A labour protest in Chicago in 1886 descended into a riot when an anarchist lobbed a bomb at police called out to re-establish order.
As we recognise World Media Freedom Day, we must remember those journalists killed by the very terrorist groups they were investigating.
On this day in 2012 two suicide bombers detonated explosive-filled cars near a traffic police checkpoint in Dagestan’s capital, killing at least 13 people.
Justice was served to some extent when US Navy Seals located and killed Al Qaeda terrorist leader and 9/11 mastermind Usama bin Laden in Pakistan in May 2011
On this day in 1995, The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) assassinated Sri Lankaa President Premadasa during a May Day event and killed 17 others.
A man and two women detonated suicide bombs near a bus station in Cairo, Egypt, wounding ten people in total.
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A review of Caliphate – Episode 1
Security Service agent Fatima’s career is in trouble after a serious mistake. But one day she gets a very upsetting phone call.
Perceived recidivism rates for incarcerated terrorists do not seem to be as high as most people believe but the situation is much more complicated than that.
The LTTE used an SA-7 to shoot down two Sri Lankan Air Force planes in Jaffna in April 1995, killing all 95 people on board.
Ward Elcock was the Director of CSIS from 1994 to 2004 and saw the organisation through 9/11 and its aftermath. He joins Borealis to reflect on his years in security intelligence and where we are going next.