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  • Pakistan experts: Religiosity fostering rise in militancy

    Pakistan experts: Religiosity fostering rise in militancy

    • Feb 27, 2021

    Militant attacks are on the rise in Pakistan amid a growing religiosity that has brought greater intolerance, prompting one expert to voice concern the country could be overwhelmed by religious extremism.

    By Kathy Gannon
  • English cardinal calls for legislation tackling ‘extremism’

    English cardinal calls for legislation tackling ‘extremism’

    • Feb 24, 2021

    A new government-commissioned report calling for new laws to tackle extremism has received support from the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales.

    By Charles Collins
  • Typically mild-mannered Parolin channels his inner daredevil

    Typically mild-mannered Parolin channels his inner daredevil

    • Feb 2, 2021

    For those who know him, and many do, Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State and thus the top aide to Pope Francis, is not typically a figure who conjures up the term “daredevil.” Yet over the last few days, we’ve seen Parolin channel his inner Evel Knievel in three distinct areas.

    By John L. Allen Jr.
  • Indonesian police kill 2 suspected militants suspected in cathedral attack

    Indonesian police kill 2 suspected militants suspected in cathedral attack

    • Jan 6, 2021

    Members of Indonesia’s anti-terrorism police squad on Wednesday shot and killed two suspected militants who they believe were connected to a deadly suicide attack at a Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines, and arrested 18 others, officials said.

    By Niniek Karmini
  • Amid freed Nigeria schoolboys’ joyful reunions, fear lingers

    Amid freed Nigeria schoolboys’ joyful reunions, fear lingers

    • Dec 21, 2020

    Nigeria’s freed schoolboys have reunited with their joyful parents after being held captive for nearly a week by gunmen allied with jihadist rebels in the country’s northwest.

    By Lekan Oyekanmi and Sunday Alamba
  • Freed Nigerian schoolboys welcomed after week of captivity

    Freed Nigerian schoolboys welcomed after week of captivity

    • Dec 18, 2020

    More than 300 Nigerian schoolboys, freed after being kidnapped last week in an attack on their school, have arrived in the capital of Katsina state to celebrations of their release.

    By Carley Petesch and Lekan Oyekanmi
  • Indonesia police: Top terror suspect mastermind of attacks

    Indonesia police: Top terror suspect mastermind of attacks

    • Dec 14, 2020

    Indonesian authorities said Monday that a top terror suspect arrested last week was the architect of a series of deadly attacks and sectarian conflicts in the world’s most populous Muslim nation.

    By Niniek Karmini
  • Officials: French church attack suspect faces terror charges

    Officials: French church attack suspect faces terror charges

    • Dec 8, 2020

    French authorities said Monday that the main suspect behind October’s deadly Nice church attack has been handed terror murder charges.

    By Associated Press
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