While Europe struggles with similar trends to Canada of rising rents and skyrocketing home prices, experts say social housing models like Austria’s are among the best defence against a growing affordability crisis.

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Along with signs of progress as Syria emerges from the devastation of a 13-year civil war and more than 50 years of authoritarian rule, there are growing concerns over reports of civil rights violations and the targeting of religious minorities — incid…

Neither Israel nor Iran is backing down from an escalating conflict that has endangered civilians in both countries. Because Canada has no embassy in Iran, Ottawa is having to work from afar to support thousands of Canadian citizens stuck there. 

Thiago Avila spent four days in Israeli custody, two of them in solitary, after he and 11 others tried to bring humanitarian aid into Gaza by sea. Their vessel was intercepted leading to what he describes as a gruelling stay marked by inhumane treatmen…

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to keep Harvard University from hosting international students, delivering the Ivy League school another victory as it challenges multiple government sanctions amid a battle with the …

A federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. government to free former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from the immigration detention centre where he’s been held since early March while the Trump administration sought to deport him ov…

After hours of emotional debate and references to personal stories in the chamber, Britain’s Parliament voted on Friday in favour of a bill to legalize assisted dying.

A U.S. appeals court let Donald Trump retain control on Thursday of California’s National Guard while the state’s Democratic governor proceeds with a lawsuit challenging the Republican president’s use of the troops to quell protests in Los Angeles.

Israel and Iran’s air war entered a second week on Friday and European officials sought to draw Tehran back to the negotiating table after U.S. President Donald Trump said any decision on potential U.S. involvement would be made within two weeks.