Canadian officials say Justin Trudeau’s government is reaching out to the UAE and UK to defuse tensions, according to Reuters Canada plans to seek help from the United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom to defuse [ More … ]
Riyadh also recalls its envoy and suspends trade deals after Canada’s foreign ministry denounced jailing of activists. Saudi Arabia said it has expelled Canada’s ambassador in the kingdom and recalled its own envoy from the [ More … ]
Canada on Friday formally apologized to three Canadian men of Arab descent who said they had been tortured in Syria and blamed Canadian secret services for their ordeal, shading the light on the cooperation between [ More … ]
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken a stand on social media against the temporary US ban signed by Donald Trump on refugees and immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries. Trump’s order bans Syrian refugees, claiming [ More … ]
Canada began welcoming Syrian refugees in larger numbers last year, after a promise to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the new year. Through the past year, Canada gave the world a lesson about dealing with [ More … ]
King Abdullah on Monday held a one-on-one meeting, followed by an expanded talks, with Governor General of Canada David Johnston at Al Husseiniya Palace. The two leaders discussed bilateral relations and regional and international developments, [ More … ]
News of a Canadian-Iranian academic’s release from Iranian prison has raised fresh hopes for a detente in Canada’s glacial relations with Iran but a Canadian expert says restoring relations with the Islamic Republic is far [ More … ]
With more than 30,000 Syrian refugees facing serious barriers to employment and integration in Canada, the federal government is searching for fresh ideas to help newcomers join their communities and the labor force. Documents posted [ More … ]
A Canadian priest has been charged with stealing more than $500,000 intended for the resettlement of Syrian refugees and then gambling it away. Amer Saka, 51, a clergyman of the Chaldean Catholic church – based [ More … ]
Iran announced indictments Monday against four people with American, Canadian, and British citizenships and a foreigner with a US residency, Tehran’s prosecutor has said without mentioning their accusations. The four individuals are believed to have been detained [ More … ]
There were wide global condemnations for Istanbul terror attack after at least 41 people were killed and more than 230 others injured in a terror attack on the Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul. German Foreign [ More … ]
A Canadian judge has ordered Iran’s land and bank accounts in Canada to be handed over to victims of attacks by Hezbollah, sponsored by the Iranian regime. The judgment awards a reported $13 million to [ More … ]
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