For years, Europe has endured President Donald Trump’s complaints that it is a complacent continent hiding under America’s security umbrella. Now, as he launches the first open-ended military campaign of his presidency, its leaders find themselves holding something he still needs: their bases, airspace and strategic geography. Read More

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Organizers of the Milan-Cortina Paralympics confirmed on Thursday that seven countries will boycott the opening ceremony in protest at Russian athletes being allowed to compete under their own flag for the first time since 2014. Read More

OTTAWA — Canada's Chief of the Defence Staff General Jennie Carignan said she will be meeting with her European counterparts on Friday morning to discuss military options to support Gulf states. But Carignan ruled out any Canadian military involvement in Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump is facing a major legal challenge to the fresh global tariffs he imposed on goods entering the U.S. after the Supreme Court struck down his earlier sweeping duties last month. Read More

Iran launched a fresh wave a missile and drone strikes across the Gulf on Thursday evening with attacks reported in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Qatar. Read More

OTTAWA — Violent crime and property theft rates remain stubbornly high across multiple provinces and territories, and Canadians are losing confidence in the authorities to do anything about it, finds a new report on the state of criminal justice in Canada.  Read More

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President Donald Trump removed Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary after months of controversy and announced he would replace her with Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin. Read More

Pop superstar Britney Spears was released from police custody Thursday morning after being arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated near Los Angeles, according to legal filings and US media reports. Read More

Passengers who refuse to use headphones while travelling with United Airlines may find themselves removed from their flights. Read More

A dollar-for-dollar Canada-U.S. exchange rate offer introduced by three off-strip Las Vegas casinos earlier this year resulted in more than 15,000 Canadian visitors in the first month of the promotion. Read More

A Canadian tourist in Las Vegas is facing four counts of felony animal abuse after police say he stole a flamingo from a hotel and casino where he was staying, took the bird back to his room and injured it. Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Expect more tariffs. Read More

BERLIN — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will make his pitch for more Canadian natural gas exports to Germany to the country's foreign minister while in Berlin on Thursday. Read More

A second Iranian warship was heading towards Sri Lanka's territorial waters Thursday, a day after a US submarine destroyed an Iranian frigate, killing at least 87 sailors, a minister told parliament. Read More

A dessert sold in Costco Canada is being recalled over the possible presence of cashew nuts and macadamia nuts that were not declared on the label. Read More

First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. Read More

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are increasingly under scrutiny. Now, a first-of-its-kind study led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found an association between consumption of UPFs in preschool years and behavioural issues in childhood. Read More

A Jewish student in Halifax, N.S., has been forced to study online after his school failed to stop repeated antisemitic harassment, his mother says. Read More

The Greek myth of Pygmalion is based on a sculptor who fell so deeply in love with the beautiful sculpture he created that it came to life. Read More

The last 10 or 15 years have not been kind to Canada. Along with a decline in prosperity has come an erosion of the things that made our society great, a decline of what held us together and made us the envy of the world: things like resilience, friendship and service. In this series, National Post writers consider What We’ve Lost.  Read More

As the conflict in the Middle East escalates, host Rob Breakenridge is joined by journalist and National Post columnist Adam Zivo who is on the ground in Tel Aviv. We'll get a closer look at the mood in Israel amid renewed hostilities with Iran and why there appears to be overwhelming support amongst Israelis for taking action against the Iranian regime. Read More

And with one slick soundbite — we take the world as it is not as we wish it to be — Prime Minister Mark Carney gets to straddle whatever political or foreign fence he is confronted with. Read More

The federal government’s most recent assault on free speech — Bill C-9, the combating hate act — has been held up in committee as Liberals and Conservatives squabble over proposed amendments. If passed, Bill C-9 could be used, among other things, to prohibit peaceful protests that the government dislikes. But C-9 is not the cause of the long erosion of free speech in Canada. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms says we have free speech. Cereal boxes and tax returns show we don’t. Read More