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  • Who are the rebels in northern Mozambique?

    Who are the rebels in northern Mozambique?

    • Apr 2, 2021

    With more than a week of fierce fighting including beheaded bodies in the streets, the battle for the northern Mozambique town of Palma has highlighted the southern Africa country’s insurgency and threats to its multibillion-dollar investments.

    By Andrew Meldrum
  • A reminder that Holy Week is prime time for anti-Christian violence

    A reminder that Holy Week is prime time for anti-Christian violence

    • Mar 29, 2021

    Every year on major Christian feast days, somewhere in the world, Christians will be killed for no reason other than that they chose to attend religious services.

    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
  • Islamist militants open fire and burn police car in Philippine town

    Islamist militants open fire and burn police car in Philippine town

    • Dec 4, 2020

    Dozens of militants aligned with the Islamic State group opened fire on a Philippine army detachment and burned a police patrol car in a southern town but withdrew after troops returned fire, officials said Friday.

    By Associated Press
  • Man sentenced to life after failed French church bombing

    Man sentenced to life after failed French church bombing

    • Nov 6, 2020

    A Paris criminal court sentenced a 29-year-old Algerian man Thursday to life in prison for killing a woman and trying to bomb a church near the French capital in a failed 2015 attack that investigators said was plotted by Islamic State group extremists in Syria.

    By Nicolas Vaux-Montagny
  • Army chief: Militant leader likely killed in Philippines

    Army chief: Militant leader likely killed in Philippines

    • Aug 25, 2020

    Abu Sayyaf militants may have staged suicide bombings that killed 14 people to avenge the death of a Filipino leader of the Islamic State group in the southern Philippines following a clash with troops last month, the army chief said Tuesday.

    By Jim Gomez
  • Woman given life for plot to blow up St. Paul’s Cathedral in London

    Woman given life for plot to blow up St. Paul’s Cathedral in London

    • Jul 3, 2020

    A woman was jailed for life, with a minimum sentence of 14 years, on Friday for plotting to blow up London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral, a nearby hotel and a subway train in a suicide attack.

    By Associated Press
  • African church leaders: Insurgents could increase attacks during pandemic

    African church leaders: Insurgents could increase attacks during pandemic

    • Apr 21, 2020

    Catholic clergy in Africa’s northern Sahel region have warned that Islamist insurgents could intensify attacks during the COVID-19 pandemic while police and troops are diverted to civil order duties.

    By Jonathan Luxmoore
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