Philippine police kill militant implicated in 15 beheadings and other atrocities

Philippine forces have killed an Abu Sayyaf militant who had been implicated in past beheadings including of 10 Filipino marines and two kidnapped Vietnamese

Syrian Kurdish officials hand over 50 women and children linked to Islamic State group to Tajikistan

Kurdish-led authorities in northeastern Syria have handed over 50 women and children, family members of militants from the Islamic State group, to a delegation from Tajikistan that is repatriating them back home

Burkina Faso's army massacred over 200 civilians in a village raid, Human Rights Watch says

Human Rights Watch says military forces in Burkina Faso killed 223 civilians, including babies and many children, in attacks on two villages accused of cooperating with militants

Dutch intelligence sees the wars in Gaza and Ukraine as triggers for terrorist threats

The Dutch national intelligence agency says threats targeting the Netherlands are increasingly connected to worldwide turmoil, including the wars in Gaza and Ukraine

73 Prozent der Bürger lehnen antiwestlichen Islam in Deutschland ab / Formulierung aus dem CDU-Programmentwurf findet breite Zustimmung

Evangelische Nachrichtenagentur IDEA: Wetzlar (ots) - Drei von vier Bundesbürgern (73 Prozent) stimmen der Aussage zu: "Ein Islam, der unsere Werte nicht teilt und unsere freiheitliche Gesellschaft ablehnt, gehört nicht zu Deutschland." Das ergab...

Indian opposition accuses Modi of hate speech after he calls Muslims 'infiltrators'

India’s main opposition party is accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of hate speech after he called Muslims “infiltrators” and used some of his most incendiary rhetoric to date about the minority faith

Philippine troops kill 12 suspected Muslim rebels in clash that wounded seven soldiers

Philippine troops have killed the leader of a small Muslim rebel group and eleven of his men blamed for past bombings and extortion in a clash in the country’s south

Kurdish separatists and water issues loom large in long-awaited Erdogan visit to Iraq

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to make his first official visit to Iraq in more than a decade

Kurdish separatists and water issues loom large in long-awaited Erdogan visit to Iraq

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to make his first official visit to Iraq in more than a decade

Once a fringe Indian ideology, Hindu nationalism is now mainstream, thanks to Modi's decade in power

Hindu nationalism was once a fringe ideology in India, and now it is mainstream

Protests, heightened terror threat mean tight security at Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden

Police in Sweden say that security will be tight during next month’s Eurovision Song Contest in the southern city of Malmo

The Taliban suspend two TV stations in Afghanistan for neglecting Islamic values

The Taliban have suspended the activities of two TV stations in Afghanistan, alleging they failed to “consider national and Islamic values.”

Salman Rushdie recalls stabbing in first memoir since near-fatal attack

British-American author Salman Rushdie recounts the 2022 stabbing at a public event that left him blind in one eye in "Knife", his first memoir since the near-fatal attack, which hits English language bookstores on Tuesday. The French edition, "Le...

Analysis: Iran upends decades of shadow warfare in direct attack on Israel as tensions mount at home

Iran’s direct attack on Israel over the weekend upended decades of its shadowy warfare by proxy, something Tehran has used to manage international repercussions for its actions

In Modi's India, opponents and journalists feel the squeeze ahead of election

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government are increasingly wielding strong-arm tactics to subdue political opponents and critics of the ruling Hindu-nationalist party

Cable car accident in Turkey sends 1 passenger plummeting to his death and injures 7

Local media in Turkey say one person was killed and seven injured when a cable car in the south of the country hit a pole and burst open, sending the passengers plummeting to the mountainside below

Chaldean patriarch returns to Baghdad after nine months of self-imposed exile amid political dispute

A prominent Iraqi Christian religious leader who left Baghdad amid a political dispute last year has returned to the capital at the invitation of the country’s prime minister

Mali's junta suspends all political activities until further notice

Mali’s ruling junta issued a decree suspending all political activities until further notice late on Wednesday, citing a need to preserve public order

Eid prayers held in a historic former mosque in northern Greece for the first time in 100 years

A building in the Greek city of Thessaloniki that was originally erected for a community of Jewish converts to Islam is being used for mass prayers during the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday

Pakistan deploys more than 100,000 police and paramilitary forces ahead of Eid al-Fitr

Officials say Pakistani authorities have deployed more than 100,000 police and paramilitary forces at mosques and markets across the country ahead of Eid al-Fitr

AP PHOTOS: Indonesia expects biggest-ever Eid homecoming, a mass movement of over 190 million people

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family. The Transportation Ministry expects the...