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  1. The battle that made Canada bleed: Operation Medusa, 20 years later

    A soldier sits in the desert.

    It has been 20 years since Canadian soldiers walked into a Taliban killing ground west of Kandahar. Operation Medusa became Canada’s largest battle since Korea — a brutal test against a disciplined, entrenched enemy. Canada prevailed, but at a terrible cost, in a fight that changed the Afghan war and those who survived it.

  2. Plane spotter or Chinese spy? Ontario university student suspected of espionage at airports

    A red circle is drawn around a man taking a photo, next to a FedEx truck.

    A University of Waterloo student is suspected of espionage after the FBI said he admitted to accessing airport facilities in Toronto and Chicago, to take photos on behalf of a shadowy figure from China. Weiheng Zeng, himself a Chinese citizen, was arrested in Michigan on Aug. 23 and charged with making false statements.

  3. Hopes of finding survivors dim a week after catastrophic Nepal flood

    A seated woman is comforted by others at a ceremony.

    Hopes of finding more survivors among the thousands still missing in Nepal were fading, authorities said on Wednesday, a week after a glacier collapse in the Himalayas unleashed flash floods that devastated the mountainous nation.

  4. The U.S. could control 20% of Venezuela's oil reserves. Canada's oilpatch isn't worried

    An outdoor, eye-level shot captures a bright blue oil pumpjack—decorated with seven white stars—at an intersection in Caracas, Venezuela. A blue-and-yellow macaw is perched on its yellow head, while cars drive by on the street below.

    U.S President Donald Trump is continuing his pursuit of Venezuela's oil jackpot, announcing a new deal aimed at boosting production in the South American country. And while Trump is flaunting the potential controlling stake in a portion of Venezuela's oil reserves as a warning to Canada, experts say there is little cause for concern in Western Canada.

  5. Day of attacks by U.S. and Iran marks most serious escalation of conflict in weeks

    Ships are seen on the water.

    The U.S. launched new air strikes on Iranian targets on ‌Tuesday, in a move that threatened to reignite the six-month-old conflict that has driven global energy prices higher and weighed heavily on U.S. President Donald Trump's popularity at home.