Briton among 2 held over B’desh terror attack
Dhaka: A British national and a student of a Canadian University have been arrested for their alleged involvement in Bangladesh’s worst terror attack at a cafe here last month that killed 22 people, including an Indian girl.
Boko Haram chooses new leader
lagos: Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamic extremists have a new leader who is threatening to bomb churches and kill Christians while ending attacks on mosques and markets used by ordinary Muslims, according to an interview published Wednesday by the ISIS.
Tajikistan jails teen for ISIS recruitment
Dushanbe: A court in ex-Soviet Tajikistan sentenced a 16-year-old boy to 10.5 years in jail for calling Tajiks on social media to join the ISIS, a court official said.
30 kids dead in Myanmar from unknown disease
Yangon: At least 30 children have died in northwestern Myanmar since mid-June from an unknown disease that causes breathing difficulty, officials said. “We have this problem since two months ago and we haven’t received any help from the government yet,” said a local administrator.
‘Burqini Day’ sparks outrage in France
Marseille: Plans for a waterpark in Marseille to set aside a day just for Muslim women wearing burqinis — full-body swimsuits — sparked outrage in France on Thursday.
Kashmir Violence open terrorism: Nisar to SAARC
Islamabad: Raising the Kashmir issue at the SAARC meeting, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Thursday alleged that the violence being committed in Kashmir is “open terrorism”.
Brazil impeachment panel for removing Rousseff
Brasília: A Brazilian Senate committee voted to recommend the full upper house remove suspended president Dilma Rousseff from office in an impeachment trial, sending the nation’s political drama into its end game.
Egypt Army kills ISIS group leader in Sinai
Cairo: The leader of an ISIS affiliated group in Egypt’s restive Sinai province and 45 other militants have been killed in an army operation, officials said.