Malaysian Police Use Twitter in Crackdown on Dissent
Mr. Khalid did not respond to questions sent by The New York Times to his Twitter account, and a government liaison officer did not respond to an email seeking comment. Phil Robertson, the Asia deputy director of Human Rights Watch, said Mr. Khalids.
In a Test of Wills, Japanese Fighter Pilots Confront Chinese
It was, in fact, a speech by Mr. Abe that included tough statements on the Islamic State and an aid package to fight extremism that the militants cited as the reason they beheaded two Japanese hostages in January. Videos showing the mens bodies.
Bangladesh Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Former Leader Zia
DHAKA, Bangladesh ��� A court in Bangladesh issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia after she failed to appear in court for the fourth time in two corruption cases against her. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadder issued the .
A Plane from New York to London Almost Went Supersonic
Passengers on a flight from New York to London last week got to their destination more than an hour early thanks to strong winds that helped their plane reach near-supersonic speed. The British Airways flight made the trip in 5 hours and 16 minutes at.
Masked ISIS Executioner Is Identified
The masked Islamist militant who shocked and horrified the world by executing journalists and aid workers in videos that marked a new level of brutality in terrorism has finally been identified, according to multiple reports Thursday. Friends.
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Top Aide Leaps to Defense of Obama Security Stance
WASHINGTON ��� As President Obama officially rolled out a new national security strategy for his final two years in office, his top foreign policy aide on Friday denounced ���alarmism��� over various international crises, saying the challenges now facing.
Bangladesh ferry disaster death toll reaches 70
The dead included 25 women and 15 children, the New York Times reported. Police said rescuers recovered 48 bodies on Sunday and 22 more on Monday. Passenger Hafizur Rahman Sheikh, who survived the accident, said: The passengers who were on .
US Open to Slowing Troop Pullout in Afghanistan
He said that he had seen varying reports about Afghanistan, including some that said the Taliban were undergoing a resurgence and others that claimed that a small group of militants had rebranded themselves as members of the Islamic State. Shortly.
Pakistanis Try to Nudge Taliban Along the Path to Peace Talks With Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan ��� Pakistans top military and intelligence officials have begun pressing the Taliban to sit down for face-to-face discussions with the Afghan government, potentially opening a path for direct peace talks for the first time since the.
How Islamic Is The Islamic State? Not Very, Experts Say
Three young men charged in New York with plotting to join the Islamic State group and carry out attacks on American soil. A masked, knife-wielding militant from. And while moderate clerics counter the Islamic State groups interpretation point-by.
Criminal Trials Rose Sharply in Chinas Far West in 2014, Group Says
BEIJING ��� The top court in Xinjiang, the vast western region of China troubled by ethnic violence, has posted statistics online showing that criminal trials there increased 40 percent last year over 2013, according to an analysis released on Wednesday.
A Top Islamist Is Executed by Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh ��� Bangladesh on Saturday executed a senior Islamist party official convicted of crimes against humanity during the countrys 1971 independence war with Pakistan, two officials and two television stations said. The party official .
Bangladesh Sentences Top Islamist Politician to Death
DHAKA, Bangladesh���A war-crimes tribunal sentenced a top Islamist politician to death for crimes committed during the countrys 1971 war of independence from Pakistan. On Wednesday, the court found Motiur Rahman Nizami, head of the opposition .
The gentle, kind Jihadi John, a beautiful young man
When the world saw a masked man behead Islamic State prisoners multiple times over the course of a year, most people thought: Thats a bad guy. But when one British human rights group considered the case of Jihadi John ��� the man now revealed to be .
Beheadings Frame a New Debate About Restraints on Japans Military
The political maneuvering came as the Islamic State caused new revulsion, posting a video of a captive Jordanian pilot being burned to death. Speaking in Parliament, Mr. Abe said that he wanted to ease the tight legal restrictions currently placed on.
Fighting Islamic State in Brooklyn
Monitoring also allowed the FBI to position a confidential informant to get close to the defendants, become a part of their conspiracy, and provide a real-time way to monitor the defendants. With an informant embedded in the cell, the likelihood that.
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A Top Islamist Is Executed by Bangladesh New York Times DHAKA, Bangladesh ��� Bangladesh on Saturday executed a senior Islamist party official convicted of crimes against humanity during the countrys 1971��.