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Patek, a member of the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah, became eligible for parole in August because of good behaviour in prison.

Activist groups call for renewed protests in response to a recent surge of attacks, including one by al-Qaeda-linked militants.

An Al-Qaeda-linked group has released a video showing the purported execution of two Malians accused of collaborating with French counter-terrorism forces in Mali.

At least 12 people were killed Friday as twin blasts and gunfire rocked a hotel and neighbouring park in central Mogadishu, police said.

Sixty-three hostages, including 33 wounded, were evacuated in the early hours of Saturday from a Burkina Faso hotel besieged by Al-Qaeda-linked gunmen.

Kenya said Saturday it has arrested five men in connection with the massacre by Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants of nearly 150 people at a northeastern university.

Eight members of an Al-Qaeda-linked group of Philippine militants have been killed in clashes with security forces in the country's south.

Masked gunmen stormed a packed upmarket shopping mall in Nairobi on Saturday, killing 39 people and wounding 150 more in a massacre claimed by Somalia's Al Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels.

Al-Qaeda-linked Syrian jihadist group Al-Nusra Front on Sunday vowed revenge strikes against villages from President Bashar al-Assad's community over claims his forces used chemical weapons.

French fighter jets bombed Mali's far northern Islamist stronghold of Kidal and destroyed the home of the head of an Al-Qaeda-linked group, a security source and local official said.

French-led troops recaptured the Islamist stronghold of Gao on Saturday, in a major boost to their 16-day offensive against Al Qaeda-linked rebels holding Mali's vast desert north.

French-led troops recaptured Gao on Saturday in a major boost to their 16-day-old offensive against Al Qaeda-linked fighters.

An Al-Qaeda linked group which shocked the world with its audacious hostage attack in Algeria threatened on Sunday to stage strikes on nations involved in chasing out Islamists from neighbouring Mali.

Algerian helicopters on Thursday launched strikes on a gas complex where Al Qaeda-linked Islamists are holding 41 foreign hostages.

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In Malaysia, over half a million road accidents have been recorded so far this year.

The Dutch state, as a signatory to the 1948 Genocide Convention, has a duty to take all reasonable measures at its disposal to prevent genocide.

Moves by Trump and his appointees to eliminate existing rules will be met with legal challenges, as many progressive groups and Democratic officials have made clear.

Consultations on PTPTN loans and admission to IPTA are among services provided at the Higher Education Ministry booth.

Almost 200 residents from 60 homes in Kampung Tanjung Kala have ended up stuck when their 200-metre (m) long concrete bridge flooded.

The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.

This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.

Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.