Afghanistan has officially demanded that Pakistan ensure its airspace and territory are not used by ISIS or any third country for military or terrorist operations. Kabul emphasized the need for strict adherence to international norms to...

The small town of 1,200 is one of several northeastern Ontario municipalities applying to be featured on the television series Home Town Takeover Canada.

The federal government has formally announced the transfer of almost 80 hectares of land to the Snuneymuxw First Nation's reserve lands, marking an important step in the nation's self-determination. As Claire Palmer reports the transfer...

The National looks at families celebrating the return of living Israeli hostages as well as the scene as Palestinian prisoners and detainees return home. And, how an expanded port could transform the polar bear capital of the world.

With a powerful, unified voice, African leaders addressed the 80th United Nations General Assembly this week, issuing a stark call for a fundamental shift in global power dynamics.

Reviving Churchill’s 100-year-old deepwater port is high on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s nation-building agenda. For The National, CBC’s Karen Pauls visits the ‘polar bear capital of the world’ to hear what locals think of the plan.

University of Regina professor Andrew Stevens says Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre's call to scrap the temporary foreign worker program is based on a growing anti-immigrant sentiment in Canada, rather than evidence.

Rajapaksa is sworn into office promising to strenghten security and fix the economy.

One of the world's largest free trade zones has come into effect in Africa.

The Israeli Prime Minister's bloc celebrates victory following three elections in less than a year.

Global growth will continue to strengthen this year and next, but a buildup of debt poses risks and too many people are left out of the recovery, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Monday....

The International Monetary Fund has raised its global growth forecast for this year but also warned protectionist policies could undermine a broad-based, but modest, recovery.



It credits improving...

Nataliya Mykolska, Ukraine's trade representative, says her country wants to convince investors it is open and looking for trade opportunities

Just released statistics show industrial output in the eurozone rose by more than expected in November as firms stepped up production before Christmas.



It was the second month in a row that it had...

It has been a bumper year for bitcoin.



Having risen in value in 2016 by 125 percent the digital currency started the new year by jumping above $1,000 for the first time in th

ree years.

As most...

Morocco is increasingly at the forefront of Africa’s charge to bring business leaders together to discuss the future of trade in today’s fast changing world.



To that end, Marrakesh has been playing host to the Trade...

Sports economist Andrew Zimbalist says Rio lost more than it gained by hosting the Olympic Games

The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in Brussels to debate international development policy as part of the 10th annual EU Development Days.



He stressed the need for countries to work together, saying: ‘‘national...

Barack Obama and Raul Castro 'are trying to change the psychological relationship between two countries,' says Canada's former ambassador to Cuba

The buttons have been pushed, and the welders’ blowtorches are firing up. A historic ceremony in Turkmenistan was the start of what’s due to become the Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline, or TAPI – the abbreviation...

The proposed plan is aimed at dealing with major shortage in skilled labour caused by an aging population.

News 12’s Alex Calamia is in Deer Park with United Way of Long Island where they are celebrating.

During an announcement in Kitchener on Thursday, Premier Doug Ford was asked his thoughts on plans by the Region of Waterloo to purchase farmland in Wilmot Township and rezone it for industrial purposes.

November is when Haiti commemorates becoming the first independent Black republic in the world. And 120 years later, the country's development continues. Haitian-American actress and humanitarian Garcelle Beauvais and Alex Cantave,...