MOSCOW (Reuters) – The head of a Taliban delegation visiting Moscow said on Tuesday that Afghanistan peace talks with the United States last month had been a success, the Interfax news agency reported. The United States held peace negotiations with the Taliban in Qatar that ended with signs of progress toward the withdrawal of thousands of foreign troops from Afghanistan […]

A report on the controversial practice of street checks in Halifax has been delayed until March. The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission confirmed to Global News that the report will be released March 27. The delay was first reported in The Coast. Scot Wortley, a University of Toronto criminology professor and researcher on race and crime, is the man writing […]

‘Will we be Olympic Britain or Brexit Britain?’: Broadcaster Sir Simon Schama says UK has hit pivotal point in history after collecting knighthood from Prince William Sir Simon Schama made the comments after he collected his knighthood today Said UK is living through ‘awful’ period and Brexit has put ‘great strain’ on nation Author compared political climate with success of […]

Dutch MP who branded Islam ‘a disease’ and was right-hand man for far-right politician Geert Wilders announces he has become a Muslim Joram van Klaveren was an MP for far-right Party for Freedom from 2010 to 2017 He was the ‘right-hand man’ of its Islamophobe leader Geert Wilders Called Islam ‘the biggest disease to have hit our country in hundred […]

With Brexit less than eight weeks away, it’s becoming clear that the British economy is stalling as firms struggle with the uncertainty over what will happen. Hot on the heels of the news that carmaker Nissan is scrapping plans to build a new SUV in its plant in northeast England, a survey on Tuesday showed that the British economy as […]

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland will aim to ensure there is as little friction as possible in trade across its border with British-ruled Northern Ireland if Britain crashes out of the European Union without a deal, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said on Tuesday. “What we would want to do is be in a position where we have as low friction trade […]

Officials at an undersea Cape Breton coal mine broke a provincial regulation by not reporting a massive roof cave-in until government inspectors showed up 15 days after the first rock crashed down, according to provincial documents citing the firm for contravening rules last fall. Documents obtained through freedom-of-information legislation outline the inspections, citations and fines imposed on the Donkin mine, […]

COX’S BAZAR (Reuters) – U.N. refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie on Tuesday visited camps in Bangladesh for Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar and condemned the world’s failure to prevent a crisis that saw 730,000 people driven from their homes. The Hollywood actor addressed a crowd of refugees on a hilltop in Kutapalong camp, the world’s largest refugee settlement, in […]

Top euro MPs said protecting the bloc's Single Market – which Britain will leave after Brexit – will be more important than keeping the peace in Northern Ireland if the UK quits without an agreement. The remarks are a major blow to Irish PM Leo Varadkar, who has repeatedly claimed that Dublin won't reinstate a hard border even if there's […]

A Toronto police officer facing professional misconduct charges in connection with a domestic incident involving serial killer Bruce McArthur is scheduled to appear before a disciplinary tribunal on Tuesday. McArthur was arrested in 2016 for assault for choking a man in the back of his van. The man escaped after a struggle, but police never laid any charges. The arrest happened the […]