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The wife and father of the slain Bangladeshi-American writer speak out.

Yet villagers in the Muslim-dominated region laud a reported drop in insurgency-related violence.

Indonesia is helping Turkish authorities search for 16 missing tourists.

Bangladesh celebrates cricket victory

Bangladesh's unexpected advance to the quarter-finals of cricket's World Cup gives the bitterly divided nation a chance to unite after months of political ...

Two oil workers are first Bangladeshis to be taken captive by the Mid-East extremist group.

The video is reportedly the first to show Southeast Asian kids being trained for jihadist combat.

Death threat from Muslim extremist group caused family to flee to Thailand.

The government is to introduce a bill authorizing indefinite detention – without trial – of suspects.

Violence in Thailand’s Deep South Rages on Despite Talks Effort

Independent analysts question the real commitment of the authorities to find the culprits.

Hundreds of pro-IS accounts geared for Malaysians are operating on Facebook.

Each year thousands of people celebrate the festival of the goddess Lim Ko Niew in southern Thailand’s Pattani Province fifteen days after the Chinese Lunar ...

Preliminary arrangement quietly under way.

A group of drug felons condemned to die includes citizens of several nations.

The government says it is doing so to protect women, but feminists aren’t buying this.

Police also announce the arrests of three Malaysians with alleged ties to the jihadist group.

Authorities reveal a name associated with man who threatened violence unless Bangkok withdrew its forces from the Deep South.

Bangladeshis defy threat against free speech in wake of slaying of outspoken atheist Avijit Roy.

Zulkifli bin Hir, a suspect in the 2002 Bali bombings, was reported killed in the southern Philippines in late January.

Authorities say the so-called Mujahideen Rebat al-Fatani is a fringe separatist organization.

The writer had criticized Muslim extremists in his blogs.

Two parties bitterly opposed on a range of issues take the state’s reins together.

Jakarta and a powerful local supporter of the banned group both say drug felons deserve to die.

Attack deals serious blow to prospect of peace talks in southern Thailand, ISOC spokesman says.

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A 14-year-old girl arrested last month was youngest known recruit to date.

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