Jihadist
Ivory Coast army joins Burkina Faso in anti-jihadist operation
Burkina Faso and its neighbours Mali and Niger are battling Islamist insurgencies with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State
Pakistan considers jihadists 'asset' against India, Afghanistan, says researcher
In recent years, Islamabad had pinned hopes of mainstreaming the militant groups, particularly the Lashkar-e-Taiba, into politics.
Agony of Yazidi women torn between IS kids, or return home
Dozens of Yazidi women and girls systematically raped, sold and married off to jihadists after being abducted.
Police says gunmen kill six villagers in Nigeria
Gambo Isah said police were combing the bushes for the bodies of the assailants.
Nadia Murad: From jihadist slave to Nobel laureate
Murad and Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege were jointly awarded prize for ‘efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.’
110 girls missing after Boko Haram school attack: Nigerian Govt
The kidnapping has raised questions about the military's repeated claims that the Islamist terrorists are on the verge of defeat.
Barcelona attack: 4 suspects to face court, 8 other jihadist killed
4 men have been detained, and rest have been killed, either by police or in an explosion believed to have been detonated by the suspects.
United Nations finds mass graves in northern Mali
The armed groups accused of abuses by the UN operate in areas where Mali's army and state is absent or has a very limited presence.
Syrian army takes ISIS-held town in Homs province, says monitor
Monitor says government troops have taken last ISIS-held town in Homs as army advances towards ISIL strongholds in east.
Now, Syria monitor says ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dead; US skeptical
Russia's military said in mid-June that it was seeking to verify whether it had killed the ISIS chief in an air strike in Syria in May.