Three months after saying she did not want to step aside, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki is leaving her post as head of the Mounties. Her announcement caps a long period of uncertainty over her future.... read more
With deadly attacks on Israelis growing bolder, and authorities demolishing Palestinian homes they deem illegal, a cycle of violence threatens to accelerate. On the streets of East Jerusalem, Mahmoud Aleiwat, the 13-year-old Palestinian accused of... read more
Premiers agreed on Monday to accept a federal offer that will add $46-billion in new health care funding over 10 years even though it falls far short of what the provinces and territories say they... read more
The U.S. military shot down a mysterious flying object near the Canadian border over Lake Huron Sunday, the fourth time in nine days that fighter jets have scrambled to fire on objects appearing unexpectedly in... read more
Wahid Ibrahimi, who worked as a security guard at the Canadian embassy in Kabul, fled with his family to Pakistan when the Taliban took over. Advocacy group Operation Abraham helped get them to safety. Wahid... read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada “stands ready to provide assistance” in the aftermath of a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria, but no formal relief efforts were announced by the government Monday. The death toll... read more
Russia is mobilizing a huge contingent of troops and is planning an offensive to coincide with the first anniversary of the war on Feb. 24, Ukraine’s defence minister says. Speaking Wednesday evening on the French... read more
There is something severely wrong – sick, actually – with a culture where mass shootings are so frequent that they only earn a critical mass of attention when there’s a high number of victims or... read more
As soon as Artem Starosiek heard that a Russian Kh-22 missile had slammed into an apartment block in his hometown of Dnipro, he immediately felt he knew who was behind it: Colonel Oleg Timoshyn and Russia’s... read more
Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov thanked Canada on Wednesday for its donation of 200 additional armoured personnel carriers – but made it clear that his country’s biggest need remains main battle tanks. Speaking alongside Defence... read more
Tens of thousands of migrants desperate to cross the U.S.-Mexico border have no idea if or when they will be allowed in. Some are looking northward. As Venezuela’s economy collapsed, life got harder and harder... read more
Canada and the United States have reached a workaround deal in a dispute over the popular Nexus trusted traveller system, one of several announcements that came out of Tuesday’s North American Leaders’ Summit in Mexico City.... read more
Jeffrey Simpson is the author of eight books and the former national affairs columnist for The Globe and Mail. Questions 1. Marvin Lee Aday died at the age of 74. His best-known hit song was Bat... read more
A congressional committee is recommending the Justice Department pursue four criminal charges against Donald Trump over his bid to overturn the 2020 election result, pushing prosecutors to take legal action against the former U.S. president... read more
Delegates at COP15, the United Nations biodiversity conference in Montreal, reached a historic agreement early Monday to boost prospects for the long-term survival of the natural world and those who depend on it. If fully implemented, the... read more
