Global Affairs Canada

A popular mountain biker from British Columbia has died in Mexico.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has revoked the status of Syria's honorary consul in Montreal following outrage over the diplomatic envoy's support for Syrian President Bashar Assad and controversial social-media posts.

Outrage over a sympathizer of Syria's President Bashar Assad's having been approved as that country's honorary consul in Montreal emerged on the federal campaign trail on Tuesday, September 24, 2019, as the government scrambled for answers about how it happened.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says it is "outrageous" that Ottawa has allowed a sympathizer of Syrian President Bashar Assad to become that country's honorary consul in Montreal.

A former Supreme Court justice has been named to a panel overseeing the country's security agencies.

A federal report confirming the use of false social media posts to try to manipulate last spring's Alberta election points to dangers for the upcoming federal vote, political scientists say.

A Canadian man sentenced to 10 years in a Cuban prison says he is innocent, and his lawyer says his client was likely set up following a night of partying in a seaside town outside the popular resort destination of Varadero.

It's long past time for the federal government to publicly condemn human rights violations that have been going on in Turkey for years, an Ottawa-based human rights activist says.

Consular officials in China have met for the 10th time with a detained Canadian, Global Affairs Canada said on Monday, August 5, 2019.

An Iranian-born Canadian resident has returned to British Columbia after being imprisoned and allegedly tortured in his home country for 11 years.

The choice to reach out to two former ambassadors to China was part of an effort to make sure experts were sufficiently informed, not to pressure them into toeing the line, Liberal MPs said on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, as they shut down opposition efforts to investigate the matter.

Labelling a wine from the West Bank as a "Product of Israel" is misleading and deceptive, a Federal Court judge declared on Monday, July 29, 2019, in a ruling that tosses the politically charged file back to federal officials for a decision.

Family and friends of Hodan Nalayeh are remembering the Somali-Canadian journalist killed in a terrorist attack this week for her work redefining the global Somali identity through positive storytelling.

At least 26 people have been killed in an extremist attack in Somalia including a prominent Somali-Canadian journalist and her husband.

Global Affairs Canada says a Canadian citizen has been detained in Yantai, China.