Five Indians abducted by pirates in Nigeria are safe: Sushma Swaraj
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said all five Indian sailors have been abducted by pirates in Nigeria but are safe.
Dec 18, 2015, 16:33 PM IST
UNSC adopts resolution to cut off funding to ISIS, al Qaeda
The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution to cut off all sources of funding to ISIS and al Qaeda with finance ministers from the member nations vowing to increase sanctions against the terror groups.
Dec 18, 2015, 12:50 PM IST
30 dead in Boko Haram attack on 3 Nigeria villages: Vigilante
Most of the victims were slaughtered and most of the wounded had suffered machete cuts.
Dec 16, 2015, 04:06 AM IST
Nigeria police make arrests over Boko Haram `sleeper cells` in Abuja area
Nigeria`s secret police on Saturday said they had arrested a dozen suspects linked to the discovery of "sleeper cells" operated by Boko Haram Islamists in and around the capital Abuja.
Dec 06, 2015, 03:15 AM IST
Triple suicide attack `kills 27 on Lake Chad island`
A triple suicide bombing on an island in Lake Chad on Saturday killed at least 27 people and left more than 80 wounded, a Chadian security source said, in another apparent strike by Boko Haram Islamists despite a regional offensive to stop the insurgency.
Dec 06, 2015, 01:53 AM IST
'Cameroon kills 100 Boko Haram fighters, frees 900 hostages'
Cameroon troops killed around 100 Boko Haram Islamist fighters from Nigeria, freed almost 900 hostages and seized Islamic State (IS) flags last week, the defence ministry said on Wednesday.
Dec 02, 2015, 19:59 PM IST
Boko Haram claims bombing of Shiite procession in Nigeria
Boko Haram extremists have claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing of a procession of hundreds of Shiite Muslims and threatened more attacks on opponents of its radical form of Islam.
Nov 29, 2015, 00:18 AM IST
Death toll rises to 22 in Nigeria suicide attack on Shi`ite Muslim procession
The death toll in a suicide bombing on a Shia Muslim procession near the northern Nigerian city of Kano has risen to 22 after one more person was confirmed dead, one of the organisers said Saturday.
Nov 28, 2015, 15:55 PM IST
Nigeria: Boko Haram cannot be crushed by December
Forces from Nigeria and neighboring Chad earlier this year drove the extremists out of areas in which they had proclaimed an Islamic caliphate.
Nov 27, 2015, 12:16 PM IST
US issues global travel alert due to 'terrorist threats'
Citing recent attacks in Denmark, France, Mali, Nigeria and Turkey, it also noted the threat of "lone wolf" attacks by unaffiliated persons inspired by terror groups.
Nov 24, 2015, 05:24 AM IST
Suicide attacks in Nigeria, Cameroon kill 12 plus 5 bombers
Officials say five girl suicide bombers have killed at least 12 people in Nigeria and Cameroon in weekend attacks. The bombers also died.
Nov 23, 2015, 18:46 PM IST
Eight killed in NE Nigeria suicide bombing: Relief agency
Eight people were killed and seven others were injured in the incident.
Nov 23, 2015, 03:11 AM IST
Suicide bomb kills 9 in north Cameroon town: Official
A local official in northern Cameroon says at least nine people were killed and dozens injured when suspected Boko Haram militants carried out a suicide attack on a town bordering Nigeria.
Nov 22, 2015, 02:32 AM IST
India 6th among 162 nations hit by terrorism; Boko Haram, ISIS responsible for over 50% of deaths
India is among the 10 countries most impacted by terrorism in 2014, according to a new report which said that ISIS and Boko Haram are now jointly responsible for more than half of all global fatalities from terrorist attacks.
Nov 19, 2015, 14:10 PM IST
Nigeria's Boko Haram kills 49 in suicide bombings
At least 34 people were killed and another 80 wounded after suicide bomber exploded in Yola.
Nov 19, 2015, 04:29 AM IST
Female suicide bombers kill 15 in Kano, NE Nigeria: Police
Two young female suicide bombers, including one thought to be aged just 11, killed 15 people at a busy mobile phone market in Kano, northeast Nigeria, police said on Wednesday.
Nov 19, 2015, 00:13 AM IST
More than 30 dead as carnage returns to Nigeria
More than 30 people were killed on Wednesday when a bomb blast ripped through packed crowds in Yola, northeast Nigeria, just days after President Muhammadu Buhari visited declaring that Boko Haram were close to defeat.
Nov 18, 2015, 08:58 AM IST
Night-time explosion kills, wounds people in NE Nigeria
A ight-time explosion blamed on Boko Haram extremists has killed an unknown number of people at a bus station market in northeastern Nigeria.
Nov 18, 2015, 04:41 AM IST
Chad decrees state of emergency in Lake Chad region
Chad's government has decreed a state of emergency in the flashpoint Lake Chad region, which also straddles Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger and is frequently targeted by Boko Haram Islamists.
Nov 10, 2015, 05:19 AM IST
