The Philippines has bought 16 new Bell helicopters from Canada for about US$235 million to strengthen its fight against Islamic militants and other domestic insurgencies, defence officials said Wednesday. The two governments announced the deal less than three months after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau clashed with host President Rodrigo …

Canada is accepting a higher proportion of asylum seekers than it has at any time in nearly three decades, a South Asian Gazette News investigation has found. South Asian Gazette obtained almost 90,000 asylum claim decisions made by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada between January 2013 and September …

The U.S. Senate will be the focus Wednesday in the effort to fund the federal government and avoid another possible shutdown as Republicans and Democrats stand apart on how long to extend domestic spending relative to national defense. With a midnight Thursday deadline pending, the House of Representatives voted mostly …