Tag: Canada
Philippines to cancel $233 million helicopter deal with Canada
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday he has ordered the military to cancel a $233 million agreement to purchase 16 helicopters from Canada,...
Pakistani man accused of sex offense in US held in Canada
OTTAWA: A 41-year-old Pakistani man, who fled Texas where he's charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl, is being returned to Houston after he was...
Pakistan HC meets Amnesty’s SG, raises questions over Indian ruthlessness in...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan High Commissioner (HC) to Canada Tariq Azim Khan, on Friday, met Amnesty International Secretary General (SG) Alex Neve, in Canada to discuss the...
Bright meteor causes powerful explosion across US Midwest, Canada
OHIO: A bright meteor briefly swept across the sky over parts of the US Midwest and Canada on Tuesday, weather and geology agencies said,...
N Korea meeting to emphasise importance of sanctions, says Canada
VANCOUVER: A summit on curbing North Korea’s nuclear ambitions will focus in part on how to ensure countries fully implement all the sanctions imposed...
After Trump’s decision, Canada tells Salvadorans: Please don’t come here
TORONTO: Canada is sending a Spanish-speaking lawmaker to California to dissuade potential migrants from illegally crossing the border following Washington’s decision to end the...
Extreme cold forces Canada to cancel New Year’s events
OTTAWA: Canadians pride themselves on living with cold weather but sub-zero temperatures proved too much even for them, with concerts cancelled and ski hills...
Heart-wrenching video of a starving polar bear goes viral
When photographer Paul Nicklen and filmmakers from conservation group Sea Legacy arrived in the Baffin Islands in late summer, they came across a heartbreaking...
GCU signs MOU with Canadian varsity to document biodiversity
LAHORE: The Lahore Government College University (GCU) and University of Guelph Ontario of Canada signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a reference...
Canadian judge suspends niqab ban in Quebec
TORONTO: A Canadian judge suspended part of a Quebec law banning people from wearing full-face veils when giving or receiving public services, handing a...
Rescued American hostage says ‘was in Pakistan for more than a...
Disputing claims about her rescue, the recently recovered Caitlyn Coleman has said that she was in Pakistan for at least a year before she...
Trudeau on Quebec’s ban on face coverings: Not govt’s business to...
TORONTO: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it is not the government’s business to tell a woman what to wear, seemingly referring to Quebec’s...
Navy SEALs were ready if Pakistan failed to free hostage family from Afghan...
A CIA drone was circling a remote valley in northwest Pakistan last month when it picked up an unusual sight: a young woman and children in...
Afghan Taliban deny Joshua Boyle’s claims of murder, rape
PESHAWAR: A Taliban spokesman denied on Sunday accusations by a Canadian man that one of his children had been murdered and his wife raped...
Sikh politician becomes leader of Canada’s third biggest political party
OTTAWA: Jagmeet Singh was named the leader of Canada's New Democratic Party (NDP) on Sunday, the country's third biggest political force after Justin Trudeau's...
Five injured, Somalian suspect arrested as Canada probes ‘act of terrorism’
Canadian police arrested a Somalian man early Sunday suspected of stabbing an officer and deliberately ramming pedestrians during a high-speed chase in a rented...
Canada’s Trudeau sparks Star Wars/Star Trek spat with Chewbacca socks
OTTAWA: Justin Trudeau’s choice in socks sparked a light-hearted Twitter competition between the stars of Star Wars and Star Trek after the Canadian Prime...
