
At least eleven suspected extremists were killed in three separate raids by security forces outside the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Saturday, police said. “Seven extremists were killed” in Gazipur district after counter-terrorism officers stormed a militant hideout, Gazipur police chief Harun-or-Rashid told AFP. Earlier in the day four more suspected ...

Three members of a Muslim extremist group have been arrested for a bombing in the home town of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte last month that left 15 people dead, authorities said Friday. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the detained men belonged to a local gang in the southern Philippines, which ...