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Netflix confirmed on Thursday that a sequel to KPop Demon Hunters, the streaming platform's most watched film of all time, is officially in development.

Conservative defence critic James Bezan says it's "really shameful" the federal government did not tell the public that the airbase in Kuwait, where the Canadian Armed Forces have a camp, was hit by an Iranian missile attack on March 1.

The chiefs of four British Columbia First Nations have told Conservative member of Parliament Aaron Gunn to "chillax" after he criticized land acknowledgments spoken before public events.

An alleged drug smuggler for accused kingpin Ryan Wedding – recently linked to a man charged in a sprawling Toronto police corruption probe – has been moved to a special jail unit. Gurpreet Singh's lawyer told a court about the development, days after CBC News revealed Singh's ties to Project South.

Israel's military on Thursday said it was dropping charges against five soldiers accused of sexually assaulting a Palestinian detainee in an incident partially caught on camera. The decision closed a case that has bitterly divided the country since the soldiers were arrested in 2024 at the notorious Sde Teiman military prison.

A political party created just four years ago and led by an ex-rapper has swept Nepal's parliamentary poll, results published by the electoral commission on Thursday showed.

Police say a suspected gunman who attacked a Detroit-area synagogue with a vehicle is dead.

Effects of the Mideast conflict are now reverberating in Toronto after a shipment of rice meant for the city's Daily Bread Food Bank was struck Wednesday in the Strait of Hormuz near Iran, the food bank's CEO says.

When Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives for a weekend visit in Norway on Friday, he will be confronted with a snapshot of the risks Canada could face in a warming, more accessible and more contested Arctic.

Executive director Diana Sanchez trims the lineup and overhauls the board to stabilize the festival following a $2.6M deficit and turmoil.

The Ducks rookie was expecting somewhere between 30 and 45 people in attendance to watch him play the hometown Leafs.

Thousands are expected to demonstrate in downtown Toronto on Saturday.

The civil liberties’ group says the committee process made the bill worse by removing a Criminal Code religious exemption for hate speech.

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree tabled a bill that makes it easier and faster for Canadian police and spy agencies to get information in the digital age.

Prince Andrew Island got its name in 1978, a year after Mountbatten-Windsor spent a semester at the local Lakefield College.

Canada has an operational support hub at the airbase, which also hosts the United States Air Force.

The hit Canadian TV show starring Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie has become a cultural phenomenon. Here's everything to know.

Documents show Bob Gale, an ardent collector of historical items, acquired an inscribed edition of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" manifesto in 2010 from an American auction house.

A man armed with a rifle rammed his vehicle into one of the nation’s largest reform synagogues in a Detroit suburb and was fatally shot by security Thursday, The Associated Press has learned.

Human rights groups accused the military of ignoring one of the gravest instances of abuse in the country’s network of wartime prisons

Inside Beirut’s main stadium and in hotels, schools and cinemas, displaced families search for safety as conflict between Israel and Hezbollah escalates

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration said on Wednesday it was launching two trade investigations into excess industrial capacity and into forced labor in dozens of countries, rebuilding tariff pressure after the Supreme Court tore down much of Trump's tariff program last month.

Iran will fight on and keep the Strait of Hormuz shut, new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Thursday in a statement read out on state television, the first remarks attributed to him since he succeeded his slain father.

Suspect is identified as ex-Army National Guard member with past conviction after shooting leaves gunman and one victim dead

Security at Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township engaged in gunfire with suspect, authorities say

The war in the Middle East is creating the biggest oil supply disruption in history, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday, a day after it agreed to release a record volume from strategic stockpiles to offset shortages and a spike in prices.

Hours-long queues for cooking fuel becomes a daily struggle amid surging prices and the fear supplies will run out

He has been dogged for years by reports of mistreatment of his staff as well as his years-long use of unpaid interns

The meeting, set for the afternoon of March 16, will be the third time Carney and the King have meet since Carney became prime minister a year ago.

Canada has an operational support hub at the Ali Al-salem Air Base, which also hosts the U.S. Air Force and was reportedly hit by an Iranian missile on March 1.

Water treatment centres in the Persian Gulf region are under threat amid the Iran war, with desalination plants in areas like Bahrain taking damage from strikes.

The government says the funding will go through United Nations agencies and the Red Cross to provide food, medical services, shelter and clean water.

Some experts say that a cyberwar through 'proxies' may be the next stage of the Iran war, with civilian infrastructure also coming under threat.

John Gradek said that the price of jet fuel is up about 30 per cent and the cost of fuel represents about 30 per cent of an airline's operating costs.

Some Canadians who wanted to leave Kuwait had been denied exit permits by their employers. "The situation is a hostage-like one," one Canadian there said.

Iran’s secretive new supreme leader on Thursday vowed to keep up attacks on Gulf Arab countries and use the effective closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz as leverage.

U.S. benchmark crude oil jumped US$4.52 to US$91.77 a barrel. Brent, the international standard, climbed US$5.34 to US$97.32 per barrel after briefly eclipsing the US$100 level.

As Iran’s regime suppresses protests and launches missiles at neighbouring countries in response to the U.S. and Israeli war, its sons and daughters are living more comfortably.

The inauguration of Chile’s new president, José Antonio Kast, is the latest milestone in a broader shift toward conservatism and pro-Trump alignment in the region.

Downtown Los Angeles hit the 90s on Thursday, and Phoenix was on track to push above 100 next week.

As a historian and diplomat, he gave intellectual shape to his people and made sure that they played a role in negotiating their future.

Also, a Michigan synagogue was attacked. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

By suing Republican states and making sharp reversals in old cases, the Trump administration is using courts to fast-track major shifts in policy.

Although he wasn’t blind, he sang in three different gospel groups known as the Blind Boys before making a splash on the R&B and pop charts.

Before he retired, Maj. Gen. William N. McCasland oversaw a research laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio.

The billionaire is said to be willing to spend up to $5 million to help Assemblyman Micah Lasher in his bid to replace Representative Jerrold Nadler, bypassing a Kennedy scion, Jack Schlossberg.

After postponing launch opportunities in February and March, the agency determined that four astronauts could proceed toward the first crewed lunar journey in more than 50 years.

Despite locals’ concerns about noise and possible pollution, Mississippi is allowing Mr. Musk’s company to operate gas turbines there that will help power its chatbot.

The newly created account was busy posting on Thursday, its first day being active on the X social media platform.

The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed to shipping because of the war against Iran by the U.S. and Israel.

The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling, said President Trump was not authorized by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, IEEPA, to impose tariffs.

European stocks ended Thursday's session lower as investors monitor the Iran war and global oil prices.

"This is not meant to be punitive," Michael told CNBC's "Squawk Box."

Leonardo said Thursday that it is on "a path of strong growth," as defense companies see opportunities in the wars in Iran and Ukraine.

Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has said all U.S. military bases in the Middle East should close immediately as those bases will be attacked.

Social media firms need to use better age verification technologies to keep children off their platforms, the U.K.'s Information Commissioner's Office said.

The Pentagon officially designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk last week, but the DOD is still using Claude for the war in Iran.

President Donald Trump said oil companies should send tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, which has remained effectively closed due to the war on Iran.

Rescue efforts are ongoing, officials said, after the KC-135 tanker and another aircraft were involved in an apparent accident.

The war is expanding into Lebanon, as an Israeli offensive to dismantle Hezbollah has displaced 800,000 people there, with more than 680 people killed.

The incident, in a laundry room on the USS Gerald R. Ford, is another setback during the ship’s extended deployment.

The general staff said that it used Storm Shadow missiles, which are produced jointly by Britain and France, to hit a plant that makes microchips and high-end electronics.

The International Energy Agency announced that it would carry out its largest-ever release of oil reserves — 400 million barrels.

The U.S.-based companies, Planet Labs and Vantor, say they were not instructed by any government to restrict image access.

The strike on an Iranian elementary school killed at least 175, many of them children, raising questions as to whether the military’s use of AI-enabled targeting was a factor.

French aid worker Karine Buisset died in the attack. Two others were also killed, according to rebel group M23. Congo’s government and M23 blamed each other.

As Washington focuses on its push to topple Iran’s government, delaying talks on Russia’s war in Ukraine, some in Moscow say the Kremlin must achieve its goals militarily.

Food deliveries and the prospect of medical care abroad gave Gazans reasons to hope, but the Iran conflict has closed the door on progress again.

Armed police were scrambled to the scene and pictured as they entered classrooms.

Nasa says technical problems that have delayed the rocket are fixed and it is ready for launch.

The BBC visited the city of Nabatieh, witnessing the pace and scale of Israel's bombing as its war with Hezbollah continues to escalate.

Home Office statistics show more than 80,333 people were waiting for appeals to be heard at the end of 2025, up from 41,987 a year earlier.

The Israeli military's top lawyer cites "exceptional circumstances" for dropping the case involving a Palestinian man held at Sde Teiman military prison.

The dating coach was diagnosed with bowel cancer in December 2023 but says treatment has been unsuccessful.

British forces based in Iraq shot down two drones overnight, Defence Secretary John Healey has confirmed.

Mojtaba Khamenei issues first message as Supreme Leader, but doesn’t appear in person.

Six ships have been reportedly attacked in the Gulf in less than 48 hours, bringing the total vessels attacked during the war to 18.

Glasgow City Council said the decision was made due to public safety concerns.

CENCTOM said the incident ‘was not due to hostile or friendly fire’

One of the hottest tickets in Rome these days is for a four-lecture series on the Antichrist being given by Silicon Valley tech billionaire Peter Thiel

The Michigan synagogue that was attacked is one of the largest reform congregations in the U.S. Temple Israel was founded in 1941 in the city of Detroit and relocated to West Bloomfield in the 1980s

The suspects, arrested under the National Security Act, can now be held in custody until 20 March

During the event the president was even presented with a special medal by a female Olympian

High Court records show an intellectual property claim was filed by Estee Lauder Europe and Jo Malone Limited

Tehran has warned the US and Israeli against attacking its energy infrastructure

Gunman also dead after violence erupted on campus at the public college in Norfolk, Virginia

The bridge project is estimated to cost $3 billion

AI’s kill chain leaves an evidence trail in Gaza and Iran. Sam Kiley, world affairs editor, explains