Nairobi Westgate shoot-out 'kills 20' in Kenya
A gun battle inside a shopping centre in the Kenyan capital Nairobi has left at least 20 people dead, the Kenyan Red Cross says.
The gunmen attacked the Westgate centre - one of the city's most exclusive. Dozens of shoppers fled; many are still feared trapped inside.
A senior police officer originally said it was an attempted robbery but later called it a possible terrorist attack.
The Somali militant group al-Shabab had threatened to strike the centre.
It is opposed to Kenya sending troops to fight in Somalia. No group has said it carried out Saturday's attack.
Officers have now surrounded the building in an attempt to evacuate remaining shoppers. A military helicopter has landed nearby. Keep reading
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At least 160 people have died in terrorist related violence this week in Nigeria's Yobe and Borno States.
According to a news release from human rights group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), on the evening of Sept. 18, Boko Haram members armed with Kalashnikovs, rocket launchers and homemade bombs are reported to have stormed Yadi Buni Town in Yobe State.
CSW said they set fire to a makeshift police station, telecommunications masts, parts of the local government headquarters and the home of the divisional police head, whose wife was burned to death inside the building.
The son of the Yobe Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) youth leader is also said to have been killed, while one soldier and nine sect members died in an ensuing shootout. Keep reading
New: Suicide attack on Pakistani church kills 56 people
A suicide bomb attack on a historic church in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 56 people Sunday, officials said, the deadliest-ever assault on the country's Christian minority.
The bombing in Peshawar, which wounded another 120 people, underlines the threat posed by Islamic extremists as the government seeks a peace deal with domestic Taliban militants. It will likely intensify criticism from those who believe that negotiating peace with militants is a mistake.
It occurred as hundreds of worshippers were coming out of the church in the city's Kohati Gate district after services to get a free meal of rice offered on the front lawn, said a top government administrator, Sahibzada Anees.
It was not immediately clear whether one or two suicide bombers carried out the attack. Keep reading
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Christians Used as Human Shields by Philippines Rebels
Extended fighting between Muslim separatists and the Philippine military has forced 80,000 people to evacuate the predominantly Christian city of Zamboanga.
The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) deliberately selected dozens of Christian hostages and used them as human shields, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). The MNLF is fighting a proposed peace treaty between the Philippine government and another Islamist faction, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), reports the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Meanwhile, the Armed Forces of the Philippines are also under scrutiny by HRW for allegedly torturing and mistreating suspected rebels, reports the Inquirer.
The two-week struggle has killed more than 100 people, mostly rebels. The MNLF may still be holding as many as 25 hostages, but as of Thursday, the military had regained control of 70 percent of the southern city, the sixth-largest in the Philippine Islands. Keep reading
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