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The U.S. and Ecuador carried out a joint operation targeting drug trafficking operations in the ‌South American country, authorities in both countries said on Friday, with the U.S. calling the move "lethal kinetic operations."

Andrew Chang explains why U.S. President Donald Trump decided to attend this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner for the first time as a president, after boycotting the annual event during his first term.Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters and Getty Images

Frank Stronach will no longer face an attempted rape charge connected to one of the complainants in his sexual assault trial, court heard on Friday. Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy indicated she will be entering a not guilty verdict on that count, along with two other counts, meaning the Canadian businessman now faces nine charges instead of the original 12.

Daryl Hannah has issued a scathing response to the new TV series about John F. Kennedy Jr. and wife Carolyn Bessette, denouncing the way she's been portrayed in the FX and Hulu show as false, damaging and misogynistic.

Heated Rivalry showrunner Jacob Tierney will write, direct and executive produce new series Alexander, adapted from Vancouver author Annabel Lyon's 2009 novel The Golden Mean, Netflix announced Thursday.

A Winnipeg woman killed in a bus crash while on vacation is being remembered as a determined, caring and selfless mother who always offered a helping hand to those who needed it — whether it be volunteering or rescuing stray cats.

Ottawa and Alberta have reached an agreement that will see the province take control of regulatory approvals for major projects, something they say will deliver those projects more expeditiously.

U.S. crude prices rise above $90 per barrel for the first time in more than two years.

Nazem Kadri is going back to Colorado. The Avalanche acquired the 35-year-old from the rebuilding Calgary Flames on Friday, ahead of the NHL trade deadline.

Toronto is under a special weather statement for Friday into Saturday, with up to 25 millimetres of rain expected on top of melting snow.

Aviannah was last seen around 12:40 p.m. Friday near Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street West. Police say she was taken from her legal guardian.

Drawing a distinction between Gulf states and NATO members, the prime minister said no country in the alliance has yet been hit by an Iranian attack.

Officers responded to reports of a two-vehicle crash in the area of Gerry Fitzgerald Drive and Steeles Ave West just before 6:45 p.m.

PM Carney said the actions that have caused Andrew to be stripped of his royal titles "necessitate" his removal from the line of succession.

Bobby McMann to Seattle and Scott Laughton to L.A. bring little in return, Oliver Ekman-Larsson stays.

Reps for the duchess and the streamer say the split is amicable.

A case has been confirmed in an unimmunized child and people may have been exposed at Ritson North Urgent Care and Lakeridge Health Oshawa.

The mining industry’s biggest conference was full of optimists as the Carney government promised funding and streamlined approvals.

The debate over daylight saving time in Ontario was re-ignited this week after B.C. announced it'll making the change for the last time this weekend.

Here’s a country-by-country breakdown of the impact of the war so far

Israel pursued a major expansion of the war in Lebanon, pounding the capital Beirut on Friday with 26 waves of attacks.

Trump rules out talks with Iran unless it agrees to ‘unconditional surrender’

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death leaves a sectarian wound that some suspect will fester into new violence

Blast killed more than 165 people, most of them of children, according to Iranian state media

The Globe's Mark MacKinnon describes how central Beirut has become a hub for refugees fleeing Israeli strikes, looking for transport away from southern parts of the city.The UN refugee agency said on Friday that nearly 100,000 people have been displaced within Lebanon and tens of thousands of Syrian refugees there have fled back over the border, calling the situation in the region a "major humanitarian emergency."Israel has issued large-scale evacuation orders for southern Lebanon and parts o...

The diverse war aims the U.S. President has set out amount to a multiple-choice proposition for opponents of his war effort

Event’s focus on diversity and inclusion must contend with some countries absent or boycotting and air-travel chaos caused by war in the Middle East

The Pentagon slapped a formal supply-chain risk designation on artificial intelligence lab Anthropic on Thursday, limiting use of a technology that a source said was being used for military operations in Iran.

Sri Lanka has released video showing its navy personnel rescuing Iranian sailors from a warship that was sunk by a torpedo from a U.S. submarine on Wednesday.

The comments were notable coming from the leader of a member of the Commonwealth, all 14 of which would need to approve a change to the line of succession.

The U.S. says it has stuck a new agreement to provide up to US$20 billion in reinsurance coverage to 'restore confidence in maritime trade' amid the Iran war.

The sources, who were not authorized to comment publicly, cautioned that the U.S. intelligence has not uncovered that Russia is directing Iran on what to do with the information.

Leavitt also said Washington was looking at potential candidates to lead Iran, a day after Trump said that the U.S. must be involved in choosing the next leader of Iran.

Canada has arranged a chartered flight departing from the UAE, which has the highest number of Canadians registered in the region, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said.

Trump posted to Truth Social that 'we, and many of our wonderful and very brave allies and partners, will work tirelessly to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction.'

Carney met with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday, citing where the two countries want to collaborate, from cyber policy to Arctic security and addressing climate change.

Carignan said a meeting is set for early Friday morning to discuss such a proposal among allied militaries and that a recommendation would be presented to the government.

The move comes after rounds of Trump administration officials have visited the South American nation after January's U.S. military operation.

Canadians arriving in Toronto after leaving Dubai describe cancelled flights, missile interceptions and limited government help getting home.

China is learning lessons from the war in Iran. Chief among them, the United States may pose an even greater threat than Beijing thought.

For decades, enthusiasts rode the cresting Eisbach creek in the southern German city, some 200 miles from the nearest coast. But the wave has vanished, prompting arguments about how to restore it.

In his National Cybersecurity Strategy, President Trump sought an expanded role for private firms in cyberwarfare. He did not take on China or Russia in the document.

The decisions by Darrell Issa and Kevin Kiley, made newly vulnerable by redistricting, demonstrated the challenges Republicans face in a difficult midterm environment.

Russia’s flag was paraded at the opening ceremony of the Paralympics for the first time since 2014 prompting a boycott by several nations led by Ukraine.

The large-scale, public event in Chicago on Friday caps two weeks of memorials for Mr. Jackson, the civil rights leader, who died at 84.

There are times when it is clear what it means to stand up for what is right.

The severe weather outbreak “wreaked havoc” in the area of Union City, Mich., an official said. Injuries were also reported in multiple southwestern Michigan counties.

President Trump, who values loyalty, has at times tried to distance himself from his administration’s own actions when they become politically toxic.

President Trump laid out yet another, more ambitious goal of U.S. military action, one that could extend the war.

Palantir's stock had its best week since August and outperformed all of its large-cap tech peers after the U.S. attacked Iran.

Amazon joined Microsoft and Google in continue to offer Anthropic's Claude AI technology to customers after the Pentagon deemed it a "supply chain risk."

Anthropic said even with the designation, the government can't forbid it from working with companies in other capacities.

CBP told Judge Richard Eaton that the technology upgrades it plans would save more than 4 million man-hours in processing refunds for Trump's tariffs.

Marvell shares surged on Friday after the company beat earnings expectations and issued strong guidance on continuing AI demand.

The oil market is worried that Gulf countries will have to shut production if tankers are unable to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

Cloud vendors are letting customers know that Anthropic's popular AI tools can still be accessed after the Department of Defense blacklisted the company.

While regional sales will be impacted, the closing of the Strait of Hormuz and rising oil prices will have ripple effects across the global automotive industry.

Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase 50,000 in February while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%.

Zealand and Roche are jointly developing the drug petrelintide which in a mid-stage study led to a worse-than-expected 10.7% weight-loss over 42 weeks.

The Justice Department has formed a working group to examine bringing federal charges against officials or entities within Cuba’s government.

On Day 7 of the war, Israel launched attacks on Tehran and bombarded Lebanon. Iran retaliated against Israel and the region.

Swarms of low-cost drones used by the Russians in Ukraine have been breaching U.S. air defense systems and striking targets across the Middle East.

The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the officials said.

Three U.S. fighter jets involved in the offensive against Iran were shot down mistakenly by Kuwait’s air defenses, the U.S. military’s Central Command said.

A new Pew survey shows that other countries’ citizens tend to look more favorably on their neighbors.

The abrupt cancellation of a training event has put a spotlight on the 82nd Airborne Division, which specializes in ground combat and other fraught missions.

Beijing kicked off its top annual political gathering, pledging to further insulate its economy from Trump’s tariffs and accelerate efforts to supercharge its military.

Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon intensified, and countries including Azerbaijan and Saudi Arabia reported fresh attacks.

New flights to the UK from the Middle East follow days of widespread air travel disruption which had left Britons stranded.

Spring has started on a relatively dry and mild note but as Chris Fawkes explains, a change to wetter, windier and colder weather is on the way next week.

Economic consequences are an intrinsic aspect of the Iran conflict, writes BBC economics editor Faisal Islam.

The 27-year-old took fans on a memorable journey through a decade of his music at London's O2 arena.

The Department of Homeland Security did not disclose Martinez was shot by one of its agents until almost a year later.

The aircraft is the fastest bomber in the US Air Force and is piloted by a crew of four.

The Iran war is posing a test for the Canadian prime minister's "pragmatic but principled" approach to world affairs.

The move is backed by the right-wing Swiss People's Party, which says the current fee is unjustified because of the high cost of living.

The convicted murderer has been in hospital since late February after being hit on the head in prison.

The conflict in the Middle East continues to lead today's papers as the US calls for Iran's "unconditional surrender".

Families and supporters of Americans detained in Iran worry that their loved ones risk becoming collateral damage amid continued Israeli and American bombardment, or victims of retaliation from Iran’s repressive regime

A deluge of misrepresented or fabricated videos has spread widely online since the Iran war began last weekend, fueled in part by state-linked propaganda influence campaigns — particularly around who is winning the war and how bad casualties have been

The Iditarod returns to Anchorage as hundreds of dogs and their mushers line up for the race’s ceremonial start

The price of oil surged higher and showed no signs of halting its rapid climb a week after the U.S. and Israel launched major attacks on Iran that escalated into a war in the Middle East

The family of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is honoring him with a private memorial at Rainbow PUSH headquarters in Chicago

Formula One appears to have delayed a decision until later this month on whether to cancel its races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in April which have been placed in doubt due to the Iran war

The administration has said it’s open to sending troops to the battlefield if necessary but so far hasn’t needed to

Charles “Sonny” Burton is scheduled to be executed March 12 for his role in a 1991 robbery in which a man was fatally shot

Women in South Africa are turning to guns and martial arts for self-defense in a country where rates of gender-based violence are extremely high

The travel chaos from the war in the Middle East has ensnared many of the Muslims who have converged on Saudi Arabia for the Umrah pilgrimage, leaving them stranded and scrambling to find other ways home