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- U.S. pressure on Venezuela hasn’t eased, even as world’s attention turns to Iran
on 2026-03-13 at 8:00 amVenezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, is trying to manage U.S. demands as she looks to hang on to the support of the Trump administration more than two months after it toppled Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. It’s a prospect that’s being made more difficult because the U.S. is now at war with Iran.
- Silence from Ottawa ‘shameful’ after report of Canadian camp hit by missile: Conservative MP
on 2026-03-12 at 9:15 pmConservative 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.
- Israeli military drops charges against soldiers accused of sexual, physical abuse of Palestinian detainee
on 2026-03-12 at 7:20 pmIsrael’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.
- Former rapper’s political party sweeps Nepal election
on 2026-03-12 at 6:31 pmA 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.
- FBI investigating Detroit-area synagogue attack as ‘targeted act of violence against the Jewish community’
on 2026-03-12 at 5:46 pmThe armed man who rammed his vehicle into one of the largest Reform synagogues in the U.S. Thursday has been identified as a 41-year-old naturalized citizen born in Lebanon, according to federal officials.
- NASA targeting no earlier than April 1 to send astronauts around the moon in Artemis II mission
on 2026-03-12 at 4:35 pmAfter several delays to the mission that will take four astronauts around the moon, NASA held a press conference today announcing that Artemis II is on track to launch as early as April 1.
- Hockey player who lost family in Rhode Island shooting scores winning goal in OT
on 2026-03-12 at 3:54 pmHigh school senior hockey player Colin Dorgan, wearing a patch on his jersey honouring the three family members he lost in a Rhode Island ice rink shooting last month, scored a game-winning goal in double overtime Wednesday that advanced the Blackstone Valley Co-op team out of the semifinals in Providence, R.I.
- PWHL to reach national U.S. TV audience with Scripps Sports to broadcast neutral site game in Detroit
on 2026-03-12 at 2:33 pmThe PWHL announced that its neutral-site game at Detroit on March 28 between the New York Sirens and Montreal Victoire will be the first accessible to a national U.S. television audience.
- Ethiopia landslides leave at least 50 dead, dozens missing
on 2026-03-12 at 2:01 pmAt least 50 people have died and 125 others are missing after landslides hit three districts in southern Ethiopia following a week of heavy rains, a local official said Thursday.
- Russia sentences 19 people for deadly concert hall attack that killed 149 people
on 2026-03-12 at 11:37 amA court in Moscow on Thursday convicted 19 people of involvement in the 2024 shooting rampage at a Moscow concert hall that killed 149 people and wounded over 600 in one of the deadliest attacks in the capital in years.
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