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Canada pledges $100 M for Palestinians facing settler violence, humanitarian crisis
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (205+ words) OTTAWA " Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has announced $100 million in federal funding to support Palestinians living in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. She unveiled the funding in Paris, where western leaders are meeting to discuss mounting challenges preventing…...
Activists call on feds to put pressure on Israel over treatment of Gaza aid flotilla
1+ week, 2+ day ago (184+ words) OTTAWA " Canadian activists detained by Israel last month while taking part in an aid flotilla trying to reach Gaza say Canada isn't doing enough to call out treatment by Israeli officials that Ottawa has called appalling. Prime Minister Mark Carney…...
Palestinian students stranded in third country seeing visas processed after long wait
1+ week, 3+ day ago (816+ words) OTTAWA " A spokesperson for Immigration Minister Lena Diab says expedited visa processing for 37 Gazan students and their families stranded in third countries is now underway. But members of Palestinian Students and Scholars at Risk, PSSAR, say the interview process for…...
Israeli forces intercept the remaining activist flotilla vessels headed for Gaza
3+ week, 3+ day ago (716+ words) A live feed on the Global Sumud Flotilla website showed armed Israeli soldiers boarding the vessels as activists in life vests put their hands up. Soldiers then destroyed cameras mounted on the vessels. Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani called for…...
Nearly all Canadians on Gaza-bound flotilla detained by Israeli military: organizer
3+ week, 3+ day ago (751+ words) Nearly all the Canadian activists who were on a Gaza-bound flotilla aiming to break Israel's naval blockade of the Palestinian territory have been detained, organizers said Monday. Global Sumud Canada, the Canadian chapter of the Global Sumud Flotilla movement, said…...
Lebanon death toll reaches 3, 000 in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah
3+ week, 4+ day ago (488+ words) The ministry said the toll is now 3, 020 killed in the Israeli strikes, including 292 women and 211 children. Fighting began on March 2 with the Hezbollah militant group firing at Israel, two days after the U. S. and Israel attacked Iran. Attacks from both sides…...
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2+ mon, 1+ day ago (11+ words) Djibouti President Isma'l Omar Guelleh is reelected for a sixth term'pa NOW...
War crimes: Iranian Canadians horrified by Trumps latest threat to destroy Iran
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (794+ words) Foad Farhani was driving to work Tuesday morning when his wife called him in tears while reading U. S. President Donald Trump's post on Truth Social threatening the existence of their homeland." Trump wrote that a "whole civilization will die" if Iran…...
Iran calls on public to find "enemy pilot" as U. S. continues frantic search
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (933+ words) The U. S. military pressed ahead Saturday in a frantic search for a missing pilot over a remote area in Iran, a day after the Islamic Republic shot down a U. S. warplane and promised a reward for whoever turns in the pilot. The…...
Trump's mixed messages on Iran: "Winding down' the war and easing sanctions but adding more troops
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (899+ words) President Donald Trump frequently contradicts himself, sometimes in the same speech, social media post or even sentence. Within the space of a few hours Friday, he sent a torrent of mixed signals about the Iran war that raise more questions…...