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Russia Bans LGBT Movement, Terms It "Extremist"
Russia's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions.
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US Says Afghan Government Ties Depend On "Actions Of Taliban"
The United States said Monday that it would only recognize a Taliban government in Afghanistan if it respects the rights of women and shuns extremist movements such as Al-Qaeda.
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PayPal to Research Transactions That Fund Hate Groups, Extremists
PayPal is partnering with non-profit organisation the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to investigate how extremist and hate movements in the US take advantage of financial platforms to fund their criminal activities.
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Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny's Network Added To Russian Extremist List
Russia on Friday added Alexei Navalny's political network to its database of terrorist and extremist organisations, as Moscow moves closer to shutting down the jailed opposition politician's movement against President Vladimir Putin.
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After Facebook, Twitter Ban, Donald Trump Fans and Extremists Turn Elsewhere
Gab instead of Twitter, MeWe over Facebook, Telegram for messaging and Discord for insiders – banned from mainstream platforms, US conspiracy and supremacist movements, many of which support Donald Trump, have shifted to networks that are more confidential and harder to regulate.
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Alert Over Possible Maoist Movement In Bengal District, Once A Hotbed
Almost a decade after Maoist presence shrunk from the tribal-dominated Jangalmahal district of West Bengal after three years of upheaval, police are probing possible movement of the left wing extremists (LWE) and reports of them making a comeback in the area, once a hotbed.
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US Doubles Reward For IS Leader To $10 Million
The United States on Wednesday doubled to $10 million its reward for the capture of the supremo of the Islamic State extremist movement, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced.
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More Than 100 ISIS Prisoners Have Escaped In Syria: US Envoy
More than 100 prisoners of the Islamic State (ISIS) extremist movement have escaped in Syria in the chaos since Turkey's incursion, a senior US official said Wednesday.
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Protests Over Acquittal Of Asia Bibi Stop In Pakistan, Situation Normal
Situation in Pakistan returned to normalcy on Saturday as the massive countrywide protests led by hundreds of radical Islamist hardliners against the acquittal of a Christian woman in a blasphemy case came to a halt following a deal with the government. Asia Bibi, a 47-year-old mother of four, was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting ...
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34 Years On, A Brief History About Operation Bluestar, And Why It Was Carried Out
In the first week of June, 1984, the Indian military carried out an operation within the premises of the Harmandir Sahib or Golden Temple. The operation, which was carried out under the orders of then prime minister Indira Gandhi, was done so to save the sanctity of the holy site by flushing out the Sikh extremist religious leader Jarnail Singh Bhi...
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Saudi King Slams Iran As 'Spearhead Of Global Terrorism'
Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Sunday accused regional rival Shiite Iran of exporting extremist Islamic movements to the world and vowed to eliminate the ISIS.
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New York Bomb Suspect Apparently Acted Alone: FBI
The suspect in the bombing this month in New York's Chelsea neighborhood appears to have acted on his own, with no connection to an extremist movement, the FBI said Tuesday.
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French Far Right Sees Record Score in First Poll Since Attacks
France's far-right National Front saw record-high results in regional polls on Sunday, held under a state of emergency just three weeks after Islamic extremists killed 130 people in Paris.
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Bombings Foiled in North Cameroon, Prey to Boko Haram
Two women suicide bombers who were foiled in a bid to attack a village market in northern Cameroon blew themselves up on Tuesday, wounding two farm workers, security sources said.
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Jewish Extremist Head Arrested After Anti-Arab Violence: Police
The head of a Jewish extremist group, Meir Ettinger, was arrested on Monday following the death of a Palestinian baby in a firebombing in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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Russia Bans LGBT Movement, Terms It "Extremist"
Russia's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions.
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US Says Afghan Government Ties Depend On "Actions Of Taliban"
The United States said Monday that it would only recognize a Taliban government in Afghanistan if it respects the rights of women and shuns extremist movements such as Al-Qaeda.
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PayPal to Research Transactions That Fund Hate Groups, Extremists
PayPal is partnering with non-profit organisation the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to investigate how extremist and hate movements in the US take advantage of financial platforms to fund their criminal activities.
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Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny's Network Added To Russian Extremist List
Russia on Friday added Alexei Navalny's political network to its database of terrorist and extremist organisations, as Moscow moves closer to shutting down the jailed opposition politician's movement against President Vladimir Putin.
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After Facebook, Twitter Ban, Donald Trump Fans and Extremists Turn Elsewhere
Gab instead of Twitter, MeWe over Facebook, Telegram for messaging and Discord for insiders – banned from mainstream platforms, US conspiracy and supremacist movements, many of which support Donald Trump, have shifted to networks that are more confidential and harder to regulate.
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Alert Over Possible Maoist Movement In Bengal District, Once A Hotbed
Almost a decade after Maoist presence shrunk from the tribal-dominated Jangalmahal district of West Bengal after three years of upheaval, police are probing possible movement of the left wing extremists (LWE) and reports of them making a comeback in the area, once a hotbed.
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US Doubles Reward For IS Leader To $10 Million
The United States on Wednesday doubled to $10 million its reward for the capture of the supremo of the Islamic State extremist movement, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced.
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More Than 100 ISIS Prisoners Have Escaped In Syria: US Envoy
More than 100 prisoners of the Islamic State (ISIS) extremist movement have escaped in Syria in the chaos since Turkey's incursion, a senior US official said Wednesday.
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Protests Over Acquittal Of Asia Bibi Stop In Pakistan, Situation Normal
Situation in Pakistan returned to normalcy on Saturday as the massive countrywide protests led by hundreds of radical Islamist hardliners against the acquittal of a Christian woman in a blasphemy case came to a halt following a deal with the government. Asia Bibi, a 47-year-old mother of four, was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting ...
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34 Years On, A Brief History About Operation Bluestar, And Why It Was Carried Out
In the first week of June, 1984, the Indian military carried out an operation within the premises of the Harmandir Sahib or Golden Temple. The operation, which was carried out under the orders of then prime minister Indira Gandhi, was done so to save the sanctity of the holy site by flushing out the Sikh extremist religious leader Jarnail Singh Bhi...
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Saudi King Slams Iran As 'Spearhead Of Global Terrorism'
Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Sunday accused regional rival Shiite Iran of exporting extremist Islamic movements to the world and vowed to eliminate the ISIS.
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New York Bomb Suspect Apparently Acted Alone: FBI
The suspect in the bombing this month in New York's Chelsea neighborhood appears to have acted on his own, with no connection to an extremist movement, the FBI said Tuesday.
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French Far Right Sees Record Score in First Poll Since Attacks
France's far-right National Front saw record-high results in regional polls on Sunday, held under a state of emergency just three weeks after Islamic extremists killed 130 people in Paris.
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Bombings Foiled in North Cameroon, Prey to Boko Haram
Two women suicide bombers who were foiled in a bid to attack a village market in northern Cameroon blew themselves up on Tuesday, wounding two farm workers, security sources said.
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Jewish Extremist Head Arrested After Anti-Arab Violence: Police
The head of a Jewish extremist group, Meir Ettinger, was arrested on Monday following the death of a Palestinian baby in a firebombing in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
