6 h. ago U.S. official offers regrets over detention of South Koreans

(Bloomberg) — U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau on Sunday expressed regret over the recent detention of hundreds of South Korean workers in Georgia. Landau, in Seoul for a Korea-US vice foreign ministerial meeting, said that the 316 South Koreans who returned home Friday on a chartered jet after being detained in Georgia will […]

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48 h. ago Canada summoned Russian ambassador after Polish drone incursion

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand tells The Canadian Press Ottawa summoned Russia’s ambassador to Canada, Oleg Stepanov, on Wednesday over the incursion of Russian drones into Poland. More coming.

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48 h. ago Anand says Canada summoned Russian ambassador over drone incursion into Poland

OTTAWA — Ottawa summoned Russia’s ambassador to Canada, Oleg Stepanov, over the incursion of Russian drones into Poland.  Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand tells The Canadian Press that Global Affairs Canada reprimanded Stepanov on Wednesday.  Multiple Russian drones entered Polish territory between Tuesday and Wednesday and NATO allies shot down some of the devices, though […]

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3 d. ago UN to hold emergency meeting on Russia’s drone incursion in Poland

The United Nations Security Council is set to hold an emergency meeting at the request of the Polish Foreign Ministry after Russia violated its airspace.

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3 d. ago Starmer fires Britain’s ambassador to the U.S. over his links to Jeffrey Epstein

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday fired the U.K’s ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, over his links to the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. In a statement in the House of Commons on Thursday, Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty said the decision came after the publication this week of emails […]

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3 d. ago Anand says Canada ’evaluating’ relationship with Israel after Qatar strike

OTTAWA — Canada is “evaluating the relationship with Israel”, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Wednesday after Prime Minister Mark Carney called the country’s strike on Qatar “an unprovoked attack.” Israel says it targeted senior Hamas leaders in the capital Doha on Tuesday, while the militant group says its main ceasefire negotiator survived the attack. […]

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3 d. ago Carney says temporary foreign worker program needs ’focused approach’

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday the temporary foreign worker program needs a “focused approach” that targets the needs of specific sectors and regions. Carney’s comments came as he outlined the government’s plans for the fall during an address to the Liberal caucus at their annual retreat in Edmonton. The prime minister said […]

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4 d. ago Anand says Canada stands with Poland and Ukraine after Russian drone incursions

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada is standing in solidarity with Poland and Ukraine after Russian drones violated NATO airspace. Poland says multiple Russian drones entered its territory over the course of several hours overnight and were shot down with help from NATO allies. Anand says on social media that this is […]

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4 d. ago Iran, nuclear watchdog sign agreement seeking path to restart co

CAIRO — Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement Tuesday in Cairo to pave the way for resuming cooperation, including on ways of relaunching inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities. The announcement followed a meeting among Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi and International Atomic Energy Agency Director General […]

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5 d. ago UN Nuclear Chief and Iran’s Foreign Minister to Meet in Cairo

The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog will meet Iran’s top diplomat in Egypt on Tuesday, their first encounter since Israel and the US bombed the Islamic Republic’s key atomic sites in June.

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1 week ago Anand says she has ‘utmost confidence’ in ICC judge sanctioned by the U.S.

Following U.S. sanctions being placed on a Canadian ICC judge, Kimberley Prost, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says she has "utmost confidence" in them.

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2 w. ago Letters: Albanese can’t blame Iran for Australia’s antisemitism problem

Re: Australian PM Accuses Iran of Organizing Antisemitic Attacks, Aug. 27. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been dressed down by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, which goes to show that you simply can’t make everyone happy. Albanese is still going strong in his mission to recognize a Palestinian […]

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2 w. ago Canada, India name new high commissioners as both countries restore relations

OTTAWA — Canada and India named seasoned diplomats as their new high commissioners Thursday, as both gradually soothe diplomatic tensions over transnational repression and Sikh separatism 10 months after expelling each other’s top envoys. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Christopher Cooter will be Canada’s new high commissioner to India. Anand’s department said Cooter has […]

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2 w. ago Canada Examines Tougher Measures on Foreign Steel Dumping, Minister Says

Industry Minister Melanie Joly says Canada can do more to counter foreign steel dumping, as US tariffs batter the Canadian sector and make it vulnerable to being flooded by cheap imports from overseas.

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2 w. ago Israeli drone strikes kill 8 Syrian soldiers in Damascus suburb, officials say

DAMASCUS, Syria — Israeli drone strikes on a southern suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus killed eight soldiers and wounded others, officials and a war monitor reported Wednesday. Syria’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that drone strikes Tuesday in the southern Damascus suburb of Kiswah killed eight soldiers. It called the attack “a grave […]

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2 w. ago Ukraine condemns Woody Allen for speaking at Russian film festival

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on Monday condemned Woody Allen for speaking virtually at a Russian film festival over the weekend, calling his participation in the event “a disgrace and an insult” to the victims of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to Russian media, Allen spoke Sunday at the Moscow International Film Week via video […]

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2 w. ago U.S. diplomat accuses Macron of failing to act on rising antisemitism in France

The French Foreign Ministry responded that it ‘firmly refutes’ the allegations by Charles Kushner, which it considers ‘unacceptable’

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2 w. ago France summons U.S. Ambassador Kushner over ’unacceptable’ letter about rising antisemitism

WASHINGTON — France has summoned the American ambassador to Paris after the diplomat, Charles Kushner, wrote a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron alleging the country did not do enough to combat antisemitism. France’s foreign ministry issued a statement Sunday announcing it had summoned Kushner to appear Monday at the French Ministry for Europe and […]

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3 w. ago China and Pakistan foreign ministers agree to launch new economic corridor projects

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan and China pledged to expand economic cooperation and investment under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a flagship program of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, officials said. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with his Pakistani counterpart, Ishaq Dar, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad on Thursday. The two sides agreed […]

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3 w. ago Anand set to have meeting with Rubio in Washington amid bilateral tensions

WASHINGTON — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to have her first official meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington today amid ongoing tensions in the bilateral relationship. Anand and Rubio have previously spoken by phone, including in June ahead of the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis. Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic […]

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