syria. French President Francois Hollande has called for a global coalition to eradicate the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group following…
France bombs Islamic State compounds in Syria, hunts attacker
France launched “massive” air strikes on the Islamic State group’s de-facto capital in Syria Sunday night, destroying a jihadi training camp and a munitions dump in the city of Raqqa, where Iraqi intelligence officials say the attacks on Paris were…
Paris attacks: Omar Ismail Mostefai identified as assailant
One of the attackers who killed 129 people in Paris has been identified by French investigators. French citizen Omar Ismail Mostefai was named by local media and a French parliamentarian. The 29-year-old had a criminal record and was known to…
Paris attacks killing 128 ‘acts of war,’ President Hollande
The near-simultaneous attacks in Paris that killed at least 128 people were an “act of war” organised by the Islamic State (IS) militant group, French President Francois Hollande says. He said the attacks, carried out by eight gunmen and suicide…
Military Police-Injured in attack with sharp weapon
A military police (MP) was injured by a miscreant who attack him with sharp weapon while he was on-duty near Katchukhet crossing of Dhaka Cantonment area in the city on Tuesday morning. Contacted, Assistant Commissioner (Pallabi Zone) of Dhaka Metropolitan…
11 JMB militant suspects arrested, sent on remand
A Dhaka court on Tuesday granted a two-day remand for 11 members of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujaheedin (JMB). Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Alamgir Kabir granted the remand at about 3 pm on Tuesday. Earlier at noon, Detective Branch (DB) Police…
Ulfa leader Anup Chetia ‘handed over’
Aop Assamese separatist leader has been handed over to India by Bangladesh, top Indian officials said. They said Golap Barua alias Anup Chetia, former ‘general secretary’ of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), has been handed over to Indian…
Somalia’s new pirates
by Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Mogadishu – Somalia is blessed with the largest coastline in continental Africa. Our rich marine waters are some of the most productive in the world, teeming with schools of yellowfin tuna, blue marlin, dolphinfish, and sardines.…