The top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says he's holding up $75 million in U.S. assistance to Afghanistan until he gets answers from the Obama administration about alleged cash payments from the CIA to Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
Canadian doctors are gathering across the country today to protest the federal government’s cuts to refugee health care benefits. The National Day of Action, organized by Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care, will include demonstrations in front of legislatures, city halls and immigration offices from St. John’s to Victoria.
Deep differences over Syria's fierce civil war clouded a summit of world leaders Monday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin defiantly rejecting calls from the U.S., Britain and France to halt his political and military support for Syrian leader Bashar Assad's regime.
An Independent politician in the Nova Scotia legislature has pleaded guilty to fraud over $5,000 and breach of trust for his role in the province's spending scandal.
Montreal's Mayor Michael Applebaum, who promised to restore public confidence amid Quebec’s widespread corruption scandal, has been arrested and charged with fraud, conspiracy, breach of trust, and corruption in municipal affairs.
