OTTAWA – Canadians go to the polls on Monday after an election campaign in which U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and musings about annexing Canada became the central issue. Trump’s threats ignited a wave of patriotism that swelled support for…

BEIJING – China’s foreign ministry said on Monday the presidents of China the United States “didn’t have a call recently,” when asked about Donald Trump saying in an interview with Time magazine that Xi Jinping has called him. China and…

VATICAN CITY – Roman Catholic cardinals will meet in a secret conclave to elect the new leader of the global Church starting from May 7, a senior Vatican source said on Monday. The date was decided during a closed-door meeting…

SINGAPORE -China has waived the 125% tariff on ethane imports from the United States imposed earlier this month, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday, among a group of products that have been granted exemptions. The move…

MEXICO CITY – Mexico has received nearly 39,000 immigrants deported from the United States since the beginning of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, of which 33,000 are Mexicans, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent predicted on Tuesday that China could lose 10 million jobs quickly due to tariffs and that Beijing will see over time that Chinese tariffs are not sustainable.

MADRID -Spain and Portugal switched their power back on after the worst blackout in their history, though authorities offered little explanation for what had caused it or how they would prevent it happening again. Traffic lights were back on, train…

RIO DE JANEIRO – Foreign ministers from the BRICS group of developing nations met on Monday to discuss a shared defense of the global trade system, coordinating their response to the barrage of new tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump….

DUBAI -The death toll from a major explosion in Iran’s most important container port of Bandar Abbas rose to at least 65, with over 1,200 injured, state media said on Monday, as firefighters battled a blaze that Iranian officials said…

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy praised Ukraine’s foreign intelligence service on Monday for the “liquidation” of top Russian military figures over the more than three years since the full-scale invasion by Russia. Zelenskiy’s remarks, on the Telegram messaging app, made no reference…

CAIRO -Negotiations held in Cairo to reach a ceasefire in Gaza were on the verge of a “significant breakthrough,” two Egyptian security sources told Reuters on Monday. There was no immediate comment from Israel and Hamas. Axios reporter Barak Ravid…

STOCKHOLM -World military expenditure reached $2.72 trillion in 2024, an increase of 9.4% from 2023 and the steepest year-on-year rise since at least the end of the Cold War, according to a report released by a leading conflict think tank…

AMSTERDAM – Israel will face accusations of breaking international law by refusing to let aid into the Gaza Strip when dozens of nations present arguments at the International Court of Justice during a week of hearings starting in The Hague…

CAIRO – Israel’s army is flattening the remaining ruins of the city of Rafah on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip, residents say, in what they fear is a part of a plan to herd the population into confinement…

VATICAN CITY – The world’s Catholic cardinals met on Monday for the first time after the funeral of Pope Francis to discuss a possible date to enter a secret conclave and elect the next leader of the global Church. Any…

MOSCOW – Russia said on Monday it was waiting for a signal from Ukraine regarding Kyiv’s willingness to hold direct negotiations to end the war, but said it did not so far see any signs of movement. The Kremlin said…

WASHINGTON – The U.S. State Department said on Sunday Washington was in touch with both India and Pakistan while urging them to work towards what it called a “responsible solution” as tensions have risen between the two Asian nations following…

BEIRUT -The Israeli army issued an evacuation order on Sunday for residents of a southern Beirut neighborhood, the first such warning in almost a month, in anticipation of a possible strike on what it says are Hezbollah targets – further…

WASHINGTON -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine needs to happen soon, adding that the Trump administration will spend the coming week trying to determine whether to continue as a…

GENEVA – The United Nations’ refugee agency has had to reduce support for newly displaced people in Ukraine as frontline attacks intensify, it said on Friday, blaming the suspension of U.S. aid and broader donor cuts. Across the world, humanitarian…

DUBAI -U.S. President Donald Trump has said he is open to meeting Iran’s supreme leader or president as the two countries began talks on Iran’s nuclear programme. Following a meeting last week to outline a framework for a potential nuclear…

CAIRO – An Israeli airstrike hit a police station in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 10 people, local health authorities said, and Israel’s military said it had struck a command centre of Hamas and…

U.S. President Donald Trump is frustrated with the pace of talks on ending the war in Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is going in the wrong direction when it comes to negotiations, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday….

LONDON/PARIS – U.S., Ukrainian and European officials meet in London on Wednesday about ending Russia’s war in Ukraine after warnings by U.S. President Donald Trump that Washington could walk away if there is no progress on a deal soon. Trump’s…

DUBAI -New U.S. sanctions against Iran’s energy sector point to Washington’s “lack of goodwill and seriousness” over dialogue with Tehran, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday ahead of Iran-U.S. nuclear talks this weekend. On Tuesday, Washington targeted an Iranian…

KYIV -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Ukraine would be ready to hold talks with Russia in any format once a ceasefire deal is in place and the fighting has stopped. The Ukrainian leader also told reporters at a…

TROIS-RIVIERES, Quebec – Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday said if his Liberals won an April 28 election and all went to plan, it would be realistic to expect the budget to return to surplus in four or five…

BEIJING – China has imposed sanctions on some U.S. congress members, government officials as well as heads of non-governmental organisations for “egregious behaviour on Hong Kong-related issues”, its foreign ministry said on Monday. The sanctions come in response to the…