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Israeli strikes have killed over 40 Lebanese troops since the start of the war between Israel and Hezbollah, even as Lebanon's military has largely kept to the sidelines. Lebanon's caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, condemned the latest strike as an assault on US-led cease-fire efforts, calling it a «direct, bloody message rejecting all efforts and ongoing contacts» to end the war.

NATO, pro-Palestinian protests in Montreal Friday evening.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that “acts of anti-Semitism, intimidation and violence must be condemned,” and that the RCMP is in touch with Montreal Police.The Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) told Global News officers arrested three people on Friday after protestors smashed windows at a convention centre and nearby businesses, ignited smoke bombs and set two cars on fire.A police spokesperson said one civilian and one police officer suffered minor injuries.SPVM Chief Fady Dagher told reporters Saturday evening that he expects more arrests as alleged perpetrators are identified.“We have a lot of investigation techniques showing us some faces, some details, so we’re going to be able to arrest more people in the next days or next weeks,” he said.Multiple social media posts appear to show hundreds of people marching Friday evening and one person burning an effigy with “(Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu to The Hague” written on it.The International Criminal Court just issued a warrant for Netanyahu and is based in The Hague in the Netherlands.“This was nothing like lawful, peaceful protest. This was anarchy,” Defence Minister Bill Blair said, speaking in Halifax.Foreign affairs Minister Mélanie Joly added, “What we saw was not peaceful protest.

Israeli military campaign that appears aimed at pressuring Hezbollah into a cease-fire deal.

Beirut killed at least 15 people, officials said, as the once-rare attacks on the heart of Lebanon's capital continued without warning while diplomats scrambled to broker a cease-fire.

Last month, ex-US president Donald Trump announced he was selling a new collection of his digital trading cards. The cards, announced in typical Trump style on his Truth Social platform, cost $99 (€90) each and if you buy 15 or more, you will receive an actual physical card with a piece of the suit he wore to his debate with Joe Biden.

Bitcoin prices have surged to their highest level since 26 August, propelled by an acceleration in the global central banks' easing cycle.

Gaza Strip. It was their only meal Wednesday — it was all they could afford. «My girls suck on their thumbs because of how hungry they are, and I pat their backs until they sleep,» she said. After being displaced five times, the Eids reside in central Gaza, where aid groups have relatively more access than in the north, which has been largely isolated and heavily destroyed since Israel began waging a renewed offensive against the militant group Hamas in early October. But nearly everyone in Gaza is going hungry these days. In the north experts say a full-blown famine may be underway.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The wait for an end to the Gaza War seems endless, despite mounting evidence of civilian suffering. Of the over-43,000 Gazans killed after Israel began its military action in response to a horrific terror attack, 44% are children, with adult males less than a third of that toll.

International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant, the White House said Thursday. «We remain deeply concerned by the Prosecutor's rush to seek arrest warrants and the troubling process errors that led to this decision. The United States has been clear that the ICC does not have jurisdiction over this matter,» a National Security Council spokesperson said. The statement made no mention of an ICC arrest warrant also issued for Mohammed Deif, the military chief of Hamas.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Some countries have greeted Donald Trump’s election with despair. In India, the dominant feeling is hope.

The stakes are high, with speculation about Khamenei's successor and the broader implications for Iran's political landscape. Iranian journalist and analyst Ashkan Safaei Hakimi outlines two main scenarios: one where a new leader attempts to improve relations with the West, likely only creating a perception of reform, and another where political instability leads to a popular uprising and potential regime change. Khamenei has been Iran's supreme leader for nearly three decades, holding immense power over major issues like foreign policy and the nuclear program. Speculation about his health intensified after an October 27 New York Times report suggested his son, Mojtaba Khamenei, might be his successor. Over the weekend, rumors surfaced that Khamenei was in a coma, but Iranian state media countered these claims by publishing a photo of him meeting with Iran's ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani.

Tax Justice Network's 'State of Tax Justice 2024' report was made public on Tuesday. It has dropped like a grenade into the neatly-raked zen garden of global finance. The report reveals a staggering $492 bn lost annually to global tax- dodging that's lounging in secret offshore accounts, funding billionaire jets, yachts and even booking for future intergalactic travel. This is a tale of two kinds of tax-avoiders: one, corporate; the other, personal. Two-thirds of the total $347.6 bn comes from MNCs playing an elaborate game of offshore hopscotch to underpay taxes. The remaining third, $144.8 bn, stems from HNIs hiding their treasure chests in tax havens. So, who's enabling this grand evasion? Eight countries, the 'Elite Eight', are at the forefront: Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Britain and the US. Together, these economic heavyweights are responsible for nearly half of global tax abuse losses.

Gaza, accusing council members of cynically rejecting attempts at reaching a compromise. The 15-member council voted on a resolution put forward by its 10 non-permanent members in a meeting that called for an «immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire» and separately demand the release of hostages. Only the U.S. voted against, using its veto as a permanent council member to block the resolution.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. VIENNA—Iran sharply increased its stockpile of nearly weapons-grade uranium amid its confrontation with Israel, according to the United Nations atomic-energy agency, in a challenge to the incoming Trump administration. Iran’s decision to expand its stockpiles of nuclear fuel and its failure to fully cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the IAEA, which monitors Tehran’s work, is set to trigger fresh diplomatic pressure from Europe.

Last year, then-presidential candidate Javier Milei declared Argentina would not “make deals with communists” in China or Brazil, calling their leaders “murderers” and “thieves” in a bid to channel the populist energies of Donald Trump into a winning p...

Hezbollah and that gaps were narrowing, signalling progress in Washington's efforts to clinch a ceasefire. White House envoy Amos Hochstein spoke in Beirut following talks with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a day after the Lebanese government and Iran-backed Hezbollah agreed to a U.S. ceasefire proposal, albeit with some comments on the content. «I came back because we have a real opportunity to bring this conflict to an end,» Hochstein said at a press conference after the meeting. «It is now within our grasp. As the window is now, I hope the coming days yield a resolute decision.»

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. An airstrike killed five people in central Beirut, and rockets fired from Lebanon killed one person in northern Israel and caused several injuries in a Tel Aviv suburb, amid a continuing U.S. push for a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hezbollah militants.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. TEL AVIV—As Israel advances its invasion of southern Lebanon, its troops are finding large troves of Russian weapons, confirming longstanding suspicions in Israel that Hezbollah is enhancing its fighting capacity with the help of sophisticated Russian arms. Some of the weapons, which include modern Kornet antitank missiles manufactured as recently as 2020, were sent to southern Lebanon in recent years from Russian stockpiles in neighboring Syria, according to Syrian security officials and an Arab official.