Terrorism in Asia

Indonesian Ulema Council member arrested for terror link

Two other suspects are believed to have played major roles in Jamaah Islamiyah's operations

Sri Lankan priest challenges summons over Easter attacks

Supreme Court to hear Father Cyril Gamini’s plea against violation of his fundamental rights

Cardinal accuses officials of Sri Lanka terror attack cover-up

Cardinal Ranjith claims that those in charge of the law are becoming partners in a conspiracy

Church demands action over Sri Lankan Easter bombings

Cardinal Ranjith seeks implementation of the presidential commission of inquiry to win the confidence of Catholics

Sri Lankan cardinal rejects president's letter

Bishops say the president failed to answer questions concerning the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks

Violence erupts again in Thailand's deep South

Suspected Islamist militants kill an army ranger in an attack on a base in Narathiwat province

Pressure on Sri Lankan govt to arrest Easter attack masterminds

Protesters say no satisfactory investigation has been carried out 27 months after the suicide bombings

Bangladesh executes Islamist extremist for 2005 bomb attack

The death penalty has popular support in Bangladesh, where even secular activists want to it be used in cases of rape

India claims arrest of two al-Qaeda-linked terrorists

Uttar Pradesh police claim the men were planning to bomb crowded markets in Lucknow

Christian arrested for ties to deadly bombing in Pakistan

Foreigner hauled from flight by police after car blast that killed four people in Lahore

Indonesian archbishop survives 'two assassination bids'

Planned suicide bombings were aborted because Papua prelate happened to be out of town

Indonesian police foil bomb blitz on Papuan churches

Authorities make 10 arrests while 'breaking up plot to attack Christians across the region'

Thailand’s new curbs further harm press freedom

Indonesian indigenous people fight on despite arrests

Filipino pastor claims new Covid variant is God's punishment

Korean Church raises funds to renovate care homes for elderly

Defrocked Timor-Leste priest's trial reaches final stage

Yet another Catholic church destroyed by Myanmar junta