KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian leaders asked Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Saturday to allow more of their people to come to Canada, and to push the West to arm their military to fight their Russian aggressors. Harper left Kyiv Saturday promising to make the plight of Ukraine in its fightRead More

Mississauga– A new express train to Pearson International Airport made its maiden voyage at the crack of dawn on Saturday. The Union Pearson Express was filled with eager riders who were given free tickets through a Metrolinx contest as it pulled out of Union Station at around 5:30 a.m. forRead More

MONTREAL — Hundreds of people are lining up to pay their respects to former Quebec premier Jacques Parizeau. Parizeau’s body is lying in state at the building housing the Caisse de depots et placement du Quebec, the provincial pension fund manager that Parizeau helped create in the 1960s. Several provincialRead More

PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN: A Pakistani court has freed eight out of 10 men charged with organising the shooting of schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai, police said today, a move that will raise further questions about the nation’s heavily criticised justice system. Pakistani Taliban militants claimed responsibility for attacking Malala in 2012 asRead More

BEIJING: Japan’s Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso held talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing today, media reported, in the latest sign of warming ties between the East Asian giants. Aso, who is also Japan’s finance minister, agreed with Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli to strengthen “relations of trust,” between theirRead More

ATHENS: Greece delayed repayment of an IMF loan today and a deputy minister said Athens might call snap elections to break an impasse with lenders that threatens to push the country into bankruptcy and out of the euro. European stocks fell and Greek bond yields shot higher as investors worriedRead More

JIANLI: An irate relative of two passengers missing aboard a Chinese cruise ship which capsized on the Yangtze River publicly accused the government of treating its people like enemies, as officials struggled to contain public anger over the disaster. Only 14 survivors, one of them the captain, have been foundRead More

TOKYO: Japan’s Emperor Akihito has told Philippine President Benigno Aquino his country feels “remorse” for its actions during World War II, in what one commentator said was a prod to nationalist Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Akihito’s role is narrowly defined and he is expected to stay above the fray, soRead More

New Delhi: Sikh groups today staged a protest outside Congress headquarters here over claims that have emerged regarding the clean chit to party leader Jagdish Tytler in connection with his alleged role in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. Scores of placard-bearing protesters gathered in front of the Congress headquarters onRead More

New Delhi, Jun 5 : Strongly condemning terror attack on army personnel in Manipur, President Pranab Mukherjee today said such random attacks on security forces performing their duty must be put down with a firm hand. “I am extremely sad to learn about the terror attack of yesterday in whichRead More