terrorism

Five Kenyan soldiers killed in roadside IED explosion claimed by al Shabaab

Five Kenyan soldiers were killed when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in the eastern Lamu county, in an attack claimed by al Shabaab

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Resolute Support troops killed in eastern Afghanistan suicide bombing

A suicide bomber killed three service members with NATO's Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan and injured three others

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Turning east: the rise of Islamic State’s Khorasan Province

ISKP’s growth in Afghanistan coincides with its losses in Iraq and Syria, but the US and Taliban are fighting back, Paweł Wójcik writes

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Indonesia bans JAD, the ISIS-linked group behind deadly May attacks

An Indonesian court banned Jamaah Anshar Daulah, a network linked to a series of terror attacks, significantly expanding police powers

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ISIS-claimed Tajikistan attack that killed 4 led by proscribed Islamist party member: police

Police in Tajikistan appeared to blame a banned Islamist party for an attack claimed by ISIS that left four tourists dead and was originally reported as a hit-and-run road accident

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Playing jihad: the gamification of radicalization

Linda Schlegel argues that we need strategies to reduce the likelihood that gamification provides an entry point into extremism and violence

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Indonesia court sentences ISIS-linked cleric Abdurrahman to death for inciting terrorist attacks

Aman Abdurrahman was sentenced to death for inciting his sympathizers to carry out a series of deadly attacks including the Jakarta bombing in 2016

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Indonesia police shoot dead 4 men after sword attack on Pekanbaru HQ

Indonesian police said they shot and killed four men who used swords in an attack on a police station in Pekanbaru, on Sumatra island, in which one officer was killed and two others were injured

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Family carried out Surabaya police HQ suicide bombing, Indonesia police say

A family carried out a suicide bomb attack on a police headquarters in Indonesia's second city Surabaya, police said, a day after a series of coordinated attacks on churches staged by another family

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Indonesia: Suicide bombings by a single family strike Surabaya churches, killing at least 13

A series of coordinated suicide bomb attacks perpetrated by a single family struck churches in Surabaya, Indonesia, killing at least 13 people and wounding dozens, the deadliest attack for years in the Muslim-majority country

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