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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicMelanie Joly

Topic: Melanie Joly

Canada says all actions including diplomatic sanctions on table, gives no evidence on Nijjar killing

Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly says she had spoken with her Indian counterpart, S Jaishankar, and requested Indian cooperation in the investigation in Nijjar case.

‘Clandestine info gathering, refusal to cooperate’, says Trudeau on why Canada expelled Indian diplomats

Defending the expulsion of the 6 Indian diplomats, Trudeau said in a statement that the activities by the Indian agents were posing a threat to public safety in Canada.

‘Urge India to support probe,’ says Canada foreign minister as chill deepens over Nijjar death

India, Canada expelled 6 diplomats each on Monday. India says it has right to take steps in response to ‘Trudeau Government's support for extremism, violence and separatism against India’.

Jaishankar talks border issues with China on sidelines of ASEAN meet, point of diplomats’ safety with Canada

Jaishankar met foreign policy chief of Communist Party of China Wang Yi in Indonesia, where the latter said the 2 countries should not let 'specific issues' affect ties.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.