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Tag: Islamic extremism

Posted inIndonesia

Members of pro-IS group bombed Indonesia cathedral

by Andi Hajramurni March 29, 2021March 29, 2021

The suicide bombing at an Indonesian cathedral on Palm Sunday was carried out by two members of a pro-Islamic State extremist group blamed for other church blasts, including a deadly 2019 attack in the Philippines, police said. About 20 worshippers were injured by the powerful explosion outside the church in Makassar city on Sulawesi island […]

Posted inMaldives

Covid-19 sows Islamic trouble in Maldives paradise

by Bertil Lintner April 5, 2020April 8, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Widodo strikes back at extremists in his midst

by John McBeth June 28, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAfghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia

Addressing Pakistan’s economic malaise

by Manoj Kumar Mishra May 15, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inSouth Asia, Sri Lanka

Roots of Sri Lanka attacks, and a way forward

by Asoka Bandarage April 24, 2019February 18, 2020
Source: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Indonesia, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

How silent nations can engage China on Xinjiang

by Joseph Hope December 18, 2018
US President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman at the White House on March 20 in Washington DC. Photo: AFP/ Mandel Ngan
Posted inEgypt, Iran, Middle East, Turkey, World

US Senate’s Yemen move is a message to Saudi royals

by Imad Zafar December 14, 2018December 14, 2018
Indonesian comic Sakdiyah Ma’ruf battles Islamic extremism through comedy. Photo: Youtube.
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Middle East, Oceania, World

Punchy punchlines of a courageous comic

by Muhammad Cohen January 21, 2018February 18, 2020
US President Donald Trump delivers remarks regarding his administration's National Security Strategy at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington on December 18, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Joshua Roberts
Posted inChina, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Trump’s National Security Strategy marks return to realism

by Norman A. Bailey January 4, 2018
Members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority have been fleeing persecution in the Southeast Asian country's Rakhine state. Photo: NDTV
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand

No refuge in Sri Lanka for Myanmar’s fleeing Rohingya

by Munza Mushtaq September 26, 2017February 18, 2020
Security officials cordon off an area after a bomb blast in Quetta, Baluchistan in August last year. Photo: iStock
Posted inAfghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Pakistan’s ‘war on terror’ falling short on two fronts

by Salman Rafi June 6, 2017
A military helicopter flies past a mosque in Marawi. Photo: Reuters
Posted inAT Finance, Philippines

Civilian death toll mounts in Philippines ISIS battle

by Agence France-Presse May 28, 2017February 18, 2020
The MQ1 Predator drone returns from a mission. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, India, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Syria

ISIS recruit from India killed in Afghan drone strike

by Asia Times staff February 27, 2017February 18, 2020
FILE PHOTO: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas heads a Palestinian cabinet meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah July 28, 2013. REUTERS/Issam Rimawi/Pool/File Photo
Posted inAT Finance, China, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Mexico, Middle East, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, World

Note to Abbas: Wake up, China is reshaping the Middle East

by Francesco Sisci January 15, 2017January 15, 2017

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