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Tehran says U.S. violated ceasefire agreement when it launched strikes in southern Iran
Iran said the United States violated a ceasefire after the U.S. conducted what it called defensive strikes in southern Iran, while U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said negotiating a deal to halt the conflict could “take a few days.” Iran’s Foreign Ministry said U.S. strikes in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province, where Iranian media reported sounds of explosions early on Tuesday, represented a “gross violation” of the already tenuous ceasefire in place for nearly seven weeks. Both sides had previously indicated there had been progress on a memorandum of understandingRead more
Canada’s World Cup team is training in the U.S. Why?
Jesse Marsch, Canada’s national men’s soccer head coach, speaks to the media ahead of the World Cup roster selection camp in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday, where he said the team is training in the city mainly for the weather. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press) With 17 days until the Canadian men’s national team kicks off its World Cup campaign on home soil for the first time, players have begun flying in from their respective professional clubs in California, England, Belgium and beyond. But instead of converging in Canada, those invited toRead more
Many Canadians have avoided the U.S. for over a year. Have we reached the point of no return?
For his wife’s 75th birthday, Bruce Newman opted to take her to the theatre in London instead of travelling to New York City. The couple has been boycotting U.S. travel for more than a year. (Submitted by Bruce Newman) Fredericton landscape painter Bruce Newman used to be a frequent visitor to the United States. Up to a dozen times a year, he’d travel to the country to vacation with his wife, meet up with fellow artists or capture picturesque landscapes on canvas. But those visits abruptly ended early last year,Read more
Trump welcomes King, Queen to U.S., as high-profile state visit gets underway
King Charles and U.S. President Donald Trump are seen talking at the White House on Monday. (Alex Brandon/The Associated Press) Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived in the United States on Monday afternoon for a four-day trip, welcomed by self-proclaimed royal fan U.S. President Donald Trump even as the U.S. president has differed with the British government over the Iran war. The state visit, by far the most high-profile and consequential of Charles’ reign, comes on the 250th anniversary of the U.S. declaration of independence from British rule andRead more
How will King Charles’s state visit to the U.S. unfold?
King Charles, centre left, and U.S. President Donald Trump, centre right, review the guard of honour at Windsor Castle during Trump’s 2025 state visit to the U.K. on Sept. 17, 2025, in Windsor, England. Charles begins a state visit to the United States on Monday. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/Getty Images) There’s a private tea and a garden party. There’ll be two highly scrutinized speeches — one at a state dinner and one to the U.S. Congress. And after King Charles and Queen Camilla leave Washington, D.C., on their four-day U.S. state visitRead more
Canada ‘continues to monitor’ U.S. boat strikes in Caribbean as questions swirl and allies squirm
Video released by the Pentagon shows the moment a suspected drug boat was struck in the Caribbean on Sept. 2. (U.S. Department of War) The federal government says it is keeping a close eye on lethal strikes by American forces on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean, while continuing with operations in the region. Canada has conducted Operation Caribbe — an anti-drug trafficking mission in partnership with the United States Coast Guard — since 2006. The Department of National Defence says that mission has nothing to do with the deadlyRead more
U.S. prepares to rush $1B US in military aid to Ukraine, as Congress approves bills
A sweeping foreign aid package easily passed the U.S. Congress late Tuesday after months of delay, clearing the way for fresh Ukraine funding amid advances from Russia’s invasion force and Kyiv’s shortages of military supplies. The U.S. Senate voted 79 to 18 to approve four bills passed by the House of Representatives on Saturday, after House Republican leaders abruptly switched course last week and allowed a vote on the $95 billion US in mostly military aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, and U.S. partners in the Indo-Pacific. The four bills were combinedRead more