President Donald Trump’s fixation on Greenland offers an ice-cold reminder to leaders in Europe and abroad: No deal is ever final. Read More

DOHA, QATAR — What do Céline Dion, Shania Twain, Michael Bublé, Bryan Adams and his Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani have in common? Read More

Iranian authorities have said they are considering "gradually" restoring internet access after imposing an unprecedented communications shutdown 10 days ago, which rights groups say masked a violent protest crackdown that killed thousands. Read More

The FBI is asking agents across the U.S. to travel to Minneapolis for temporary duty, according to people familiar with the situation. Read More

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Greenland’s future is for Denmark and Greenland to decide, and that he’ll reiterate that message to President Donald Trump if they speak about it. Read More

Donald Trump’s so-called Board of Peace for Gaza is beginning to take shape, even as Israel voiced rare objections to parts of the U.S. president’s plan to build on the fragile ceasefire in the region. Read More

The Trump administration is asking countries that want a permanent spot on his new Board of Peace to contribute at least $1 billion. Read More

With the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump actively pledging to annex Greenland from Denmark, it would be an understandable question to ask why Greenland is Danish in the first place. Scandinavia was never known for its colonial empire, which never amounted to much more than a handful of trading posts or tropical islands. And yet, one of the world's largest islands remains in the hands of a tiny European nation of just six million people.  Read More

If you're one of the millions of daily Wordle players and sometimes have trouble figuring out the correct five-letter answer, or maybe even have to ask for help, you should know you're not alone. Read More

I’m not sure what I expected from the Ottawa crowd this week when François Legault announced he would step down as premier of Quebec, as the first and only leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), and as the most socially corrosive premier of any province in modern Canadian history. I would have expected to find federal politicians’ reactions, shall we say, excessively polite. But I did not expect the seemingly co-ordinated encomiums that gushed forth from senior Liberals. Read More

The eyes of the world are on Iran, wondering if 2026 might be the Persian equivalent of the Slavic 1989, when the nations of eastern Europe — first Poland and then its neighbours — threw off the Soviet empire and tore down the Berlin Wall. Read More

Canada and China have had a difficult relationship for years. Many Canadians have a real lack of faith and trust when it comes to China’s role as an honest broker and reliable trade partner — and understandably so. Read More

Iran has entered yet another wave of nationwide protests. To outside observers, the images may seem familiar: crowds in the streets, security forces deployed, warnings issued by the state. But these similarities risk obscuring what is genuinely new about this moment. Read More

Re: The Arctic cold war depends on Greenland — and Trump knows it — Jesse Kline, Jan. 8; and Mark Carney's dalliance with dictators — Jesse Kline, Jan. 14 Read More

President Donald Trump announced a 10% tariff on goods from European countries rallying to Denmark’s side in his pursuit of Greenland, a dramatic escalation in the standoff that will further strain U.S. ties with many of its closest allies. Read More

OTTAWA — Starting Monday, gun owners will have until the end of March to declare their intention to participate in the federal program compensating individuals for turning over one of their government-banned guns, should they want the chance at money.  Read More

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday said “several thousand people” died in this month’s anti-government demonstrations, his first acknowledgment of the deadly scale of the unrest. Read More

Thousands of people took to the streets across Denmark to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s ambitions to take control of Greenland, underscoring the deep unease over the future of the Arctic island. Read More

The Canadian government is drafting a new automotive strategy that will give better market access to companies that build vehicles in the country, a move that fires back at the Trump administration’s attempts to get automakers to move factories to the U.S. from Canada. Read More

NASA began rolling out a costly rocket to the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, a milestone in a lunar space race between the US and China. Read More

The lovable loser character can be invaluable on a television comedy. When storylines wear thin, you can often get a laugh at the expense of someone who’s socially awkward, romantically impaired, clumsy or, let’s say, a couple channels short of a cable subscription. Read More

Parenthood and pet ownership should not be conflated, says an Alberta judge about a case involving a bad breakup between a former couple and their fight over four cats they once owned together. Read More

Chinese-made electric vehicles are almost invisible in Canada and the United States, but elsewhere around the globe they are a huge hit, dominating international production and sales for battery-powered cars. Read More

The last 20 days in Iran have been deadly, violent, and unbearable to witness. The authoritarian regime in Tehran has indiscriminately targeted peaceful protesters with guns and live ammunition, cut off internet access, and imprisoned thousands. Read More