Bangladesh has raised a nationwide security alert after receiving intelligence suggesting potential militant attacks on key locations, including the parliament complex, religious sites, and security establishments.

A militant attack in Pakistan’s northwestern Bajaur region has killed 11 security personnel and one child.

Nigerian troops have repelled coordinated attacks by Islamist militant groups on two military bases in Borno state, in what the army described as some of the most intense clashes in northeastern Nigeria this year.

A suicide bombing followed by a coordinated armed assault on an army fort in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday resulted in the death of one security forces soldier and four militants, according to security sources.

Hamas has denied responsibility for an attack on Israeli forces in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, which led Israel to launch retaliatory strikes across the enclave.

Armed militants launched a violent assault in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, storming a police station and setting fire to two banks in the Mastung district of Balochistan province.