Terrorism

OTTAWA—A last-minute deal on the release of Afghan detainee documents has been reached by government and opposition MPs. Bloc Quebecois MP Pierre Paquette announced the deal to reporters Friday morning, saying it gives MPs the […] […]

A white supremacist who created deadly ricin will be sentenced along with his racist son today. Police said former pub DJ Ian Davison, 41, was plotting to use the killer chemical which was found in […] […]

MOSCOW: Members of a gang who sent two “black widow” suicide bombers into the Moscow Metro have been killed by secret agents, the head of Russia’s Federal Security Service said. Three people believed to have […] […]

KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN—News reports say another Canadian soldier has been killed by an improvised explosive device in southern Afghanistan. Private Kevin McKay, of the Edmonton based Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, reportedly died in an IED […] […]

A PAKISTANI anti-terrorism court today acquitted nine men accused of involvement in the killing of a senior military officer and a deadly attack on an army bus, state media reported. Judge Raja Ikhlaq Hussain acquitted […] […]

OTTAWA – The Toronto 18, an alleged terror ring, is an example of homegrown plots that pose the biggest risk to Canadians, the head of Canada’s spy agency warns. Richard Fadden, director of the head […] […]

Foreign Affairs says Ottawa has done enough to ensure the Canadian detainee’s rights are protected Despite a Supreme Court reprimand and tongue lashing from opposition parties, the Harper government will not press Washington further in […] […]

For too long, Prime Minister Stephen Harper clung to the mantra that there was “no evidence” that Canadian troops ever put detainees in harm’s way by handing them over to the Afghan security forces. There […] […]

Twin car bombs at a factory, followed by a suicide attack against emergency workers, and co-ordinated blasts targeting security forces killed 102 people yesterday in Iraq’s bloodiest day this year. Nearly 350 people were wounded […] […]

A SUPREME Court judge has hit out at accused terror suspect Wissam Mahmoud Fattal for attempting to blackmail the court. Mr Fattal and three co-accused, Saney Aweys, Abdirahman Ahmed and Yacqub Khayre, have been ordered […] […]