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Ottawa has added four new groups to its list of terrorist entities recognized under the criminal code. The federal government says 764, as well as now-listed groups Maniac Murder Cult, Terrorgram Collective and Islamic State-Mozambique, an affiliate of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), were also added.

A new controversy over a FIFA World Cup game in Seattle next June could potentially have ramifications for Vancouver. Aaron McArthur reports.

Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84. Cheney died Monday night due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said in a statement.

April Hexemer, director of the Public Health Agency of Canada’s outbreak management division, said Wednesday that Canadians should avoid pistachio and pistachio-containing products if they can’t confirm the product is from Iran due to a salmonella outbreak linked to Iranian pistachios and pistachio-containing products.

More pistachios and pistachio-related products have been recalled by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) due to potential salmonella risk. The agency confirmed to Global News on Tuesday that the pistachios involved in the current recalls were imported from Iran, though did not say if it was from a specific crop.

In Australia, the country’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says a foreign actor — Iran — is responsible for several attacks on the Jewish community. Nathaniel Dove has more on the accusations and the other diplomatic challenge facing the country under suspicion.

Jon Allen, former Canadian Ambassador to Israel and Senior Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Bill Graham Centre, joins Global’s Nivrita Ganguly to discuss developments around Israel and the war in Gaza, sanctions on Iran, and Trump’s about-face on Ukraine as the UN General Assembly’s high-level week of meetings wraps up.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused Iran on Tuesday of directing two antisemitic arson attacks in the cities of Sydney and Melbourne, and ordered the expulsion of Tehran’s ambassador, giving him seven days to leave the country. It is the first time Australia has expelled a diplomatic envoy since World War Two.

An overcrowded bus carrying Afghans expelled from Iran crashed in western Afghanistan killing at least 79 people. Among the deceased, at least 17 were children, authorities said on Wednesday.

A Calgary caretaker is speaking out after being told his two family members — both living with severe disabilities — won’t be covered for COVID-19 shots this fall. Sarah Offin has more on a growing list of conditions like diabetes, which aren’t considered vulnerable enough for funded protection.

A massive fire in a shopping mall in al-Kut city in eastern Iraq has left at least 69 people dead and 11 others missing, authorities said on Thursday. “The fire started around 8 p.m. and continued burning until 4 a.m. The flames were raging,” said eyewitness Ali Al Zargani.

An armed attack by the Sunni Jaish al-Adl Baluch group on a courthouse in Iran’s restive southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province killed at least nine people and injured 22 on Saturday, Iranian media reported.

Dozens of Afghan refugee families in Pakistan are being forced from their homes as authorities push ahead with a crackdown on documented Afghans before a Sept. 1 deadline. In Islamabad, evicted families sheltered in a public park, citing police raids, food shortages and fear of Taliban rule if deported. At the Chaman border, others waited...

Thirty Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants burned their weapons at the mouth of a cave in northern Iraq on Friday, marking a symbolic but significant step toward ending a decades-long insurgency against Turkey.

Asked about the decision to pull some personnel out of the U.S. embassy in Iraq amid rising Middle East tensions, U.S. President Donald Trump said the decision was being made because the region “could be a very dangerous place.” He added that the U.S. would “not allow” Iran to have a nuclear weapon.

Massive crowds are mourning in Iran after top commanders and scientists were killed in Israeli strikes. A ceasefire, brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump, is now in place after a deadly 12-day war between the two countries. One expert weighs in on whether the truce will hold — and what lies ahead for American–Iranian nuclear...

In a press conference on Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump he would respond to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s statement from Thursday that Iran had “won the war” and the U.S. involvement amounted to “nothing.”

The U.S. and Iran are pushing competing narratives about the outcome of the American bombing of Iran’s nuclear program. Jackson Proskow looks at how the Trump administration is doubling down on its claims of the Iranian facilities being destroyed, how Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is downplaying the damage done, and the fears of...

Thousands gathered in Tehran on Saturday to mourn Iranians killed 12-day war with Israel. State TV said the funeral, dubbed the “funeral procession of the Martyrs of Power,” was held for a total of 60 people, including four women and four children. Ahmad Khomeini declared, “We are all united,” as crowds called for revenge and...

The head of the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is supporting early findings from the Pentagon, suggesting last Saturday’s attacks on three of Iran’s key nuclear sites by American bomber jets only temporarily disrupted Iran’s uranium enrichment program rather than completely destroying it, as suggested by President Trump a week ago. Trump doubled down...