BEIJING -- Chinese media and ordinary citizens expressed outrage Monday towards Japan, as an escalating diplomatic spat threatens to wreck relations strained by historical grievances and strategic rivalry. Read More

The United Nations Security Council voted 13-0 on Monday to adopt a U.S.-drafted resolution on the future of Gaza, as Russia and China passed on their veto power and abstained on the vote. Read More

OTTAWA — The Liberals just barely managed to avoid a snap election during the holiday season, thanks to Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, two abstentions from the Conservatives and two more from the NDP. Read More

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is heading to Washington this week, and the stakes could not be higher. Read More

The Carney government’s self-proclaimed strategy of dealing with Donald Trump has been to hope the obvious contradictions in the U.S. president’s tariff policy would eventually compel him to strike an acceptable trade deal. Read More

The government of Canada has updated its travel advice for Canadians visiting Japan, warning of bears in the northern region of the country. Read More

A Conservative MP is condemning the latest anti-Israel protest that took place in a Jewish neighbourhood in Toronto on Sunday. Read More

A Jewish advocacy group says it "tried to fight back" to stop the raising of the Palestinian flag at Toronto City Hall. Read More

When asked what "extra" Canada does to appeal to foreign investors over the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney replied, "Well, we have the rule of law," a remark that was met with laughter in the room. This comment reveals a staggering disconnect from reality — a political fantasy that frames Canada as a bastion of stability against the "shaky and unpredictable" nature of its largest trading partner. An analysis of the objective investment climate exposes this assertion as nothing more than political marketing, divorced from economic reality. Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney was booed during the coin toss at Sunday night's Grey Cup game between the East Division champion Montreal Alouettes and the West Division champion Saskatchewan Roughriders at Princess Auto Stadium in Winnipeg. Though he later noted: "We were cheered as well." Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday he backed lawmakers' efforts to release more files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, despite previous opposition to the measure. Read More

The Toronto Police Service has announced the arrest of a woman following a suspected hate-motivated threatening investigation. Read More

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Zachareah Quraishi of Airdrie, Alta., was released from the Canadian Armed Forces reserves on July 10, last summer. Within 12 days, he’d bought a plane ticket to Israel, rented a car, and obtained a large kitchen knife. Read More

There are perspectives from which a snap federal election call might make sense. There are far more perspectives from which it looks like a fever dream trapped in a bubble. Many of them have to do with the New Democrats, who aren’t even an official party in the House of Commons. Read More

Last year, the world watched as biological male Olympic boxers first beat the crap out of women in the ring and then stole their medals. It was a shame. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s minority government will face a crucial test on Monday, Nov. 17, as it will face a third and final confidence vote on his budget. Read More

OTTAWA — As Mark Carney sought to restart Canada's relationship with India, a top official advised the prime minister in May that a reset should require a "public commitment from India" on accountability measures amid claims the country is behind a rash of criminal activity and murders. Read More

When Customs and Border Protection Officers asked Jesse Agus Martinez about the suspicious bulge in his pants, he claimed that the protrusion was natural — using a Spanish word for a male appendage. But on further inspection, officers say they found two heavily sedated parakeets in his underwear. Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government faces a decisive moment on Monday when Canada’s House of Commons votes on a proposed budget that would increase borrowing to spend on the military and infrastructure. Read More

A Calgary man died trying to save his five-year-old daughter from a rogue wave that swept her away at Garrapata State Beach in California on Friday. The girl is still missing. Read More

A new deployment of federal agents arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday as part of President Donald Trump’s expanding immigration enforcement campaign, marking the latest push to carry out large-scale arrests in Democratic-led cities. Read More