At least eleven suspected extremists were killed in three separate raids by security forces outside the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Saturday, police said. “Seven extremists were killed” in Gazipur district after counter-terrorism officers stormed a militant hideout, Gazipur police chief Harun-or-Rashid told AFP. Earlier in the day four more suspected ...
Morocco’s Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD), which has headed a coalition government since Arab Spring-inspired protests five years ago, has won parliamentary elections, the interior ministry said on Saturday. Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane’s PJD secured 125 seats against 102 for its main rival, the Authenticity and Modernity Party, which ...
