![Israel lacks 'credible plan' to safeguard Rafah civilians, says Blinken Israel lacks 'credible plan' to safeguard Rafah civilians, says Blinken](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2024-05/71714520567_AntonyBlinken.jpg)
Israel lacks 'credible plan' to safeguard Rafah civilians, says Blinken
Antony Blinken warns an Israeli attack could create an insurgency by failing to kill all Hamas fighters in the southern Gaza city.
Mon May 13 2024
![Explainer: How the military coup in Niger threatens stability in West Africa Explainer: How the military coup in Niger threatens stability in West Africa](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2023-07/41690437904_NigerArmy.jpg)
Explainer: How the military coup in Niger threatens stability in West Africa
Western nations have poured resources into Niger to bolster its security forces in the face of a growing insurgency by Islamist groups.
Fri Jul 28 2023
![Saddam Hussein fell. Then violence in Iraq spiralled Saddam Hussein fell. Then violence in Iraq spiralled](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2023-03/81678774290_Baghdad.jpg)
Saddam Hussein fell. Then violence in Iraq spiralled
Al Qaeda began a devastating insurgency, unleashing bombs and beheading people.
Tue Mar 14 2023
![Somalia's PM accuses president of 'coup attempt' after powers suspended Somalia's PM accuses president of 'coup attempt' after powers suspended](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2021-12/51640661719_SOMALIA.jpg)
Somalia's PM accuses president of 'coup attempt' after powers suspended
The months-long dispute is widely seen as distracting the government of the Horn of Africa country from fighting an Islamist insurgency.
Tue Dec 28 2021
![Relatives of Philippine drug war victims alarmed by Duterte's talk of staying on Relatives of Philippine drug war victims alarmed by Duterte's talk of staying on](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2021-08/61629894419_duterte.jpg)
Relatives of Philippine drug war victims alarmed by Duterte's talk of staying on
Duterte said he would run for vice president in 2022 in order to keep up his crusade on insurgency, criminal activities and drug dealers.
Wed Aug 25 2021
![Boko Haram massacre: What we know so far Boko Haram massacre: What we know so far](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2020-12/41606978037_BokoHaram.jpg)
Boko Haram massacre: What we know so far
Death toll from the Boko Haram insurgency continues to rise. Here's what you need to know.
Thu Dec 03 2020
![Retired soldier recalls memories of defending country's sovereignty Retired soldier recalls memories of defending country's sovereignty](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/http://img.astroawani.com/2020-08/51596250266_IndependenceDay.jpg)
Retired soldier recalls memories of defending country's sovereignty
The bittersweet memories of being in the Second Rangers of the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) are still fresh in the mind of the 83-year-old retired staff sergeant from Kampung Bantayan here.
Sat Aug 01 2020
![Bombing of government office in southern Thailand injures 20 Bombing of government office in southern Thailand injures 20](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/http://img.astroawani.com/2020-03/51584433180_TBTHAICARBOMB.jpg)
Bombing of government office in southern Thailand injures 20
Bombers attacked a major government office in Thailand's insurgency-plagued far south as hundreds of local officials and Muslim clerics met Tuesday to discuss fighting COVID-19.
Tue Mar 17 2020
![Iran has foiled plot to use protests to overthrow system, leader says Iran has foiled plot to use protests to overthrow system, leader says](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/http://img.astroawani.com/2018-01/81515509976_AyatollahAliKhamen.jpg)
Iran has foiled plot to use protests to overthrow system, leader says
Comments on his Twitter feed and in Iranian media underscored the establishment's confidence that it has extinguished the unrest that spread to more than 80 cities in which at least 22 people died.
Tue Jan 09 2018
![Iran has foiled plot to use protests to overthrow system: Khamenei Iran has foiled plot to use protests to overthrow system: Khamenei](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/http://img.astroawani.com/2018-01/81515509976_AyatollahAliKhamen.jpg)
Iran has foiled plot to use protests to overthrow system: Khamenei
Iran has foiled attempts by its foreign enemies to turn legitimate protests into an insurgency to overthrow the Islamic Republic, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday.
Tue Jan 09 2018
![Death toll from Egypt gun battle rises to 52 - sources Death toll from Egypt gun battle rises to 52 - sources](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/http://img.astroawani.com/2016-03/41457359308_Militantsilhouette.jpg)
Death toll from Egypt gun battle rises to 52 - sources
At least 52 Egyptian police and conscripts were killed and six more wounded in a gun battle on Friday during a raid on a suspected militant hideout in the western desert, three security sources said.
Sat Oct 21 2017
![Nigeria exchanges 82 Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram for prisoners Nigeria exchanges 82 Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram for prisoners](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/http://img.astroawani.com/2017-05/81494131346_Nigeria.jpg)
Nigeria exchanges 82 Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram for prisoners
Switzerland and the International Committee of the Red Cross helped secure the 82 girls in "lengthy negotiations", the presidency said on its Twitter account.
Sun May 07 2017
![Wave of attacks across southern Thailand after new constitution signed Wave of attacks across southern Thailand after new constitution signed](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/http://img.astroawani.com/2017-04/81491547468_thailandking.jpg)
Wave of attacks across southern Thailand after new constitution signed
Police reported no casualties in the region, site of a recent upsurge in a decades-old Muslim separatist insurgency that had voted the most strongly against the new constitution.
Fri Apr 07 2017
![Nigeria's Buhari says army has captured key Boko Haram camp Nigeria's Buhari says army has captured key Boko Haram camp](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/http://img.astroawani.com/2016-12/41482650742_BokoHaram.jpg)
Nigeria's Buhari says army has captured key Boko Haram camp
Boko Haram has killed 15,000 people and displaced more than two million during a seven-year insurgency to create an Islamic state governed by a strict interpretation of sharia law.
Sun Dec 25 2016
Small girls stage suicide attack at Nigeria market, 17 hurt
Emergency services on-site in the town, the epicentre of the Boko Haram militant insurgency, said 17 people sustained injuries.
Sun Dec 11 2016