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Kazakhstan bans anonymous bank accounts
A new law that prohibits opening of anonymous bank accounts has been adopted in Kazakhstan.
16 May 2014
More than 200 held in China terror video crackdown
Police in China's Xinjiang region, home to mainly Muslim Uighurs, have arrested more than 200 people over six weeks for "dissemination of violent or terrorist videos", state media said Monday, amid a wave of train station attacks.
12 May 2014
Russia withheld intel on Boston bombing suspect
Russia declined to provide the FBI with information about one of the Boston marathon bombing suspects two years before the attack, The New York Times reported.
10 April 2014
Portrait of Kazakhstani terrorist
Kazakhstan’s political scientist Yerlan Karin studied the problem of terrorism in Kazakhstan and provided a detailed socio-demographic portrait of a typical local terrorist.
09 April 2014
Kazakhstani militants in Syria
The number of Kazakhstanis participating in military actions in Syria has been overstated.
02 April 2014
15 civilians killed in Nigerian 'suicide attack': military
Fifteen civilians were killed in an explosion in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, after troops foiled what the military said was an attempted suicide attack by Boko Haram Islamist militants.
02 April 2014
Kazakhstan in fight against Internet terrorism
To combat internet terrorism Kazakhstan requires intercalibration of the legislation.
31 March 2014
Legislative amendments: Participation in foreign armed conflicts is criminal offence in Kazakhstan
Participation in foreign armed conflicts has become a criminal offence in Kazakhstan.
27 March 2014
Bin Laden son-in-law found guilty on US terror charges
A New York jury on Wednesday found Osama bin Laden's son-in-law guilty of conspiracy to kill Americans and supporting terrorists as an impassioned Al-Qaeda spokesman in 2001-2002.
27 March 2014
Egypt's Sisi announces run for presidency
Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Wednesday he had quit the military to run for president and vowed to rid the country of "terrorism" almost nine months after he toppled its elected leader.
27 March 2014
Ex-Libyan PM fears country will become terror base
Former Libyan prime minister Ali Zeidan on Tuesday warned that Islamist groups were sabotaging attempts to rebuild his country in order that it become a haven for extremists, in an interview with Britain's newspaper The Times.
27 March 2014
Two Bahrain children wounded planting bomb: police
Two children, aged 10 and 11, were wounded while planting a roadside bomb in a Shiite village in Bahrain where a blast killed three policemen this week.
06 March 2014
Moscow says US policy on Syria aids 'terrorism'
Moscow accused Washington of prolonging the Syrian conflict by supporting the opposition ahead of a UN Security Council vote Saturday that threatens to further deepen big power divisions.
21 February 2014
Hundreds protest in Tunisia against 'terrorism'
More than a thousand protesters gathered in the Tunisian town of Jendouba to condemn the weekend killings of four people by suspected Islamist militants.
18 February 2014
'Letter bombs' sent to British military recruiters
The British government held an emergency meeting Thursday after a string of crude but potentially viable explosive devices were mailed to armed forces recruitment offices.
14 February 2014
US sets November trial in Boston bombings
A US judge has set a November trial date for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the chief suspect accused of bombing last year's Boston marathon, killing three people and wounding 260 others.
13 February 2014
Olympics: US bans carry-on liquids on Russia-bound flights
US authorities announced a temporary ban Thursday on liquids, gels and aerosols in carry-ons aboard Russia-bound flights.
07 February 2014
Syria foes set to end talks with no concrete progress
Syria's warring sides are expected to wrap up their first peace talks on Friday without concrete progress on ending the violence, a political transition or ensuring humanitarian aid for millions in need.
31 January 2014
Australia fears domestic extremism from Syria conflict
The conflict in Syria poses new risks of homegrown extremism in Australia, with citizens returning radicalised after fighting there.
28 January 2014
US prosecutor wants to postpone Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov's hearing
The US prosecutor has requested to postpone the hearing of the case of Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, the two Kazakhstan teenagers taken into custody after the Boston Marathon Bombings.
24 January 2014