In what looks to be a landmark ruling against religious freedom in Japan, a Tokyo court Wednesday upheld the dissolution of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, the religious organization…
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Manitoba woman killed in Dominican Republic bus crash remembered as ‘fearless’ adventurer
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Carney set to speak to reporters for first time on globetrotting trip
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to take questions from reporters for the first time since embarking on a 10-day trip to India, Australia and Japan last week. It…
DOJ drops attempt to punish Democrat-connected law firms
The Justice Department told a federal appeals court on Monday that it was dropping a host of appeals challenging lower court rulings that had blocked President Trump’s attempts to punish Democrat-connected law…
What to know about Mideast air travel as widening war in Iran grounds flights
Air travel in the Middle East has been suspended since Saturday amid U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran and the Islamic Republic’s retaliatory attacks on other countries in the region. Vancouver’s Raymond…
Trump says attacks on Iran will escalate, warning of a 'big wave'
On the third day after the U.S. and Israel’s joint strike on Iran, conflict in the Middle East threatens to escalate further. Iran has carried out relatiatory stikes on U.S. bases and…
Israel launches strikes on Beirut after Hezbollah fired missiles across the border
Israel launched a barrage of strikes on Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, after the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired missiles across the border early Monday. Source link
23-year-old snowmobiler dies in Kootenay Pass avalanche; forecasters warn of high risks in B.C.’s backcountry
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Mayhem after killing of cartel leader unlikely to end at Mexico's borders
BOGOTÁ, Colombia – Mexico has been rocked by a wave of retaliatory violence after authorities killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias ‘El Mencho’, last…
U.N. chief condemns U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran during emergency Security Council meeting
The United Nations chief condemned the U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran and called for an immediate return to negotiations “to pull the region, and our world, back from the brink.” Source link