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Fri, 09 Jan 2026 12:00:37 EST
Trump calls on allies to defend the Strait of Hormuz. They're thinking about it

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 04:00:00 EDT
Shadow fleets of sanctions-skirting ships facing global crackdown: analysis
A CBC News analysis reveals the global scope of an enforcement crackdown on ships belonging to shadow fleets — vessels often flying under false flags in order to skirt sanctions — as the scale of seizures and detentions has skyrocketed in recent ...

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 14:52:16 EDT
Israeli soldiers shoot at family car, killing 4, in occupied West Bank
Israeli soldiers fired on a car carrying a family in the northern West Bank, killing four people including two children, the Palestinian Authority's Health Ministry said. The Palestinian Red Crescent rescue service said that Ali and Waed Odeh, and tw...

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:12:09 EDT
Milano-Cortina Paralympics come to a close with another boycott by Ukraine at Games marked by Russia's return
A closing ceremony boycotted by Ukraine signalled the end of the Milano-Cortina Winter Paralympics on Sunday, hours after the U.S. Para ice hockey team won the final gold medal of the Games that were marked by the return of the Russian flag and natio...

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 17:09:33 EDT
Israel says Michigan synagogue attacker was brother of killed Hezbollah commander
The brother of a man who attacked a Michigan synagogue last week, who was killed earlier this month in an Israeli airstrike, was a Hezbollah commander, Israel's military said Sunday.

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:13:51 EDT
Russian strike on Kyiv region kills 4, wounds 15
A combined Russian missile and drone attack on the Kyiv region killed at least four people and wounded 15, a Ukrainian official said Saturday, after the United States postponed Russia-Ukraine talks due to the war with Iran. Ukrainian President Volody...

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:25:43 EDT
IPC president disappointed with Ukraine, suggests team shifted focus to politics at Milan-Cortina Paralympics
The president of the International Paralympic Committee was disappointed with the complaints made by Ukraine's National Paralympic Committee during the Milan-Cortina Games, saying they appeared to be an attempt to shift the focus from sports to polit...

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 04:00:00 EDT
Former NATO chief says he doesn't think allies will be pulled further into Middle East conflict
The former secretary general of NATO says he doesn't think allies will be pulled further into the conflict in the Middle East, but he's concerned the ongoing war with Iran will benefit Russia's economy and take the world’s attention away from the i...

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 18:05:54 EDT
5th member of Iranian women’s soccer team decides against staying in Australia as refugee
A fifth member of the Iranian women's soccer team who accepted a refugee visa to stay in Australia has left the country, the Australian government said.

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 04:00:00 EDT
U.S. pressure on Venezuela hasn't eased, even as world's attention turns to Iran
Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, is trying to manage U.S. demands as she looks to hang on to the support of the Trump administration more than two months after it toppled Nicolás Maduro. It's a prospect that's being made more difficul...

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:29:46 EDT
Pakistan launches deadly airstrikes in Afghanistan as hostilities continue
Afghanistan's Taliban government accused Pakistan's military Friday of targeting homes in overnight airstrikes in Kabul and other areas of the country, saying at least six civilians were killed and more than a dozen injured, as fighting between the n...

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:50:13 EDT
Father, 99, and son, 80, feast on free oysters after cashing in on decades-old restaurant promise
For Jimmy Rush, 80 and his father Jim Rush, 99, it was a delectable deal too good to pass up — even if it meant waiting more than half a century to claim.

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:12:13 EDT
Man in Michigan synagogue attack lost family members in Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, official says
A man with a rifle who crashed into a large Michigan synagogue in what federal officials are saying was an attack had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon last week, an official said Friday.

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:32:37 EDT
U.S. orders 2,500 marines, amphibious assault ship to Mideast after almost 2 weeks of war
The American military has ordered 2,500 marines and an amphibious assault ship to the Middle East, a U.S. official said Friday, while Iran continued to launch widespread missile and drone attacks on Israel and neighbouring Gulf states.

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:21:12 EDT
Ukraine, its allies object to U.S. move to exempt Russian oil from sanctions for at least 30 days
The United States issued a 30-day licence for countries to buy Russian oil and petroleum products currently stranded ‌at sea in what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said was a step to stabilize global energy markets roiled by the Iran war.

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:56:38 EDT
As war between Israel and Hezbollah escalates, life in Lebanon poised to get 'uglier day by day'

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:46:12 EDT
FBI investigating Detroit-area synagogue attack as 'targeted act of violence against the Jewish community'
The armed man who rammed his vehicle into one of the largest Reform synagogues in the U.S. Thursday has been identified as a 41-year-old naturalized citizen born in Lebanon, according to federal officials.

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:15:51 EDT
Silence from Ottawa 'shameful' after report of Canadian camp hit by missile: Conservative MP
Conservative defence critic James Bezan says it's "really shameful" the federal government did not tell the public that the airbase in Kuwait, where the Canadian Armed Forces have a camp, was hit by an Iranian missile attack on March 1.

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 05:57:50 EDT
'Cascading effects' of Strait of Hormuz blockage getting worse by the day, energy and trade experts say

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:20:20 EDT
Israeli military drops charges against soldiers accused of sexual, physical abuse of Palestinian detainee
Israel's military on Thursday said it was dropping charges against five soldiers accused of sexually assaulting a Palestinian detainee in an incident partially caught on camera. The decision closed a case that has bitterly divided the country since t...

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