Tag: Extremists
Transgender person burnt alive in Sahiwal
SAHIWAL: A transgender person was burnt alive by unidentified people at a cab stand at Mall Mandi Chowk here on Thursday.
According to police, four...
Govt to monitor extremists, criminals in cyberspace
Interior minister says terrorism screening system to be established to protect CPEC route
NACTA launches Chokas application against spread of hate
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior...
PM warns US not to weaken Islamabad by blocking aid
Pakistan should not be “scapegoated” for US failures in Afghanistan, says PM
Abbasi dismisses media reports of ending intelligence sharing with US
‘No corruption...
Violent extremists use Internet to attract younger audiences: UN report
GENEVA: Violent extremists use the Internet to attract younger audiences, to disseminate content and to foster direct dialogue with young people, a United Nations...
Commuters happy, Pakistan uneasy after deal with extremists
ISLAMABAD: Commuters were jubilant on Tuesday as the main highway into Islamabad reopened three weeks after Faizabad sit-in blocked it, as uneasy soul-searching grew among...
Islamic State beheads 15 of its own fighters
JALALABAD: Islamic State beheaded 15 of its own fighters due to infighting in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar.
Nangarhar, on the porous border with Pakistan,...
Everyone knows where the intolerance in India is coming from: Ratan...
Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, in an apparent dig at Indian extremist parties, expressed concern over the growing intolerance in the country...
Canada sees more extremists, including women, travelling abroad
The number of people who have travelled overseas from Canada and are suspected of involvement in radical activities has grown, security officials said in...
5 suspected extremists arrested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s elite security force said Wednesday it had arrested five suspected members of a banned militant outfit, which has been blamed for a series...
Extremists blow up 16-century mosque in Yemen
Radicals in Yemen have blown up a 16th century mosque housing the shrine of a revered Sufi scholar in the city of Taez, a...
Bangladesh arrests top extremist
Bangladesh’s elite security force said Thursday it had arrested a top regional head of the homegrown Islamist extremist group blamed for an attack on...
Kerry in Iraq: Time to ‘turn up pressure’ on IS extremists
Islamic State extremists are losing ground in Iraq, their leaders and fighters are being eliminated and the group's rank-and-file members are losing hope, US...
Pak-India exhibition in Deradoon attacked by Shiv Sena extremists
Activists from Shiv Sena the hardline Hindu party attacked an exhibition in Deradoon, in the Indian state of Jharkhand on Saturday forcing shut Pakistani...
Are extremists hiding among refugees? Unlikely, say analysts
Warnings that extremists bent on violence may be sneaking into Europe disguised as refugees are growing louder, but analysts say extremists do not need...
Home-grown extremists more lethal for US than Muslim militants: study
Since 9/11, America’s home-grown extremists have killed twice as many people in the United States as the jihadists have, says a report by a...
Extremists have united in new offensive: Afghan envoy
A new offensive against the Afghan government and people is being compounded by “an unprecedented convergence” of Taliban insurgents, more than 7,000 foreign fighters,...
Muslim clerics meet in Iran to counter extremists
Shia and Sunni clerics from about 80 countries gathered in Iran's holy city of Qom on Sunday to develop a strategy to combat extremists,...