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Ottawa can’t show how feminist assistance policy has helped improve gender equality globally, audit says
Minister of International Development Marie-Claude Bibeau launches Canada’s new Feminist International Assistance Policy during an event in Ottawa, Friday June 9, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Two Canadian women return from Islamic State detention camp in Syria, one faces terrorism charges
A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces removes an Islamic State group flag in the town of Tabqa on April 30, 2017.
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Politics Briefing: Canada temporarily withdraws non-essential staff from embassy in Haiti
Drivers wait in hopes of filling their tanks at one of the few remaining open gas stations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
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Payam Akhavan to advise Global Affairs on shootdown of Flight PS752
Transport Minister Marc Garneau stands during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa on Monday, May 25, 2020. The federal government has named a legal expert as senior adviser to Global Affairs Canada on the shooting down of a passenger jet in Iran that killed 176 people. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
opinion
Canada’s commitment to media freedom must be matched by action
Edin Omanovic and Siena Anstis
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’One of our finer moments’: Pandemic led to massive scramble to bring Canadians home
Air Canada airplanes sit on the tarmac at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Friday, March 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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It’s time to restructure the Department of Foreign Affairs
John Ibbitson
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Political, military experts debate the state of Canadian peacekeeping, 25 years after Rwanda
A Canadian peacekeeper watches a group of Rwandan refugees in Kigali, Rwanda, in this August 1994 photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Charges dropped against Canadian journalist Zsombor Peter in Cambodia after three years
Zsombor Peter (pictured) and colleague Aun Pheap are both facing up to two years in prison on a trumped-up charge of incitement to commit a felony in Cambodia (photos: Ben Woods).
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Ottawa’s $1.5-billion foreign aid initiative has spent only $120,000 so far
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets Bono prior to a meeting at the Global Fund conference on Sept. 17, 2016 in Montreal.
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Critics question whether Global Affairs can impartially investigate arms exports
Smoke rises behind houses after shelling in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region's main city of Stepanakert on Oct. 7, 2020, during the ongoing fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region.
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Feds loaned nearly $18-million to Canadians stranded abroad by COVID-19, but few have repaid
Feds loaned nearly $18-million to Canadians stranded abroad by COVID-19, but few have repaid
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Canadians land in Montreal after pandemic had stranded them in Syria
In photos posted by CanadaÕs representative office for Syria last night 29 Canadians and permanent residents stranded in Syria were allowed to cross the Lebanese border to take a flight from Beirut to Montreal via Doha.
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Thirteen Canadians detained in Ethiopia have received bail, Alberta MP says
The Canadian flag flies near the Peace Tower, in Ottawa, on Sept. 13, 2009.
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Humanitarian organization says 13 Canadians detained in Ethiopia
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Hajdu encourages Canadians to be prepared as coronavirus outbreak changes
Health Minister Patty Hajdu responds during question period in the House of Commons, in Ottawa, on Feb. 25, 2020.
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How Canada’s patchwork of consular services leaves some citizens fighting for life and justice abroad
Jasmine Mohamed, Alisa Clamen and Shyan Desrosiers have each turned to Global Affairs Canada for help with family emergencies abroad.
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Canadian widow finally arrives home after being held in Iran
Canadian widow finally arrives home after being held in Iran
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