US President Barack Obama lays out the most sweeping defense yet of his strategy to defeat Islamic State, but he offered no US policy shift to confront what he called a "new phase" in the terrorist threat after a mass shooting in California.

A Dhaka court places three suspected members of banned militant outfit JMB on a five-day remand in connection with a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act. Detectives arrested them in Uttara of Dhaka.

Malaysia's police claims arrest of five people, including a European employed as a teacher, on suspicion of links with militant groups like the Islamic State and al-Qaeda.

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) holds a meeting with the country’s Ulemas and seeks their cooperation to combat militancy.

A Dhaka court frames charges against four ‘IS’ suspects for their alleged involvement in a conspiracy to topple the democratic government through subversive activities and establish a Khilafat state.

Gun-toting jihadists took more than 100 people hostage for around nine hours at a top hotel in Mali's capital Bamako on Friday, in an attack claimed by an al-Qaeda affiliate that left at least 27 people dead.

An African jihadist group affiliated with al-Qaeda claims responsibility for an attack on a luxury hotel packed with foreigners in the Malian capital Bamako.

Malaysian authorities say already tight security has been increased at and near the venue of the ASEAN summit following a reported, but unconfirmed, terrorist threat.

Jordan's King Abdullah II warned of a "third world war against humanity", describing the Islamic State group as "savage outlaws of religion" in the wake of the Paris attacks.

The Great Mosque of Paris urges French Muslims to gather at the country's most important mosque Friday to say "No to terror" and "We are all Paris!".

Islamic State militants are trying to develop the ability to launch deadly cyber-attacks on UK targets such as air traffic control or hospitals, Chancellor George Osborne says.

Quick thinking, solid security, attackers' mistakes may have averted massacre at Paris stadium.

A pianist plays John Lennon's ‘Imagine’ on a portable piano at a memorial close to the Bataclan concert hall in Paris where at 89 people were killed.

France's fragile economic recovery is under threat after the Paris attacks, economists say, with tourism and consumer spending likely to come under siege.

A black Seat car used by gunmen who fired at people in restaurants during the attacks in Paris on Friday found in the eastern suburb of Montreuil, police say.

BNP blames the government of Sheikh Hasina for “giving militants and terrorists a chance to raise their heads by weakening democratic forces.”

PM Hasina tells the Jatiya Sangsad that WhatsApp and Viber will be blocked, when needed, to nab people who are carrying out criminal activities in the country using the apps.

Foreigners may be attacked again in Bangladesh, the US State Department said in a travel alert on Tuesday that urged Americans to be cautious and vigilant in that country.

PM Hasina says a vested quarter is cooking a plot behind the scene to taint Bangladesh’s image to create a situation like in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Iraq and Syria by saying that there is the presence of Islamic State (IS) in the country.

A day into the killing of Jagriti Prokashani owner, Somoy Prakashan publisher Farid Ahmed receives threat on his life through short message service (SMS).