US & World

U.S. Special Envoy for Hostage Affair Roger Carstens says he agrees with the Kremlin that silence is essential when it comes to public discussions about prisoner exchanges. Accused of spying, it’s been 1 year since U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia. U.S. Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger …

A partial solar eclipse will be viewable in Vancouver in 2033. But it won't be until 2044 that a total solar eclipse will cross over northern B.C. and parts of Alberta. Partial eclipse will be viewable in Vancouver in 2033, northern B.C. to experience totality in 2044 Thousands of people …

Pope Francis presides over the Easter Mass as part of the Holy Week celebrations, at St Peter’s square in the Vatican on March 31, 2024. (AFP / Tiziana Fabi)  JAKARTA, Indonesia — Pope Francis will visit Indonesia in September, the country’s religious affairs minister has said, as concerns mounted over …

Presumptive Republican nominee for U.S. president Donald Trump called for ‘law and order’ while attending the wake of a slain police officer on Thursday, even as he faces his own criminal trials and a judge this week citing his history of “incendiary” remarks that have threatened the safety of public …

Yahya Hamad lost his entire family in an Israeli strike that left him badly injured. Now, he’s managed to leave Gaza for medical treatment. His family is looking at ways of getting him to Canada.  A nine-year-old boy, whose entire family was killed, begins journey he hopes will bring him …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a joint press conference with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (not pictured) following a meeting between the US top diplomat and Arab envoys, in Cairo on March, 21, 2024. Blinken said on March 21, a major military operation by Israel in Gaza’s southernmost …

Havana, Cuba – One thought lingers all day in the mind of Diana Ruiz: How will the Cuban mother feed her 6-year-old son, a dilemma faced by parents across an island hit by blackouts and food shortages. “The first thing I say when I get out of bed is, what am …

An albatross versus a mouse might not sound like a fair fight, but on a remote South African island it’s the mice who are winning. The Mouse-Free Marion project has an ambitious plan to turn the tide  Invasive mice reached Marion Island 200 years ago, and could now wipe out …

Israeli strikes on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo early on Friday killed 38 people, including five members of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, two security sources said, the deadliest attacks so far in an intensified Israeli campaign against Iran’s allies in Syria.   Multiple sources say 5 Hezbollah fighters killed …

The top UN court on Thursday ordered Israel to take measures to tackle crippling shortages of essential supplies in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, including opening more land crossings to allow food, water, fuel and other supplies into the area.  Latest International Court of Justice order stems from genocide case against …