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Part of a Revolutionary Guard military parade attended by the Iranian President and military leaders (AFP)

Revolutionary Guard Obstructs Government’s Efforts to Normalize Ties with Canada

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 10, 2016 | Middle East

London-The nightmare of the arrest of foreigners from Iranian origin has returned after Iranian security forces apprehended a Canadian professor who has recently visited the country. The family of Canadian-Iranian anthropologist, Homa Hoodfar, said she has been held...

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, and Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Stephane Dion pose for photographers in Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Wednesday, June 1, 2016.

After Canada Complaint, China Says has Nothing More to Add

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 5, 2016 | World

Canada issued a complaint against Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who lost his temper and publicly berated a Canadian journalist on Wednesday for asking a question about his country’s human rights record. Wang told the female reporter that her question was...

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King Salman Meets the Canadian Foreign Minister in Jeddah

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 24, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received Canada’s Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion at the Peace Palace in Jeddah yesterday. Bilateral relations between the two countries and developments in regional and international events were...

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Klaas Dijkhoff, on the left, and Frans Timmermans

EU to Facilitate the Suspension of Visa-Free Travel amid Immigration Worries

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 20, 2016 | World

European Union interior ministers will support plans on Friday to make suspending visa-free travel with any third country easier and faster, officials said, amid expanding public concern about the rising scale of immigration. Meanwhile EU and Turkey have politically...

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Flames rise in industrial area south Fort McMurray, Alberta Canada. Reuters

Canadian Wildfire Edges South as 8,000 Evacuated by Air

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 6, 2016 | World

The 88,000 residents who fled a wildfire that has ravaged the Canadian oil town of Fort McMurray in Alberta will not be able to return home anytime soon, officials warned on Thursday, as the authorities are set to continue the airlift of thousands of people. The...