Donald Trump selects US ambassador to Canada for the post of UN ambassador
Feb 23, 2019, at 10:09 am
Washington, Feb 23 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump on Saturday named current American ambassador to Canada to be the new US ambassador to the United Nations.
House of Horror: US couple plead guilty to torturing their child
Feb 23, 2019, at 09:49 am
New York, Feb 23 (IBNS): District Attorney Mike Hestrin announced today, Feb. 22, 2019, that David and Louise Turpin entered guilty pleas this morning in the case involving the abuse of their children.
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Donald Trump to meet China’s Vice Premier Liu today
Feb 22, 2019, at 10:13 am
Washington, Feb 22 (UNI/IBNS) US President Donald Trump will meet Vice Premier of the People’s Republic of China in the White House on Friday to conduct trade talks, the US president’s administration said.
Canada PM Trudeau announces funding for Halifax expressway
Feb 21, 2019, at 10:45 pm
Ottawa/Halifax, Feb 21 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced federal funding of $86.5 million for the improvement of a busy expressway in Halifax, media reports said.
Hoda Muthana: Trump bars US-born woman who joined ISIS from returning
Feb 21, 2019, at 08:59 am
Washington, Feb 21 (UNI) US President Donald Trump have said that the woman who left the US to become a propagandist for the Islamic State (IS) group will not be allowed to return to US.
US: Donald Trump says, he is in no rush for N Korea to denuclearise
Feb 20, 2019, at 09:49 am
Washington, Feb 20 (UNI) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he expected North Korea to end its nuclear program, but he is in no rush and has no pressing time schedule for Pyongyang to ultimately denuclearise.
Top US legal rights group ACLU files lawsuit challenging Trump emergency - Court Documents
Feb 20, 2019, at 09:05 am
Washington, Feb 20 (Sputnik) Lawyers from the same legal rights group that took the fight against the US travel ban all the way to the Supreme Court filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency to fund building a wall on the southern border, court documents revealed.
Another Canadian woman who shifted to Syria for ISIS-linked husband misses home
Feb 19, 2019, at 09:22 pm
Ottawa, Feb 19 (IBNS): After Amy, now another Canadian woman, who got married to husband and went to Syria, has confessed that she is missing her country, media reports said.
Canada PM Trudeau's principal secretary resigns
Feb 19, 2019, at 09:19 pm
Ottawa, Feb 19 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's principal secretary and longtime friend Gerald Butts has stepped down, media reports said.
Canada: Politicians to return to Ontario legislature tomorrow
Feb 18, 2019, at 04:39 pm
Toronto, Feb 18 (IBNS): Canadian politicians will return to the Ontario legislature on Tuesday after a winter break, CTV News reported.
Canadian 'ISIS bride' in Syria seeks to return home
Feb 18, 2019, at 04:29 pm
Ottawa, Feb 18 (IBNS): Canadian woman, who had once married an ISIS-supporting husband and shifted to Syria, is now seeking to return to her own country, media reports said.
Ex-FBI chief claims Trump chose to believe Putin over US intelligence on N Korea missiles
Feb 18, 2019, at 11:56 am
Moscow, Feb 18 (Sputnik) US President Donald Trump did not believe US intelligence officials, who tried to persuade him that North Korea was capable of hitting the US territory with ballistic missiles, because Russian President Vladimir Putin convinced him that Pyongyang did not have such missiles, Andrew McCabe, who served as FBI acting director from May to August 2017, told the CBS News broadcaster.
US President Donald Trump urges European allies to take back 800 IS fighters
Feb 17, 2019, at 05:03 pm
Washington, Feb 17 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump on Sunday urged European allies to "take back over 800" ISIS fighters who were captured from Syria.
Heather Nauert withdraws her nomination for post of US ambassador to UN
Feb 17, 2019, at 09:56 am
Washington, Feb 17 (IBNS): The US State Department on Sunday confirmed that its spokesperson Heather Nauert has withdrawn her nomination for the post of US Ambassador to the United Nations.
Team Ontario announces its roster for 2019 Canada Winter Games
Feb 15, 2019, at 11:29 pm
Toronto, Feb 15 (IBNS): Team Ontario on Friday announced the full roster of 350 athletes, coaches, managers and support staff for the upcoming 2019 Canada Winter Games, media reports said.
US President Donald Trump declares national emergency to build border wall
Feb 15, 2019, at 11:01 pm
Washington DC, Feb 15 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump today said he would declare a national emergency on the southern border to unlock money to build his proposed wall.
Canada: Sentencing of woman guilty of terror charges in Toronto today
Feb 14, 2019, at 06:11 pm
Toronto, Feb 14 (IBNS): The sentencing of a woman who is found to be guilty of terror charges for attacking workers in Toronto's Canadian Tree will be pronounced here on Thursday.
Feb 13, 2019, at 06:34 pm
Washington, Feb 13 (IBNS): The top US commander on the Korean Peninsula told Senate lawmakers that despite 'reduction' in tensions there has been "little to no verifiable change" in North Korea's s military capabilities since President Donald Trump met Kim Jong Un in Singapore last year.
Canadian man fighting for ISIS now wants to return home
Feb 13, 2019, at 03:33 pm
Ottawa, Feb 13 (IBNS): Canadian man Mohammed Ali, who fought for ISIS for four years, now wants to return home with the help of the Canadian government, media reports said.
Donald Trump's 'supporter' attacks BBC cameraman
Feb 12, 2019, at 03:22 pm
Texas, Feb 12 (IBNS): British media giant BBC claimed that a supporter of US President Donald Trump has attacked their cameraman during a campaign rally in El Paso.
Liberals will win in Burnaby South, says Canada PM Trudeau; Jagmeet Singh seeks seat
Feb 11, 2019, at 10:09 pm
Ottawa, Feb 11 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said his Liberal Party will win Burnaby South by-elections, in which New Democratic leader Jagmeet Singh is seeking a seat, media reports said.
Former US First Lady Michelle Obama makes surprise appearance at Grammy Awards
Feb 11, 2019, at 09:07 am
Washington, Feb 11 (IBNS): Surprising people attending the gala event of the year, former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama made a surprise appearance at the opening address at the 61st Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Democrat Elizabeth Warren launches her 2020 US Presidential campaign
Feb 10, 2019, at 07:36 pm
Washington, Feb 10 (IBNS): Democrat Elizabeth Warren on Saturday officially announced her 2020 presidential campaign during a rally in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Canada: Quebec apartment building fire claims three lives
Feb 09, 2019, at 10:50 pm
Quebec City, Feb 9 (IBNS): Three members were killed after a fire broke out at an apartment building in Longueuil, Quebec early Saturday morning, media reports said.
Canada: Quebec mosque killer gets life imprisonment
Feb 09, 2019, at 10:24 pm
Quebec City, Feb 9 (IBNS): Quebec Superior Court on Friday sentenced a Quebec mosque shooter to life imprisonment, media reports said.
New York: US man arrested for trying to join Pakistan-based terror group
Feb 09, 2019, at 04:04 pm
New York, Feb 9 (IBNS): A New York man has been charged with attempting and conspiring to provide material support to Lashkar e-Tayyiba (“LeT”), a Pakistan-based designated foreign terrorist organization responsible for multiple high-profile attacks, including the infamous Mumbai attacks in Nov. 2008, US officials said.
Canada sees rush of 67,000 new jobs in January
Feb 08, 2019, at 10:00 pm
Ottawa, Feb 8 (IBNS): Canada saw a rush of 67,000 net new jobs in the month of January, Statistics Canada said.
Canada: Quebec court to deliver verdict on Mosque killing incident
Feb 08, 2019, at 09:58 pm
Quebec City, Feb 8 (IBNS): Quebec Superior Court will on Friday deliver its judgement on the case pertaining to the killing of six worshippers at Quebec City mosque by one Alexandre Bissonnette in 2017, media reports said.
US initiative to empower women globally to include projects in India
Feb 08, 2019, at 09:08 pm
Washington DC, Feb 8 (IBNS): The US government has launched a programme to economically empower women around the world and media reports said two projects will be taken up in partnership with the private sector in India.
Former ISIS sex slaves residing in Canada get threat calls, messages
Feb 06, 2019, at 03:34 pm
Ottawa, Feb 6 (IBNS): Former ISIS sex slaves, who have been sheltered by Canada, are getting calls and messages threatening of rape and murder, media reports said.