Russia, the US and Canada for the first time have taken part in a joint military drill to work closely to practice response to possible hijacking scenarios on both sides of the Atlantic. The three-day exercise codenamed Vigilant Eagle was kicked off on Sunday and is expected to wrap up on Tuesday in Anchorage, Alaska, [...]

Canada has imposed a fresh round of sanctions against Iran’s energy sector hours after the European Union approved similar unilateral measures. Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon told reporters on Monday that the new sanctions include a ban on Canadian investment in Iran’s oil and gas sectors. Cannon added that Iranian banks would also be [...]

The US is close to reaching a deal on the sale of the F-35 fighter jet to Israel as part of Washington’s policy to arm Tel Aviv with cutting-edge weapons. Lockheed Martin Corp says it plans to sell 19 of the warplanes, worth about 3 billion dollars, to Tel Aviv. The deal would be the [...]

Canada has signed its biggest military purchase deal ever with the US valued USD 9 billion to buy 65 Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II fighter jets. The new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets will replace Canada’s fleet of CF-18s. The delivery of the planes is set to start in 2016. But the contract with Lockheed [...]

Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon has condemned the twin bombings that targeted a mosque in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan on Thursday. “Canada strongly condemns the deadly bombings,” Canada’s top diplomat said in a statement on Friday. Cannon offered condolences on behalf of Canadians to the families and friends of the people killed in [...]

The Toronto police department has released a top ten most wanted list with the aim of charging protesters who torched police cars and smashed shops during the June 26-27 G20 summit. At a news conference on Wednesday afternoon, Det.-Sgt. Gary Giroux said police have already rounded up three protesters whose photos were released by police [...]

The Group of 20 summit has concluded without a major breakthrough amid signs of an economic policy rift between US President Barack Obama and other world leaders. In their final declaration at the end of the two-day meeting in Toronto, Canada, the group of 20 top industrialized and developing nations of the world pledged to [...]

Almost 500 people have been arrested in Toronto, as violent protests have broken out against the G20 summit in the Canadian city. Banks and stores were targeted after several hundred protesters broke away from a larger, peaceful demonstration. Police used teargas to disperse the crowd. The violence broke out blocks away from the venue for [...]

Leaders from the Group of Eight industrialized nations say Iran can protect its right to civilian nuclear energy by allaying Western fears through “transparent dialogue.” “While recognizing Iran’s right to a civilian nuclear program, we note that this right comes with international obligations that all states, including Iran, must comply with,” said an official communiqué [...]

Demonstrations have turned violent at the G20 summit in Toronto, where world leaders are convening to discuss ways to end the global financial crisis. A number of demonstrators clashed with police while chanting ‘resist, resist, raise up your fists.’ At least eight protestors have been arrested on the streets of Toronto, and city residents have [...]

At the G8 summit in Canada, leaders of the world’s largest economies seem to be on different grounds with no deal on global banking in sight. “There is no agreement for a global bank levy,” top Canadian negotiator Len Edwards told reporters, AFP reported. Instead it was clear that “countries are free to proceed as [...]

The Group of Eight held a summit at a lakeside resort north of Toronto on Friday to explore ways to kick-start a global economic recovery. Leaders from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, and the United States agreed to focus on immediate growth goals while tackling public finances, Reuters reported on Friday. The G8 [...]

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon has urged the UN Security Council to impose new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. “There is an urgency” to impose such sanctions, Cannon told reporters after addressing senior G8 officials in Gatineau, Quebec on Tuesday. Deadlines for Iran’s compliance with international nuclear watchdogs had “come and gone,” [...]

Mexico’s Carlos Slim has topped Forbes magazine’s billionaire list, becoming the first person from outside the US to lead the rankings since 1994. According to Forbes’ estimates, the net fortune of Slim, 70, who built a telecommunications empire after buying Mexico’s state-run phone monopoly two decades ago, rose by $18.5 billion last year to more [...]

A spokeswoman for Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon says Canada will use its G8 presidency to press for more sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. She said that Lawrence would raise the issue at a meeting of the Group of Eight industrialized countries’ foreign ministers at the end of March. “Canada will use its [...]

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has toured the quake-ravaged Haiti to observe the extent of destruction and to meet Haitian President Rene Preval. Lula’s trip to Haiti took place on Thursday, according to AFP, more than a month after the deadly 7.0-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 200.000 people, including 20 Brazilians who [...]

Cuba insists that the Island is quite prepared to open talks on “all” subjects with the United States under “equal” terms, Brazil’s official Estado News Agency reports. The Cuban President Raul Castro, who was showing his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva around the port of Mariel near Havana on Wednesday, said that Cuba [...]

A Haitian judge has freed eight of the 10 Americans held in the quake-battered country over child kidnapping charges, their lawyer has said. “Eight of my clients will be set free. The judge wants to question two of my clients because they were in Haiti before the earthquake,” said lawyer Aviol Fleurant. Asked whether the [...]

Honduras has put the impoverished Caribbean nation’s agriculture sector on highest alert over the latest oceanic warming phenomenon, El Nino. The Honduran government declared a state of emergency amid fears of droughts and severe weather disturbances that might happen as a result of El Nino in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, which often stretches to some [...]

Hundreds of Haitians have gathered outside the country’s international airport, to show their outrage at the slow delivery of aid supplies for earthquake victims. The demonstration took place on Wednesday, just hours after the first heavy rains since the January 12 quake. The frustrated and weary protesters insisted aid groups are not doing enough to [...]