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Russia claims it has "no information" about a former spy found unconscious with a companion in the UK Sunday, but will cooperate with police. Sergei Skripal was granted refuge in the UK in 2010 after being convicted of spying against Russia.

A Canadian who admitted to plotting a terrorist attack on New York City is pleading for "a second chance". In the letter filed to a New York court, Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy of Mississauga, Ont., outlined his personal history with addiction and mental illness, and explained that he felt American airstrikes against the Middle East drove him to jihadism.

A US court has convicted Canadian Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy of Mississauga, Ont. of plotting a terrorist attack on New York City. El Bahnasawy has asked for "a second chance" before his sentencing. In a letter he explains American airstrikes in the Middle East drove him to jihadism.

Women comprise just 10 per cent of police candidates in Ontario, and more than half of them fail physical testing required to apply for a job. At a time when police services — including Ottawa’s — are trying to become more diverse, those numbers are causing concerns.

An Ottawa police officer who punched a teen twice in the head and was found to have repeatedly breached the teen’s charter rights has pleaded guilty to police misconduct.

Unidentified sources inside Xinjiang described to Human Rights Watch the computer and mobile app interfaces of the IJOP software that tracks almost all citizens of the Turkic-speaking Muslim Uighur ethnic minority and stores detailed information, including their travel history, prayer habits, banking and health records.

The Drug Enforcement Administration wanted emails as part of a drug trafficking investigation. The agency obtained a warrant under a 1986 law, but Microsoft refused to turn over the emails because they are stored on a company server in Dublin, Ireland, and the warrant does not apply abroad.

Moshe Gur, 57, is heading to a federal penitentiary after admitting his role in a “sophisticated” fraudulent passport scheme, allegedly involving a former federal Citizenship and Immigration employee.

The global surge in cyber crime – related to both national and personal security – has prompted the federal government to unveil plans for a National Cyber Security Strategy.

The first fatality came as man was pronounced dead at the scene, and five more have been taken to a West London hospital by paramedics, police have announced. It has now been revealed that a second man has died in the "inferno" which devastated the upstairs of a building in Tolworth.

A packed Toronto courtroom erupted into cheers and a standing ovation after the judge announced two men, Dellen Millard and Mark Smich, convicted of murdering Laura Babcock would not be eligible for parole for 50 years.

A bill proposed by the Conservative opposition in the Canadian Parliament, Bill C-371, The Prevention of Radicalization through Foreign Funding Act, has been voted down by the Liberal majority. The bill aimed to protect Canadians from extremist ideologies introduced by foreign states and individuals.

India and Canada on Friday resolved to work together to neutralise the threats emanating from Sikh militant outfits Babbar Khalsa International and the International Sikh Youth Federation along with LeT and Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed.

Jaspal Atwal, the convicted terrorist whose invitation to an official function during Prime Minister Trudeau's visit to India was hastily rescinded, claims he is a friend of Justin Trudeau. In an interview, Atwal said, “We know each other. He knows my name, he’ll come and say, ‘Hey Jas, how you doing?’ We have a good relationship I never see any problem.”

The Okotoks RCMP detachment is investigating a rural shooting early Saturday that appears to have left one man injured. The shooting allegedly took place when a homeowner confronted two people ransacking a vehicle.

A new report from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service says disinformation and propaganda campaigns threaten Western democracies. The common thread is social media that undermines traditional news sources.

Former Bronx teacher, Christian Toro, was arrested last week on charges that he illegally manufactured a destructive device. A New York judge says he’s not comfortable freeing a man accused of getting students to help him assemble explosives at home.

A recent Ottawa Police Service consultation on the continued use of conducted energy weapons (CEWs) — commonly referred to as Tasers — police were able to secure subject without injury, and without further risk to the officers or to the public. The report states “very few (CEW-related) injuries or complaints” have been recorded.

Police say at least 44 people were killed when a double-deck bus veered off a highway and tumbled 200 metres (about 650 feet) down a cliff in southern Peru.

Confronted by unprecedented numbers of asylum seekers, Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board says it is out of options to meet regulated timelines in the face of the backlog that is growing larger by the day.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service turned to Twitter and fine dining to promote an upcoming Vancouver job fair: "A career at CSIS is like a jumbo eel sushi roll; taste unknown from the naked eye but pleasantly delicious once indulged."

Family and friends of Toronto police officers rallied Monday to demand that the force address understaffing.The Toronto Police Association  says alleged understaffing endangers lives

Two tourists became stuck on a snowy road in the Cape Breton Highlands Saturday after their GPS guided them to where they could not turn back. Police rescued them with the help of a front-end loader.

Seventeen people were killed at a Florida school on Wednesday afternoon in one of America’s deadliest school shootings. The former student charged in a deadly rampage is a troubled teenager who threatened and harassed peers, talked about killing animals, and posed with guns in disturbing photos on social media, according to students and neighbours.

The Quebec National Assembly has given the province's anti-corruption unit, L'Unité permanente anti-corruption (UPAC) more powers. Under new legislation, UPAC is recognized as a specialized police force and given wider jurisdiction.

A Toronto firefighter who mysteriously went missing while on a ski trip to upstate New York has been found "alive and in good health" in California, New York State Police said.

Police say the scheme involves a call from someone posing as a retailer claiming to alert the victim that their credit card account has been compromised. The victim is told to call 911 and their financial institution to report the fraud. However, when they hang up, the call has not been disconnected.

Almost a year and a half into its mandate, the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women has still not asked many police agencies across the country for their records. Technological challenges have prevented the inquiry from reviewing police files it does have.

Investigators say the crash of a Russian passenger plane that killed all 71 people on board may have been caused by the pilots’ failure to activate heating for pressure measurement equipment, resulting in flawed speed data.

A senior official of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service told a senate committee his agency is confident law enforcement will know about extremists returning from fighting abroad and be prepared for their arrival. The Liberal government has stated that many returning foreign fighters will need to be rehabilitated.

The Fraser Institute, Institute for Research on Public Policy, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute have been identified by the University of Pennsylvania’s annual Think Tank Index Report as the top five in Canada.

The crew of the Saratov Airlines flight that crashed near Moscow on Sunday didn't report any problems before the plane crashed into snowy terrain, killing all 71 people on board, state-run media said.

 Known Traveller Digital Identity, a Canada-Netherlands joint venture will allow people to cross borders faster with a digital profile on their mobile devices. Travellers between the two countries will test the program with a global rollout planned by 2020.

Every U.S. state and Canadian province has a "Move Over" law to separate active emergency vehicles from other motorists, but uneven regulations across jurisdictions can constitute a real hazard for first responders.