(CBC)- A Halifax man who is the first person charged with violating Canada's economic sanctions against Syria is back in Damascus doing business there, CBC News has learned. Nader Kalai — a Syrian national with permanent residency in Canada — is known to be a close associate of...

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said they want relations with Turkey to normalize. Asked about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s “plan” to visit Germany next month in an interview with German daily Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger published on Saturday, Maas said: “All the topics...

 It’s an incongruous sight, a woman in a salmon-pink hijab standing on a Massachusetts traffic median, waving at oncoming cars and asking perfect strangers to vote her into Congress. “Hey how are you? Good to see you!” Tahirah Amatul-Wadud hollers at a male pedestrian. A few...

May Skaf, a prominent Syrian actress and activist who emerged as a fiercely outspoken critic of President Bashar Assad's regime after the uprising began in 2011, was buried Friday in France, where she had fled after being freed from prison. The 49-year-old actress was found dead at her home...