Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan

Edit Indian Express 11 Apr 2016
Bangladeshi secular bloggers should “control” their writings, the country’s home minister said Sunday even as he asserted that home-grown militants and not the Bangladeshi branch of al Qaeda are responsible for the grisly murder of a 26-year-old secular blogger ... Photojournalist arrested in blogger murder case Bangladesh scrambles to confront al-Qaeda threatBangladesh blogs blacked out on arrests of atheists....

Clashes across northern Syria strain ceasefire

Edit Dawn 11 Apr 2016
A coalition of Islamist and non-Islamist factions led by the miltant Ahrar al-Sham, alongside Al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, the Nusra Front, seized the village of Baydaa as heavy fighting continued throughout the day, the Observatory said ... Syrian Prime Minister Wael Nader al-Halki told a Russian parliamentary delegation that Syrian troops and the ......

Somalia's president says al-Qaida-backed rebels are 'resurgent'

Edit Stars and Stripes 11 Apr 2016
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Five years after a U.N.-backed force began to push al-Qaida-linked militants out of their strongholds, Somalia boasts clear signs of progress ... The al-Shabab rebels are "resurgent," President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said in an interview last week ... Al-Shabab militants have encircled numerous population centers, cutting off supply lines and often moving into residential areas at night....

Islamic State launches Syria offensive, captures 2 villages

Edit Indian Express 11 Apr 2016
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on activists inside the country, says IS militants seized Sheikh Reeh and al-Bal on Sunday ... Al-Qaida abducts ... The Western-backed Free Syrian Army captured the border town of al-Rai from IS on Friday....

Syrian journalist shot dead in southern Turkey

Edit Xinhua 11 Apr 2016
Mohammed Zahir al-Sherkat, 36, was seriously injured after being shot by an unidentified masked attacker in Gaziantep province, according to the report ... President Bashar al-Assad and the IS....

What Senior Officials Still Don't Understand

Edit Huffington Post 11 Apr 2016
Steve Warren, spokesman for the coalition against ISIS, identified the two as Abu al-Zubair al-Bosni and Khaled Othman Al Timawi. Al-Bosni was a Swedish national of Bosnian decent who was killed in Bajar, Iraq, and Al Timawi was a Swedish-born foreign fighter, described by Warren as ISIS's deputy emir of the Anwar al Awlaki brigade." ... Al Qaeda, Boko Harem, al Shabaab, are a few of the better known ones....

Syrian troops further push towards Aleppo, kill 19 terrorists

Edit Press TV 11 Apr 2016
According to a Sunday report by the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, members of the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front group were killed during the past 24 hours near Aleppo’s Khalidiya neighborhood and the village of Khan Tuman, where “fierce fighting” is underway between Syrian army forces and terrorists....

Thousands return to Iraq's Ramadi, where Islamic State was driven out

Edit Stars and Stripes 11 Apr 2016
The returning families must go through security checks and are only allowed to return to areas cleared of mines and booby traps left behind by the extremists, Mayor Ibrahim al-Osaj said ... Al-Osaj said seven neighborhoods are still off-limits to residents, not only because of the presence of explosives, but because the areas are "totally ruined."....

Brewers get to wild Astros ace Dallas Keuchel for 3-2 win

Edit Denver Post 11 Apr 2016
Click photo to enlarge ... (AP Photo/Tom Lynn). «1234» ... The AL Cy Young Award winner walked four in the first inning and gave up a two-run single to Aaron Hill ... Domingo Santana added an RBI double in the fourth for rebuilding Milwaukee, which took two of three in the interleague series against the AL West contenders ... ....

How To Eat To Build Quality Muscle

Edit The Examiner 11 Apr 2016
If your goal is to build muscle and you want to do it in the most effective way possible, there are some basic truths about food you should know. Knowing these truths can speed up your efforts to add quality muscle substantially ... It is very important ... The Hartman et al ... In agreement, the Volek et al ... (3) Volek, JS, Volk BM, Gomez AL, Kunces LJ, Kupchak BR, Freidenreich DJ, Aristizabal JC, Saenz C, Dunn-Lewis C, Ballard KD, et al ... Review.. ....

Yemen Between Ending the Conflict and a Warrior's Break

Edit Huffington Post 11 Apr 2016
In Syria, with the approach of the real plan, the Western countries, particularly the US and Britain, seem to be caving in to the fait accompli represented in the insistence of Russia and Iran on Bashar al-Assad fighting the presidential battle to the end, because, in his view, he is part of the political process until it ends in 18 months with presidential elections....

Contador rethinking retirement after fourth Pais Vasco victory

Edit Topix 11 Apr 2016
Having finished third, second and second in his first three races of the year, Alberto Contador blitzed the final day 16.5km time trial at the Vuelta al Pais Vasco to secure his first overall victory of the season and fourth career win in the Basque country. "The fans were crazy today at the time-trial ... ....

Syrian Cease-Fire Strained by New Clashes Ahead of Talks

Edit Topix 11 Apr 2016
Al-Qaida's Syrian affiliate, the Nusra Front, is playing a leading role on the side of the insurgents, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group with a network of informers inside Syria ... ....
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