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Canadian Iranian activist says Iran won’t let his parents leave the country
Canadian Iranian human rights activist Hamed Esmaeilion — who lost his wife and child in the destruction of Flight PS752 by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — says his parents have …
Former Afghan interpreter for Canadian Armed Forces arrested by the Taliban, family says
A former Canadian Armed Forces military interpreter has been arrested by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, CBC News has learned. “One morning I went to the [gym] with my father,” …
Henry Kissinger, polarizing statesman who shaped U.S. foreign policy in Vietnam War era, dead at 100
Henry Kissinger, a controversial Nobel Peace Prize winner and diplomatic powerhouse whose service under two presidents left an indelible mark on U.S. foreign policy, died on Wednesday, according to Kissinger …
U.S. indictment alleges multiple Indian assassination plans across North America
A newly unsealed U.S. criminal indictment has unleashed an unprecedented flood of details about an alleged plot connected to the Indian government to carry out multiple assassinations in North America. …
Israel’s Arab neighbours want to see Hamas gone, but spurn role in governing Gaza afterward
Despite the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees this past weekend amid a shaky truce, Israel’s political leadership has said it intends to resume attacking Gaza without delay as it …
Canadian MPs arrive in Israel for solidarity trip as tensions between Trudeau and Netanyahu remain high
A group of Canadian MPs arrived in Jerusalem Monday for a quietly planned visit meant to show solidarity with Israel. The five MPs — two Liberals and three Conservatives — …
Canada’s voting record at United Nations faces scrutiny as Israel-Hamas war intensifies
Canada has long supported a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Less than two weeks before the brutal Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, when it says 1,200 people …
‘They’ve got me’: Father of Israeli woman taken hostage relives daughter’s words as hope for peace fades
Every year in early October, when the winds were strong, the residents of the Kfar Aza kibbutz near Gaza would make what they called peace kites and fly them as …
Xi to meet Biden on U.S. soil: 5 things to watch for at tense superpower summit
A Chinese leader arriving on U.S. soil for an international summit and meeting the American president would, until recently, have been rather unremarkable. But times are changing. The fact that …