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March 30, 2026 | U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to 'completely obliterate' Iran's power plants, oil infrastructure and even desalination plants, unless a deal is reached. Air Canada's embattled CEO announces his retirement. And legendary Canadian pop star Céline Dion announces her big comeback.Watch The National 9 pm EST Sun - Fri

Alberta's government is calling on Ottawa to change the Constitution to give provinces more of a say in how judges are appointed at the provincial level.

Every province that has released a 2026-27 budget is projecting a deficit. But is that cause for concern?Note: P.E.I and Newfoundland and Labrador had not yet released their budgets at the time of publication.

A week of negotiations has led to 40 species added on a list of protections under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, the 15th meeting of countries that are party to a UN treaty signed in 1979.

A man who crashed his pickup truck into a Detroit-area synagogue earlier in March was carrying out an attack inspired by the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and had sought to inflict as much damage as possible, the FBI said Monday.

As Dayan Goodenowe makes new claims about a potential treatment for Alzheimer's, a former investor says the controversial Moose Jaw-based scientist has a history of making unproven promises that he can't keep.

At least 70 people were killed and 30 injured during an attack near Petite-Rivière in Haiti's Artibonite region, a human rights ‌group said on Monday, numbers that were significantly higher than official estimates which put the death toll at around 16.

If Bill 23 passes, it would be the third time the United Conservative government has substantively amended the Citizen Initiative Act, and the second substantive set amendments to recall legislation since those two democratic options were introduced in 2021.

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has approved a landmark First Nations child welfare deal between the federal government and First Nations in Ontario, partially ending a decades-long discrimination case.

But Dominic LeBlanc, the Canadian minister responsible for bilateral talks, declined to offer details on what progress, if any, has been made or on what new irritants have loomed.

Nylander rises above the fray in a losing season, although his relationship with coach Craig Berube is a topic of constant intrigue.

Gulf allies of the United States, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are urging President Donald Trump to continue prosecuting the war against Iran.

In a press release Monday, Canada Post said it is going ahead with a broad restructuring mandated by the federal government.

Premier Doug Ford, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mayor Olivia Chow made the joint announcement about the Waterfront East LRT Monday.

Canadian National Railway officials said a non-hazardous product used to make household plastics spilled from one of the rail cars.

Taking aim at GO Transit fare evaders, Premier Doug Ford’s government is proposing dramatically increased fines of up to $500.

Accused drug trafficker Brian Da Costa was released on $1.5-million bail in early March. He is currently required to be under constant supervision.

Prime Minister Mark Carney alluded to concerns about forced labour in China on Monday, but stopped short of clarifying his position on an issue his government skirted late last week.

In an emotional video posted on Instagram, the Quebec songstress said she's been feeling good managing her health, and is ready to start performing again.

Why has it taken so long? The country grew bored of space travel, making it a tough sell in hard times

Celine Dion announced on Monday, her birthday, that she will return to the stage this fall with 10 concerts scheduled in Paris, spread out over September and October.

Israel's parliament passed a law on Monday making the death penalty a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, fulfilling a pledge by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right allies.

Israeli police, citing security concerns, had barred church leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate Palm Sunday mass

Led by Saudi Arabia and UAE, allies argue Tehran hasn’t yet been weakened enough, U.S., Gulf and Israeli officials say

Support has dropped sharply in only a few weeks, however, falling from 82.1 per cent to 67.7 per cent

Owner John Sherman impressed by what he saw in Royals’ opening day trip to Atlanta’s Truist Park

Blocking the Persian Gulf is the oldest trick in the book. Its power hasn’t waned at all. Iran knows this – why didn’t Trump?

The U.S. President showed renderings on Sunday of the new building which included ‘bulletproof glass’ and a ‘drone-proof roof’

Cuba prepared on Monday to receive a sanctioned Russian tanker carrying roughly 730,000 barrels of oil, marking the island’s first such delivery this year.

Thousands of soldiers from the U.S. Army's elite 82nd Airborne Division have started arriving in the Middle East, Reuters reported on Monday.

The mixed movements followed a whirlwind of action in the war over the weekend, including an entry into the fighting by Houthi rebels in Yemen.

After the incident, the Mexico City Prosecutor's Office released a statement saying it's 'investigating the death of a person that occurred on March 28 inside Estadio Banorte.'

The chocolate bars were set to be distributed across Europe, but KitKat announced Sunday that a large chunk of its chocolate supply had veered off course.

The thieves forced entry through the main door on the first floor of the museum before escaping with the paintings through the gardens and over a fence.

Spain already said the U.S. could not use jointly operated military bases in Iran conflict, which Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez described as illegal, reckless and unjust.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened widespread destruction of Iran’s energy resources and other vital infrastructure if a deal to end the war is not reached soon.

Pope Leo dedicated his Palm Sunday homily to his insistence that God is the “king of peace” who rejects violence and comforts those who are oppressed.

Pakistan said that the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt were holding talks in Islamabad without U.S. or Israeli participation.

A British Columbia grandmother is stranded in China in a coma with her family unable to pay the hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring her home via air ambulance

Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, issued an order requiring safety and privacy guardrails for artificial intelligence companies contracting with the state.

The White House press secretary said the United States would evaluate oil shipments to Cuba on a “case-by-case basis,” after a Russian tanker full of crude reached the island.

Claudia Sheinbaum, president of Mexico, said her country would take legal steps to demand better conditions at immigration detention facilities, where she said 14 Mexican citizens had died since President Trump took office.

The man who rammed his vehicle into the synagogue was purposely targeting the Jewish community, officials said on Monday, detailing his days of planning.

Almost every ideology can be wielded to make women feel that they’re failing.

The bombing campaign Mr. Trump is threatening in Iran could affect millions of Iranian civilians’ access to water, electricity and food.

The airport near West Palm Beach will be rebranded the President Donald J. Trump International Airport on July 1, if approved by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Fans had high hopes for the event, a Mattel-sanctioned gathering in a Florida convention center. Now, it’s drawing comparisons to Fyre Festival.

Barely out of prototype testing, the Precision Strike Missile is shrouded in secrecy — including which Persian Gulf countries the Army is launching them from.

Architects and preservation organizations have warned that little scrutiny has been given to the project’s design plans.

Asia-Pacific markets fall on Tuesday as investors continued to parse developments in the U.S.-Iran war and volatile crude oil prices.

A new frontier is shaping up for companies that want to make money with artificial intelligence.

Since reporting blowout earnings March 18, the memory maker's shares have slid about 30%.

The Iran war has stalled shipments of oil and its products through the Strait of Hormuz, raising concerns among Chinese manufacturers about supply chain disruptions.

U.S. Treasury yields were lower on Friday as investors looked ahead to job data for the week and monitored the U.S.-Iran war, which entered its fifth week.

Oil prices climbed on Monday after Yemen's Houthis said they had fired missiles at Israel, opening a new front in the U.S.- and Israeli-led conflict with Iran.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke Monday at Harvard University.

The Department of Labor has proposed a rule to let 401(k) plans more easily include alternative assets such as private equity, cryptocurrencies and real estate.

Donald Trump warned the U.S. will completely obliterate all of Iran's electric generating plants, oil wells and Kharg Island if a peace deal is not reached.

Aluminum hit prices not seen since 2022 after Iranian attacks on two Middle Eastern producers over the weekend, amid fears of a supply crisis.

Iran contradicted Trump’s claims that direct talks with more a moderate regime in Tehran were making “great progress.”

Four masked men are believed to have forced their way through an entry gate, grabbed the paintings and escaped by climbing a fence, Italy’s Carabinieri said.

The administration had threatened to punish countries that attempted to break the blockade, which was aimed at weakening the communist government.

Reservists from the IDF’s ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda unit held CNN journalists for two hours on Thursday.

In a rare about-face, the move by Israeli police to block Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa from the holiest site in Christianity was reversed after criticism.

The division of responsibility has left Israel to hunt and kill Iranian leaders ruthlessly, using an intelligence apparatus built up to assassinate with lethal proficiency.

If President Trump approves the plans, such an effort would mark a new phase of the war that could be significantly more dangerous to U.S. troops than the first four weeks.

Former BBC presenter Scott Mills appears on most of the papers, after he was sacked following allegations about his personal conduct.

Weekly food waste collections are required for all English homes as new legislation takes effect.

A reparations scheme offers up to £70k to those who were forced to leave the military for being gay.

BBC Verify examines recent damage to three key Russian oil export facilities near the Baltic Sea.

Defence correspondent Jonathan Beale flies onboard an RAF Voyager as it refuels jets in the Middle East.

Can Universal Credit and the work and benefits system more generally reshape itself to meet a new reality?

Resident doctors announced a six-day strike in England next month after talks broke down last week.

England women's head coach Charlotte Edwards says her players have "100%" been able to address issues surrounding their fitness.

The new law, passed on Monday, was pushed hard by the far-right and Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

Porepunkah has been in the spotlight since Dezi Freeman shot dead two police officers last year.

The letter warns that proceeding with the release of these files would contravene both federal law and long-standing Justice Department policy

Mexico is stepping up planning for the 2026 World Cup after President Claudia Sheinbaum met FIFA chief Gianni Infantino in Mexico City

US president claims ‘serious discussions’ ongoing with Iran to end war after making ‘great progress’ in talks

The president's company recently filed an application for airport-related trademarks

Iraq’s national team plays Bolivia in Mexico on Tuesday for a spot in the World Cup after a chaotic trip nearly derailed its chances

The U.S. Navy recently decommissioned the minesweeping vessels that it had operating in the Persian Gulf region

Hikes to council tax, water, broadband and mobile phone costs are threatening to stretch many households to breaking point, charities have warned.

The French intercept 33 per cent of crossings, with Home Office figures showing rates have fallen to intercepting just 2,064 of 6,233 crossings

Exclusive: Charity warns issue ‘risks becoming even further entrenched’ amid fears of fresh cost of living crisis

Federal prosecutors are investigating whether a New York City council member and her sister accepted bribes linked to the appropriation of city funds to a migrant shelter provider