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Prime Minister Mark Carney wrapped up a high-profile diplomatic visit to Turkey to attend a NATO summit and Saudi Arabia to secure new trade partnerships. Global’s Jazan Grewal is joined by Vina Nadjibulla, Vice President of Research and Strategy at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada to unpack the visit including criticism over balancing economic...

Speaking in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Thursday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney touted the expanding ties between Canada and Saudi Arabia, outlining how Canadian expertise is helping to transform infrastructure across the country. He also said new training partnerships are supporting the Kingdom’s domestic aviation and defence industries.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has visited Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as part of continued efforts to diversify Canada’s relationships. Mackenzie Gray reports on the deals Carney signed, and why he chose to avoid talking about Saudi Arabia’s poor human rights record.

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they had carried out a military operation targeting Saudi Arabia’s Abha International Airport with ballistic missiles and drones, in response to what they described as Saudi airstrikes on Sanaa International Airport.

When it comes to questions of human rights, “lecturing” other countries is an “ineffective strategy,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday after a meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Carney said he is more concerned with business and the economy than with disagreements over human rights.

Asked what guardrails the Government of Canada will have on selling arms to Saudi Arabia – a country whose human rights record has long remained in question – Defence Minister David McGuinty echoed comments from Prime Minister Mark Carney that building relations with the controversial nation were about “pursuing trade opportunities.”

Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to travel to Turkey next week for the annual NATO summit. But we’ve learned he will extend that trip with a stop in Saudi Arabia, for his first-ever in-person meeting with the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. Mackenzie Gray gives us insight into what Canadians could expect from the...

Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, marking the first time a Canadian PM has visited the nation in 26 years. He is set to take part in a signing ceremony with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Saudi Arabia-Canada Investment Forum on Thursday. Mackenzie Gray reports.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney had lots to say about Canada’s deepening relationship with Saudi Arabia during a visit to Jeddah, but not nearly as much about some thorny issues with the U.S. Mackenzie Gray looks at how Carney reacted to questions about trade negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump, and the delayed opening of the...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio embarked off a Gulf visit on Tuesday, starting in the UAE, with aims to pitch Washington’s Iran peace deal to Arab leaders in the region. As Global’s Reggie Cecchini reports, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain all host U.S. military bases that are critical to America’s military...

The United Arab Emirates has announced its departure from The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the OPEC+ group, effective May 1. The decision follows escalating tensions with Saudi Arabia, driven by competition over regional influence and production limitations. Jazan Grewal has this story and more in Business Matters for April 28, 2026.

An upstart golf league that lured many of the best players from the PGA may go belly up. Saudi Arabia, which paid a fortune to sign some of the biggest stars, is reportedly poised to pull support for LIV Golf. Eric Sorensen explains why and what it could mean for the sport.

There are signs the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran is only widening. Redmond Shannon reports on the energy infrastructure being attacked, and how Israel has assassinated its third top Iranian official in two days.

The President addressed rising gas prices, and said that the U.S. produced more oil and gas than Saudi Arabia and Russia, and hence imported “almost no oil through the Hormuz Strait,” and added, ” won’t be taking any in the future,” because we don’t need it. 

The war in the Middle East intensified with more airstrikes hitting Iran’s capital city of Tehran. Meanwhile, the U.S. embassy in Riyadh was hit by two drones, resulting in a limited fire and some material damage, Saudi state media reported on Tuesday. Redmond Shannon has more on that, as well as what U.S. President Donald Trump is...

Iran launched strikes on energy infrastructure across the Gulf, targeting sites in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE as the conflict escalates. One of the facilities in Qatar supplies about one-fifth of the world’s natural gas, raising concerns about global energy disruption.  In Tehran, one resident described mounting fear and daily disruption, saying “there is fear...

Three U.S. service members have been killed and five seriously wounded in Operation Epic Fury, according to U.S. Central Command, marking the first confirmed American deaths since strikes on Iran began. The update comes as Iran launches retaliatory missile and drone attacks across the Gulf, hitting targets in the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia....

U.S. President Donald Trump launched his controversial “Board of Peace” on Thursday, an initiative initially aimed at supporting Gaza’s fragile ceasefire and which he said would work alongside the United Nations. Trump, who will chair the board, invited dozens of world leaders to join, saying he wants it to address challenges beyond Gaza, raising concerns...

At least 600 tourists are stranded on the remote island of Socotra after the United Arab Emirates withdrew its troops from Yemen last week under a deadline from Saudi Arabia.