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Five IS bombs found hidden in iconic Iraq mosque: UN agency
The Raw Story· 25 minutes agoA United Nations agency said it has discovered five bombs in a wall of Mosul's iconic Al-Nuri mosque, planted years ago by Islamic State group jihadists, during restoration work in the northern ...
Mexican cartels boast of increased lethal firepower, including some weapons from the U.S.
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 40 minutes agoDuring the Iraq War in 2003, for instance, the department lost track of 35 Javelins provided to...
Opinion | A Message From the West Bank: ‘We Are Coming to Horrible Days’
New York Times· 2 hours agoThe West Bank village of Qusra was smoldering as I arrived. Clouds of black smoke swirled from a...
A Spin Doctor to the Rich and Corrupt Spills His Secrets
New York Times· 4 hours agoIn “All the Worst Humans,” Phil Elwood recounts a career spent engineering headlines for some of the...
China and Russia are in a bad marriage that the West shouldn't try to break up
INSIDER via Yahoo Canada News· 4 hours agoChina, which has not fought a war since invading Vietnam in 1979, can learn from Russian combat...
A hate van in the streets of Toronto is nothing new for Canadian Muslims
Toronto Star· 4 hours agoBefore killing four members of the same Muslim family in London, Ont. three years ago, the man...
Terrorist attacks are on the rise in Russia as Putin remains 'distracted' by war in Ukraine
INSIDER via Yahoo Canada News· 4 hours agoBut such violence became increasingly rare, with immense pressure from security services and...
Syrians in Turkey face deportation into an unknown future – DW – 06/29/2024
Deutsche Welle· 5 hours agoThe young Syrian man had no idea his life as a refugee in Turkey's capital Istanbul was about to...
Swallows and Amazons cast meet for 50-year reunion
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 8 hours agoThey were Taqui, Susan, Mavis (known to her family as Titty) and Roger Altounyan, an Anglo-Armenian family who lived in Aleppo in Syria. Ransome then...
IS: A persistent danger, 10 years since its peak
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 13 hours agoAlso known as Isis or Daesh in Arabic, the group took over huge swathes of Syria and Iraq, imposing its severe version of Shariah (Islamic law), meting...