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At least 2 rockets hit Israeli resort town of Eilat

At least two rockets exploded in Israel`s Red Sea resort town of Eilat early on Wednesday causing no casualties but ...

Nigerian military says 35 Islamists killed in crackdown

Nigeria`s military said Monday it has killed 35 suspected Boko Haram Islamists in a crackdown on the insurgent group ...

Nigerian military says alleged Boko Haram spokesman killed

Nigerian soldiers on Monday shot dead a man suspected to have acted as a spokesman for Islamist group Boko Haram and ...

Islamists destroy saint`s Mali tomb: officials

Islamists have destroyed the tomb of a Muslim saint in a northern Mali region under their control, two months after ...

Two Hamas suspects arrested in soldier deaths

Two Hamas Islamist group members suspected in the lynching deaths of two Israeli reservists in 2000 that preceded a ...

Islamist extremists cut off thief`s hand in northern Mali

Jihadists occupying northern Mali on Thursday said they had cut off the hand of a thief in accordance with strict ...

Fifteen Egyptian police killed in Sinai border attack

At least 15 Egyptian policemen were killed and seven wounded in an armed attack on a police station in North Sinai on ...

Nigerian religious leader escapes suicide attack: residents

A Muslim religious leader in northeastern Nigeria escaped a suicide attack on Friday, when the bomber was thwarted by ...

Pakistan military court jails officers for extremist ties

A Pakistan military court sentenced five army officers to prison on Friday for having ties with a radical Islamist ...

Prison raid frees 40 inmates in restive Nigerian city

Attackers with guns and explosives raided a jail in a restive Nigerian city on Sunday, leaving four prison guards dead ...

Israeli air raid on gaza strip kills Palestinian: medics

One Palestinian was killed and two were wounded on Friday, one seriously, when Israeli warplanes struck east of ...

Peres: Israel-Palestine must forget bitter past to achieve Mideast peace

Israeli President Shimon Peres Thursday urged Israel and its foes to put behind a bitter past and look to the future ...

Nigerian military arrest Boko Haram suspect: state tv

Nigerian troops Thursday arrested a suspected Islamist accused of involvement in deadly attacks, including the suicide ...

Hamas says two fighters found dead in bombed Gaza tunnel

Palestinians said Thursday they had recovered the bodies of two militants from a tunnel damaged by an Israeli air ...

Death toll from Nigeria church attacks, riots rises to 45

Suicide attacks on three churches and reprisal violence that saw Christians target Muslims in northern Nigeria have ...