Denmark's Prime Minister said Sunday that her country faces a "decisive moment" in its diplomatic battle over Greenland after U.S. President Donald Trump again suggested using force to seize the Arctic territory. Read More

Canadian startup Kepler Communications Inc. launched 10 new low-Earth-orbit satellites via SpaceX, the latest step in its buildout of a network for fast telecommunications services from space. Read More

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem signalled that hundreds more federal agents are being deployed to Minneapolis, where the fatal shooting of a woman has inflamed strife around President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump urged Cuba on Sunday to "make a deal" or face unspecified consequences, warning that the flow of Venezuelan oil and money to Havana would now stop. Read More

Iranians took to the streets in new protests against the clerical authorities overnight despite an internet shutdown, as rights groups warned on Sunday that authorities were committing a "massacre" to quell the demonstrations. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected this week to name global leaders for a “Board of Peace” to administer his ambitious post-war plan for Gaza, officials say, even as a standoff between Israel and Hamas raised doubts about the prospects for success. Read More

Tehran warned the U.S. and Israel against any intervention over nationwide protests in Iran while it sought to placate its citizens, as demonstrations entered their third week and fatalities mounted. Read More

When Iranians rise up against Islamic tyranny, they do not ask for much from the outside world — only to be seen, heard, and taken seriously. Yet their uprising has been given short shrift in media and by "progressives." Read More

A petition pushing for investigations into and even charges against Canadians who served in Israel's military is an "antisemitic witch hunt," says a Jewish advocacy group. Read More

John A. Macdonald is back, just in time to celebrate what would have been his 211th birthday on Sunday. Read More

Will the sacred right to bike lanes survive? The first great test is coming up on Jan. 28, as the Ontario government takes last summer’s startling Cycle Toronto ruling to the provincial Court of Appeal. In July, Superior Court Justice Paul Schabas ruled in favour of the bike-lobby group in a suit against the province, striking down provisions of the awkwardly named Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act that would have removed bike-exclusive lanes from a list of Toronto traffic arteries (and re-opened them to automotive traffic). Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan was widely praised, and for good reason, but when history looks back at the early 21st century, it is the Abraham Accords that should be remembered as a transformative breakthrough for modern Middle Eastern diplomacy. Read More

GATINEAU, Que. — It’s night at the museum. What really happens? Read More

The Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration massacre, Australia’s deadliest terrorist incident, which resulted in 15 dead and 40 wounded, continues to dominate my thoughts. One particular witness account haunts me. A mother, separated from her three-year-old daughter, found some of the few police officers present. She told a journalist: “These police officers were hiding behind a car… I tried to grab one of their guns. Then one of them grabbed me and said ‘no.’” Read More

Somewhere across this great land, someone or something great is just getting started. This country is built on game-changing people, ideas and initiatives: Wayne Gretzky redefined a game; oil sands innovations helped us prosper; Frederick Banting transformed millions of lives; Loblaws changed how we live. Today, we continue our new National Post series that celebrates Canadian greatness, in whatever form we find it. Read More

When I was still a kid in the 1970s, the OPEC oil cartel launched an embargo that sent prices through the roof, hitting western economies like a sledgehammer. Read More

Re: Trump says U.S. 'needs' Greenland for security — Jan. 6; and Trump dismisses NATO’s value as his desire for Greenland shakes alliance — Courtney Subramanian, Jan. 7 Read More

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President Donald Trump warned Iran that “you better not start shooting” at mass protests spreading across the country, “because we’ll start shooting, too.” There would be no U.S. “boots on the ground,” Trump said Friday, but “if they start killing people like they have in the past, we’ll be hitting them very hard where it hurts.” Read More

When Jennifer Arnold learned one of her neighbors in the midwestern city of Minneapolis had been arrested by immigration authorities late last year, she reached out to lend a hand. Read More

Greenland's political parties said they did not want to be under Washington as U.S. President Donald Trump again suggested using force to seize the mineral-rich Danish autonomous territory, raising concern worldwide. Read More

South Africa began naval drills with Russia, Iran and China on Saturday, describing the manoeuvres off its coast as not merely a show of force but a vital response to rising maritime tensions. Read More

Sometimes you want television that challenges you. Something that’s genre bending, envelope pushing, plot twisting. Something that’s the screen equivalent of an exercise routine. But other times, you want a show that carries adjectives you’d use for a sweater — cosy, comforting, familiar. Something built around a good yarn. Read More

If anyone needs an object lesson on how the curse of antisemitism can cause an organization to utterly rot from within, then look no further than West Midlands Police, a force based in the English city of Birmingham. Read More