Jihadists

Suspected jihadists abduct roughly 50 women in northern Burkina Faso, say sources

Residents in Arbinda said two groups of women were taken as they were out gathering leaves and wild fruits because of a severe food shortage

Suspected jihadists 'systematically' kill over 130 Malian in three days

Officials in Mali reported scenes of systematic killings by armed men in Diallassagou and two surrounding towns in the Bankass circle, a longtime hotbed of Sahelian violence

French experts restore Iraqi museum treasures destroyed by jihadists

Restoration workers commissioned by France's Louvre museum are supporting Iraqi museum employees to rebuilt the museum which was smashed into little pieces when Islamic State group fighters seized the northern city of Mosul in 2014 and made it their seat of power

Over 50 Al Qaeda linked terrorists killed in French airstrikes in central Mali

The offensive took place on Friday near the borders of Burkina Faso and Niger, where government troops are struggling to rout an Islamic insurgency, as per French defense minister Florence Parly

Sri Lanka police discovers Islamist militants' training camp in Kattankudy; suicide bombers of Easter Sunday blasts practiced at site

Sri Lankan police on Sunday discovered a 10-acre camp in the eastern town of Kattankudy, where Islamist militants linked to the deadly Easter attacks are believed to have practiced shooting and bombmaking.

Shaurya Chakra recipient Irfan Sheikh fears going back home

Recently awarded India’s third-highest peacetime gallantry award, the Shaurya Chakra, 16-year-old Irfan Sheikh is in hiding, fearing revenge from jihadists

New Zealand mosque shootings: Attacks on houses of worship show rise of hate crime, religious places more vulnerable globally

Places of worship are 'soft targets' as they reign in a psychological hijack of people. "By targeting a house of worship, rather than a private home or business, the attacker has committed a powerful symbolic transgression: profaning a space that is both sacred and communal."

Pakistan guards China’s Great Wall against jihadists

China worries that with the end of the war in Syria, out-of-work jihadists will end up in its backyard

Returning jihadists carry Islamic State back home with them

The Muthana case illustrates the dilemmas. In November 2014, Hoda Muthana left the US without telling her parents, and travelled to the Islamic State’s capital of Raqqa.

UK to strip Islamic State teen bride Shamima Begum of citizenship; family now considering 'legal avenues' to allow her return

The case points to a dilemma facing many European countries, divided over whether to allow jihadists and IS sympathisers home to face prosecution or barring them over security concerns as the so-called "caliphate" crumbles.