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Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says there's still a lot of work to do on the India security file - a day after a senior government official said Ottawa no longer believes the country is linked to foreign interference and transnational repression.

A nearly blind refugee from Myanmar missing since his release from a Buffalo jail into the custody of U.S. Border Patrol has been found dead on a downtown street, city authorities have said.

Iran and the United States held hours of indirect negotiations Thursday over Tehran's nuclear program but walked away without a deal, leaving the danger of another Middle East war on the table as the U.S. has gathered a massive fleet of aircraft and warships in the region.

A deadly shooting during a youth hockey game in Rhode Island last week has claimed a third victim, a grandfather whose daughter and grandson were also killed in the attack, authorities said Wednesday.

Canada and South Korea have signed a new defence agreement, roughly a month after Prime Minister Mark Carney urged middle powers to band together in the face of "great power" economic coercion.

In Donald Trump's 2026 state of the union address - which broke the record for the longest such speech - he spoke about everything from lauding the men's Olympic hockey team to repeatedly chastizing Democrats for not standing up to applaud his comments. Andrew Chang breaks down the choreography of the address to explain the strategy behind the words.Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters and Getty Images

A video that appears to show U.S. President Donald Trump joking with the men's hockey team after their win, saying he'd "have to" invite the women's team to the White House, too, has a lot of fans seething.

Harvey Weinstein has hired Luigi Mangione and Sean "Diddy" Combs's lawyers to represent him at his third NewYork rape trial, reshaping his legal team after declining to end the matter with a guilty plea. The lawyers, Jacob Kaplan, Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos, take over for Weinstein's longtime lawyer, Arthur Aidala, who ceded his courtroom role to focus on the ex-studio boss' appeals and pending civil matters.

Democratic lawmakers on the House oversight and government reform committee promised on Tuesday to investigate allegations that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) withheld material about an accusation against U.S. President Donald Trump from the Epstein files.

Cuba's government said late Wednesday that the 10 passengers on a boat that opened fire on its soldiers were armed Cubans living in the U.S. who were trying to infiltrate the island and unleash terrorism.

Astronaut Mike Fincke has identified himself as the one who suffered a medical issue aboard the International Space Station last month, prompting NASA's first-ever medical evacuation.

Iran's negotiating delegation has left Tehran for a third round of nuclear talks with the U.S., state media reported on Wednesday, even as other Iranian officials slammed comments made by President Donald Trump during his state of the union address.

Bill Gates "took responsibility for his actions" over ties to late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a town hall meeting with employees of the Gates Foundation, a spokesperson for the philanthropic group told Reuters in a written statement.

At least 30 people died after heavy rains hit Brazil's southeastern state of Minas Gerais, local authorities said Tuesday, while 39 people were missing.

U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a state of the union address that, by his standards, came across as relatively focused and disciplined, giving a preview of how the Republicans may try to campaign to keep control of Congress in this fall's midterms.

U.S. President Donald Trump's point man on trade talks says Canada needs to accept that tariffs will be a part of any deal with the administration, including renewal of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement.

Donald Trump's focus on the economy in his state of the union address led him to repeat numerous false claims he's made in the past. Here are some of the main ones.

The Olympic gold medal-winning U.S. men's hockey team visited U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday afternoon and later received about a two-minute bipartisan standing ovation during his state of the union address.

Warner Bros. Discovery said that Paramount has raised the price of its takeover offer to $31 US per share, potentially setting the stage for a fresh bidding war with Netflix over the future of the Hollywood giant.

A racial slur shouted by a guest with Tourette and broadcast during Britain's top movie awards event has put the spotlight on one of the symptoms of the syndrome. Here's more about coprolalia - the involuntary outburst of obscene, socially inappropriate, and derogatory remarks and gestures.

Delegates from across the circumpolar world are in Whitehorse for Arctic summit as Canadian Forces prep for an epic trip from Herschel Island to Churchill, Man.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday accepted the resignation of the head of Paris's Louvre Museum, which has been grappling with the fallout from a high-profile jewel heist and rolling strikes.

As fighting entered its fifth year on Tuesday, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is being commemorated in ceremonies around the world.

Global Affairs Canada is urging Canadians in Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara to head to the airports only if they have a confirmed flight, 'and it's safe to do so,' two days after violence erupted across Mexico.

Kash Patel's trip to Milan that coincided with the end of the Winter Olympics is putting the spotlight on taxpayer-funded travel by FBI directors, a practice Patel harshly criticized before he was in government.

Federal regulators are giving the thumbs up to Gulfstream G700 and G800 business jets in a move that comes weeks after new tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump over the planes' status in Canada.

Global Affairs Canada says Canadian staff are still in Lebanon despite growing military tensions in Iran.

After tracking El Mencho's lover to his lair, Mexican special forces launched an operation by air and land, leading to two shootouts that left the drug boss mortally wounded.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a stark message to the world on the fourth anniversary of Russia's relentless war against his country, warning allies not to turn away or become distracted by other conflicts, lest they be next to need help.

Violence and shelter-in-place orders are rippling out across Mexico after the military killed a cartel leader commonly known as 'El Mencho.' Andrew Chang explains how Jalisco New Generation, arguably Mexico's most dangerous cartel, has been building a criminal empire for several years.Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters and Getty Images

Russia's invasion of Ukraine four years ago launched Europe's biggest conflict since the Second World War, causing immense suffering for civilians and harrowing ordeals for soldiers while rewriting the post-Cold War security order.

The U.S. military said it killed three people Monday in a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the Caribbean Sea as part of the Trump administration's months-long campaign against alleged traffickers.

With the prime minister of Australia now offering his support to ensure the scandal-plagued Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor never becomes King, the prospect of a shortened line of succession could be moving closer to reality.

Soccer's governing body in North America says it's closely monitoring ongoing violence in Mexico as its international tournament, the 27-club Champions Cup, continues.

U.S. President Trump calls wind power projects "ugly losers," and it's putting a deep chill on investments. But Canada stands to benefit as wind companies consider new prospects off the East Coast.

The United States has ordered non-essential diplomats and their family members at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut to leave Lebanon, the State Department said Monday, as tensions over Iran rise with the threat of a potentially imminent military strike.

Russian and Belarusian athletes will be allowed to compete at the Winter Paralympics under their flags and with their national anthems following a decision by the International Paralympic Committee General Assembly, its President Andrew Parsons said Monday.

Low visibility along with high winds and blizzard warnings have stalled New York as residents brace for power outages.

The killing of Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes in an operation in Jalisco state is likely sending "psychological shockwaves" through Mexico's drug cartels, a former high-place U.S. official told CBC News on Monday.

British police have arrested Peter Mandelson, a former U.K. ambassador to the United States, in a misconduct probe stemming from his ties with Jeffrey Epstein.

The FBI and U.S. Secret Service have released more details after an armed man drove into the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's resort in Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday morning. He was identified as Austin Martin, 21, a North Carolina native.

Nick Reiner pleaded not guilty Monday to two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.

Millions of people in New York City and a large swath of the northeastern U.S. were stuck at home under road travel bans and blizzard warnings Monday as heavy snow and strong winds intensified, creating whiteout conditions in the densely populated region.

Global Affairs Canada has updated its travel advisory for the coastal city of Puerto Vallarta and other parts of the Mexican state of Jalisco following a sudden explosion of violence that includes road blockades with burning vehicles and clashes between federal authorities and armed groups.

Budapest has threatened to block a new package of European Union sanctions against Russia and to stall efforts to help Ukraine until Russian oil deliveries to Hungary resume.

U.S. President Donald Trump is curious about why Iran has not yet "capitulated" and agreed to curb its nuclear program, as Washington builds up its military capability in the Middle East, Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, said.

The U.S. Secret Service said on Sunday its agents shot and killed a man in his 20s after he unlawfully entered a secure perimeter at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump was not there at the time.

Islamabad said it carried out strikes along the border with Afghanistan early Sunday, targeting what it called hideouts of Pakistani militants it blamed for recent attacks inside Pakistan. The Afghan Red Crescent Society said more than a dozen people were killed.

It's been little over a year since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria ended a 14-year civil war. More than 1.3 million Syrians have returned home since then, according to the UN refugee agency, primarily from neighbouring countries such as Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt - but also from as far away as Canada.