Canada has completed first evacuation flight from Sudan: defence minister
CBC
Canada has conducted its first evacuation flight to get Canadians out of Sudan, Defence Minister Anita Anand announced Thursday.
Anand did not say how many evacuees were on the flight to escape the war-torn East African country, or when the flight happened. Global Affairs Canada said at last update that up to 1,800 Canadians are stranded in Sudan and roughly 700 have asked the federal government for assistance getting out.
Speaking at a news conference in Nova Scotia, Anand said the government would have more details "soon." She said a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CC-130 Hercules aircraft conducted the operation.
WATCH | Minister announces 1st Canadian evacuation flight out of Sudan
"This is very good news, and I thank our Canadian Armed Forces personnel for their hard work to make this happen," Anand said.
The government announced Wednesday that it will deploy up to 200 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) troops to assist with the evacuation.
More to come.
Russian forces targeted Ukraine's energy and gas infrastructure in their latest drone and missile attack, Ukraine's energy minister said on Friday.
One trade war down, two to go — maybe more. U.S. President Donald Trump has dialled back his tariffs against Canada after rattling the economy from the markets, to factories, to the borders.
The United States broke a longstanding diplomatic taboo by holding secret talks with the militant Palestinian group Hamas on securing the release of U.S. hostages held in Gaza, sources told Reuters on Wednesday, while U.S. President Donald Trump warned of "hell to pay" should the Palestinian militant group not comply.
As Ukraine tries to repair its fractured relations with the U.S. administration, which abruptly halted military aid to the embattled country on Monday, Kyiv says it will be able to hold the sprawling front line in the ongoing war with Russia.
Canada can huff, and puff, but if anything's going to blow down Donald Trump's house of tariffs it's going to be the reaction within the United States.
U.S. President Donald Trump has paused all military aid to Ukraine following his clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week, a White House official said Monday.
One person was killed and others injured when a car rammed into a crowd Monday in the western German city of Mannheim, police said as they asked the public to stay away from the downtown area and remain in their homes.
Britain is hosting a summit of European leaders to shore up support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer opened the meeting Sunday by saying they have a "once in a generation moment" to step up for the security of Europe.
It would take some scrounging around the bottom of the barrel to find a historical precedent for what transpired Friday in the Oval Office.