It’s Donald Trump’s new favourite line: The U.S. should annex Canada to erase the American trade deficit with its neighbour to the north. There is no serious movement in either country for any such thing.... read more
Thirteen violent years after Syria first rose up, the Arab Spring has finally prevailed in Damascus. On Sunday, the country got the change it first demanded in February, 2011, when a wave of pro-democracy revolutions was... read more
Israel announced a ceasefire plan with Lebanon after more than a year of war that has brought trauma and destruction to both sides of the border and forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes. The... read more
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is vowing to impose 25-per-cent tariffs on all products from Canada and Mexico as soon as he takes office, saying he will keep them in place until both countries crack down... read more
Vladimir Putin has escalated Russia’s hybrid war against the West again and again over the past decade, betting each time that the United States, in particular, will back down before he does. Now Mr. Putin is upping... read more
Donald Trump has tapped Matt Gaetz as his attorney-general, seeking to install a man once investigated for alleged sex trafficking as the U.S.’s top justice official. And he has named Tulsi Gabbard as director of... read more
Donald Trump roared back to the U.S. presidency by increasing his vote share in virtually every corner of the country, flipping at least four swing states and connecting with traditionally Democratic constituencies. He was also on track... read more
Canada is facing a rocky four years. The results of Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election carry massive implications for the Canadian economy, which depends, in large part, on a healthy trade relationship with its wealthy southern neighbour. Democratic... read more
Indian government agents have been linked to homicides, extortions and other violent criminal activities in Canada, the RCMP said Monday, as Ottawa expelled India’s High Commissioner and five other diplomats, plunging the already fraught relationship... read more
Shaaban Abu Dayyeh’s heart sinks each time he sees the latest news about Israel’s invasion of Lebanon or the fallout from Iran’s missile attack on the Jewish state. Each headline from elsewhere, he fears, draws attention away from the... read more
Canadian citizen Fatima Haidar and her family arrived in Paris on Tuesday, after spending more than a week fleeing escalating violence in Lebanon. “We’re exhausted, we’re shaken, we’re terrified,” said Ms. Haidar, who left her... read more
Kamala Harris came out swinging against Donald Trump during their only scheduled debate and first-ever meeting ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election, putting in an aggressive performance calculated to pre-empt and bait her notoriously combative opponent. The high-stakes... read more
It was early summer, and the rumours were in overdrive. Russian troops had just reinvaded the eastern Kharkiv region of Ukraine and were believed to be massing for another thrust, this time into the northern province of... read more
The political leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas was killed early Wednesday during a visit to Tehran, in what appeared to be the second major assassination carried out by Israel in a matter of... read more
A triumphant Donald Trump, in his first major public address since an attempt on his life, formally accepted the GOP nomination for president on Thursday as the party coalesced around him at the Republican National Convention.... read more
