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Imam Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram

At least 20 students killed in northeast Nigeria

Terrorism |  MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP)—Assailants shot and stabbed to death at least 20 students in the second attack suspected to be carried out by Islamist extremists on…

Afghan police secure the site of a suicide bombing in Khost, south of Kabul, Afghan on Monday.

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International |  The case of Rimsha Masih, the 14-year-old who was accused of blasphemy in Pakistan for allegedly burning pages of the Quran, was scheduled for today in an…

Explosive attack on Kenya church kills one child

Explosive attack on Kenya church kills one child

Terrorism |  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP)—The acting police chief in Kenya's capital says an explosive device set off in a Sunday school class killed one child and seriously…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu draws 'red line' for Iran

Israel |  NEW YORK (AP)—In his most detailed plea to date for global action against Iran's nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday…

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi

Who needs reform most: Egypt or America?

Egypt |  NEW YORK—Prior to leaving Egypt for the United Nations General Assembly, Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi told The New York Times the United States…

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi

Morsi calls for end to war in Syria

Egypt |  NEW YORK (AP)—Egypt's new President Mohammed Morsi, making his debut on the global stage at the United Nations, said Wednesday that he will not rest until…

President Obama addressing the UN General Assembly

UN-clear

Religion |  President Obama’s UN speech sends muddled message, as momentum for international blasphemy laws grows

Libyan guards block the gate of the U.S Consulate in Benghazi

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International |  The deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya on Sept. 11 “was preceded by a succession of security lapses and misjudgments, compounded by…

Sri Lankan Muslims protest by burning effigies of President Obama and U.S. flags.

Our burning embassies and our president

Foreign Policy |  There have been riots and burnings from England to Indonesia. Islamist radicals murdered our ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. All this, we are…

A Saudi money exchanger counts Saudi riyals in Riyadh
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Stealth jihadists

Money |  Critics say Sharia compliant financing is funding terrorism and infiltrating capital markets

Tunisian protesters break into the U.S. embassy in Tunis
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Mideast madness

Middle East |  Provoked or premeditated, the latest round of uprisings put the United States in its sights

Sri Lankan Muslims burn an effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Globe Trot 09.19

International |  The State Department has reversed itself, admitting on Tuesday that it did hire a private British security firm to handle security inside the American mission…

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