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Kyrgyz turmoil could breed Islamist militancy: U.N.
2 months agoBISHKEK (Reuters) - Turmoil in Kyrgyzstan offers an ideal breeding ground for Islamist militancy in the Muslim region north of Afghanistan and the government must act quickly to curb any further violence, a U.N. envoy said.
Fourteen killed in Russia's Dagestan region
2 months agoMAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - Four police and ten gunmen were killed Wednesday, investigators said, in clashes in Russia's Dagestan region in the North Caucasus where the Kremlin is struggling to contain an Islamist insurgency.
Russia says Moscow bomber was teenage "Black Widow"
5 months agoMOSCOW (Reuters) - The 17-year-old widow of an Islamist militant from the North Caucasus is suspected of blowing herself up in suicide attacks that killed 40 people in Moscow, Russian law enforcement officials said on Friday.
Moscow subway bomber was 17-year-old girl: officials
5 months agoPresident calls for terror crack down; teenaged attacker was wife of slain Islamist rebel, reports say
Explosions kill 16 people on Iraq election day
6 months agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Explosions killed 16 people as Iraqis voted on Sunday in an election that Sunni Islamist militants have vowed to disrupt, in one of many challenges to efforts to stabilize Iraq before U.S. troops leave.