The Supreme Court declined to review an earlier decision that upheld a ruling saying Ottawa is not obligated under the law to repatriate Jack Letts and three other Canadian men.

The overnight blasts in Beirut's southern suburbs sent huge plumes of smoke and flames into the night sky and shook buildings kilometers away in the Lebanese capital.

The exploding devices Wednesday, which appeared to be hand-held radios used by Hezbollah, killed at least nine people and wounded 300 others, Lebanese officials said.

The children of a woman detained in a camp for captured ISIS members are now in Canada. The family lawyer said a family will house all six of them together.

Iran's ambassador to Syria claimed five to seven people, including some diplomats, were killed and that Tehran's response would be "harsh."

The strikes are believed to be the first in a multi-tiered response by President Joe Biden's administration in response to the weekend drone attack that killed three U.S. troops.

An Israeli airstrike on Syria's capital killed at least four Iranian advisers Saturday, state media reported.

The country's top court is slated to decide Thursday whether it will hear the case of four Canadian men held in Syria who argue Ottawa has a legal duty to help them return home.

More than 1,000 people were killed with chemical weapons in two attacks in 2013. France issued war crime arrest warrants for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The strike by two U.S. F-15 fighter jets was on a weapons storage facility in Syria linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard, the Pentagon said.