The barrage against Israel began Tuesday night just as the ceremony in Washington was getting underway to formalize the new agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

The bilateral agreements formalize the normalization of Israel's already thawing relations with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in line with their common opposition to Iran.

Vice Admiral Scott Stearneym who oversaw the American naval forces in the Middle East, was found dead in Bahrain Saturday.

Several Arab states have jumped at the chance to support Saudi Arabia in a recent diplomatic spat with Canada, after its criticism of the ultraconservative kingdom's arrest of women's rights activists.

Pimachiowin Aki boreal forest is officially a World Heritage Site.

Canada's export laws have made it far too easy for the government to prioritize foreign policy interests and economic gains over human rights, according to the Senate Committee on Human Rights.

Four Arab countries which cut ties with Qatar over its alleged support of terrorism on Friday designated dozens of people with alleged links to Qatar as terrorists.

Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates announced Monday they would cut diplomatic ties.

Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates all announced they would withdraw their diplomatic staff from Qatar.

Researchers have identified a Canadian company at the centre of a small Arab nation's online censorship system - a finding that sits awkwardly with Ottawa officials' public support for digital freedoms.