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Two Canadian citizens, John Ridsdel and Robert Hall, were held hostage and subsequently executed in the Philippines by terrorist group Abu Sayyaf in 2015-2016 after ransom demands were unmet.
Reports that Russia is to form a new G8 with Iran, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Turkey and Brazil.
Developments in Sudan since the military coup on October 25, 2021.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 killed 920 people in Afghanistan early on Wednesday, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and the toll expected to grow as information trickles
C-19 vaccine supply has stabilized and exceeded demand. Country preference, increased supply, and limited capacity to roll out high volumes quickly make it inevitable that there will be some waste.
Canada supports the efforts of the US and the members of the JCPOA to restore Iran's commitments to the nuclear agreement.
On 1 February 2022, Amnesty International released a report accusing Israel of maintaining a system which amounts to the crime against humanity of apartheid under international law.
Russian Duma's vote recommending recognition of the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk peoples' republics
On February 15, 2022, the Russian State Duma voted to ask President Vladimir Putin to recognize the so-called republics of Donetsk (DPR) and Luhansk (LPR).