CAIRO—A Libyan court Monday sentenced 23 suspected ISIS terrorist group extremists to death for launching deadly attacks that killed dozens of people, including Egyptian Coptic Christians. The appeals court in the western city of Misrata also sentenced 14 other terrorists to life in prison who were convicted on the same charges, which include destruction of…
Surging Terror Raids Following Controversial Elections in Nigeria Renew ‘Caliphate’ Fears
JOS, Nigeria—A wave of terrorist attacks following Nigeria’s presidential elections has terrified Christians and renewed fears of an Islamic caliphate in Africa’s most populous nation. At least 1,041 Christians have been killed across the country since January by Islamic extremists, according to Emeka Umeagbalasi, a respected criminologist and genocide researcher. Umeagbalasi said the attacks are…
Africa’s ‘Big Two’ Economies Punished for Lack of Action Against Terrorist Financiers
JOHANNESBURG—The world anti-money laundering organization Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has “grey-listed” Africa’s two biggest economies, Nigeria and South Africa. The Paris-based task force said the action was taken because both countries hadn’t done enough to prevent illicit financial flows and terrorist financing. Financial experts warn the gray-listing could be “devastating” to Nigeria’s and South…
Pakistani Troops Kill 2 Terrorists in Raid Near Afghan Border
ISLAMABAD—Pakistani troops on Friday raided a terrorist hideout in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban terrorist group, in the country’s northwest and near the border with Afghanistan, the military said. The raid triggered a shootout that killed two terrorists. The shootout in North Waziristan, a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, came days after a suicide bomber attacked a…
25 Terrorists Killed in Pakistan Army Raid on Detention Center; One Hostage Dies
PESHAWAR, Pakistan—Pakistan’s security forces killed 25 of 35 Islamist terrorists holed up in a counter-terrorism center in the northwestern city of Bannu, while one hostage and two commandos died in the operation to retake the compound, the army said. Terrorists being held at the center took control of the compound on Sunday after overpowering their…
US Adds 4 Terrorists in Afghanistan, Pakistan to Its List of Global Terrorists
ISLAMABAD—The United States has added four top Islamic terrorists operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan to its list of “Specially Designated Global Terrorists,” amid a resurgence of violence and border tensions in the area. The terrorist leaders hail from the Pakistani Taliban and an al-Qaeda branch in South Asia. Both terrorist groups operate from Afghanistan, but…
Persecuted Christians In Nigeria Hoping for Trump Resurgence
Donald Trump may be facing headwinds within the Republican Party after the disappointing midterm elections, but in the killing fields of Nigeria embattled Christians long for his return. “Since [Trump] left office, there is no one speaking for us anymore,” said a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Solomon Maren, to The Epoch Times….
Misfired Rockets May Have Killed Over a Dozen in Gaza Battle
Close to one-third of the Palestinians who died in the latest outbreak of violence between Israel and Gaza terrorists may have been killed by errant rockets fired by the Palestinian side, according to an Israeli military assessment. Forty-nine Palestinians were killed in the three days of heavy fighting, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The Israeli…
9 Islamic Terrorists Refusing to Engage in Deradicalisation Process in UK Jails
A report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons has found that nine Islamist terrorists being held in two special “separation centres” in British prisons are refusing to engage in deradicalisation and other programmes designed to tackle offender behaviour. In April 2022 inspectors visited the centres in Woodhill prison in Buckinghamshire, and Frankland prison in County…
Terrorists Kidnapping Hundreds of Nigerian Women, Using Them as Sex Slaves
NIGERIA—Hundreds of women are being kidnapped every week and held as sex slaves by bandit terrorists in Nigeria’s north, according to a national politician. And the government is unconcerned, said Umar Barde a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives in a phone interview with The Epoch Times. “They [terrorists] rape both young and old…
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