As the war in Ukraine rages on, there are reports that the Russian military is now taking people off the streets and in homeless shelters to fight for Russia in the war. Our foreign affairs Read More
Tensions in Iran have continued to escalate as the country experiences widespread protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. BCN’s Jeannette Rocher spoke with Lisa Dafari of the Foreign Desk about how Iranians Read More
A number of nations including Canada and the U.S. have sent condolence books to the Royal Family with the passing of the Queen. The U.K. extended a special invite to Taiwan’s representative Read More
There are calls in Russia for Russian President Vladimir Putin to not only step down but also to be charged with treason in connection with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Our foreign affairs expert Lisa Read More
A number of countries want to see the US and Iran hammer out a new nuclear deal similar to what was in place in 2015. Our foreign affairs expert and political reporter, Lisa Daftari, has the Read More
There are stories coming out of Ukraine of Russian soldiers being poisoned by Ukrainian food. Our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Daftari, has the details in this interview with BCN. Read More
The author of the Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie, who was attacked with a knife in New York State, is still recovering in hospital. His agent says his condition is improving. Now, a bounty on Rushdie’Read More
The Ukrainian war with Russia continues. There are reports that the Russian military is beefing up its troops in the southern part of Ukraine preparing for another offensive. Is there any end in sight to Read More
There are a number of people who are angry that the Biden Administration is funding a group that is allegedly promoting hatred against Israel. The Gatestone Institute says the U.S. is giving more money Read More
Our foreign affairs expert Lisa Daftari says a number of Americans feel the Biden administration needs to slow down how much money it is giving Ukraine in its war with Russia. She says the U.Read More
American correspondent Lisa Daftari talks about a left leaning movement called F*** the Fourth which is anything but patriotic. Lisa also discusses with BCN’s Hal Roberts how a U.N. report says the U.Read More
A number of countries are looking to support Afghanistan with humanitarian aid following last week’s devastating earthquake which claimed more than a thousand lives. Will the money actually get to the Afghani people or Read More
As the war in Ukraine rages on, the country’s agriculture minister says close to 25 percent of Ukraine’s arable crop land has been destroyed. Our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Daftari, says this has negatively Read More
A Yale historian says Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing to starve much of the developing world in order to win his war with Ukraine. Our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Daftari, says Putin will do Read More
The war between Ukraine and Russia is now heading into its fourth month. European leaders are urging Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet with Ukrainian President Volydmyr Zelensky to end the war. We asked our Read More
The Russian space agency chief is threatening western powers in its support of Ukraine during its war with Russia. The Russian official boasted about nuclear capabilities and claims that NATO would lose in 30 minutes. Our Read More
Russian President Vladimir Putin is now issuing threats to any country that is supplying weapons to Ukraine during the war. That includes Britain, the US and Canada. Our foreign affairs expert Lisa Daftari says his Read More
A lot of security experts say Russian President Vladimir Putin will not stop at Ukraine but Moldova may be his next target. Some, including our foreign affairs expert Lisa Daftari, believe that Putin is interested Read More
Our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Daftari, says a Ukrainian mayor says the remains of chemical weapons were found after Russian troops withdrew from the northern Sumy region of Ukraine. As she explains the weapons were Read More
As the situation in Ukraine becomes more dire, a concerned group in Medicine Hat is doing all they can to help. Enter Hatters Help Ukraine, co-founded by Ukrainian immigrant George Kovalev who shares a first Read More
Our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Daftari, says many in Europe seem to be embracing more right leaning candidates as seen with the rise in popularity of Marine Le Pen. She says the mindset of many Read More
Bridge City News spoke with an independent journalist in Ukraine to hear what they are seeing and experiencing. BCN’s Jeanette Rocher chatted with Christelle Neant, a French National who’s been living in the Read More
Despite the horror that has been carried out against Ukraine, it appears Ukrainian civilians have been fighting back using whatever method they can. Our foreign affairs correspondent Lisa Daftari explains that over the weekend Russian Read More
Four million Ukrainians are alleged to have fled to neighbouring countries while another estimated 6.5 million people are thought to be displaced inside the war-torn country itself. BCN’s Jeannette Rocher spoke with Anya Popham, a Read More
Ukraine president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country is prepared to declare neutrality, meaning Ukraine would not be able to join NATO. Foreign Affairs Correspondent Lisa Daftari says there are a number of other demands Ukraine Read More
When it comes to supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia, one foreign policy expert says Canada should have seen this war coming. Yves Engler says Russian President Vladimir Putin was not happy with NATO’Read More
The attack in Western Ukraine was very close to Poland which is a NATO ally. Some are quite concerned that if Russia ends up rolling into Poland more countries would get involved. Thousands of American Read More
A number of military analysts say the Russian president we know today is not the same Vladimir Putin we knew a couple of years ago. Christian Leuprecht is a professor at the Royal Military College Read More
As the U.S. looks at implementing more sanctions against Russia including the potential of no longer importing Russian oil and gas that could be good news for Canada. Our foreign affairs expert Lisa Daftari Read More
These are unusual times we are living in … Covid-19 mandates are lifted in certain places but not in others. It’s been two weeks since the police violence brought an end to the Ottawa freedom Read More
