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A decade after the Islamic State group declared a caliphate, it's defeated but remains lethal
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 4 weeks agoBAGHDAD (AP) — A decade after the Islamic State militant group declared its caliphate in large parts...
On This Day, June 8: USS Liberty attacked off Egypt
United Press International via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoOn June 8, 1967, the USS Liberty, an intelligence ship sailing in international waters off Egypt, was attacked by Israeli jet planes and torpedo boats.
Today in History: June 7, Supreme Court rejects contraceptive ban in Griswold v. Connecticut
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoOn June 7, 1965, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Griswold v. Connecticut, struck down, 7-2, a Connecticut law used to prosecute a Planned Parenthood clinic in New Haven for providing contraceptives ...
Today-History-Jun07
The Canadian Press - Olympics 2022 via Yahoo Canada Sports· 2 months agoToday in History for June 7: On this date: In 1329, Scotland's national hero, Robert the Bruce, died of leprosy he had contracted during his campaigns against the English. In 1502, Pope Gregory ...
U.S.-led Iraq war ushered in years of chaos and conflict
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) - The 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was meant to topple a dictator who had...
Voices: The death of Ayman Al-Zawahiri and what it says about US counterterrorism
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoIf jihadists perceive the Taliban to be too weak to protect the top leaders of al-Qaeda and its...
How Ayman Zawahiri's path went from Cairo clinic to top of Al Qaeda
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoAyman Zawahiri in Khost, Afghanistan, in 1998. (Mazhar Ali Khan / Associated Press) The doors of...