Even for a country with a system of government that is prone to keeping things confidential, the secrecy that once surrounded federal budgets stood out. For decades, both Liberal and Conservative federal governments gradually eroded that once seemingly sacred concept with selective advance leaks. But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken it to a new level. Instead of leaks attributed …

In the fall of 2016, the Obama administration sealed a major military agreement with Israel that committed the United States to giving the country $38 billion in arms over 10 years. “The continued supply of the world’s most advanced weapons technology will ensure that Israel has the ability to defend itself from all manner of threats,” President Barack Obama said. …

Viktor Savvinov had already been imprisoned several times for various crimes — including robbery, auto theft and assault — when he murdered a female drinking companion during a quarrel in 2020, stabbing her in the chest with four knives. A court in Russia’s Siberian region of Yakutia sentenced him to 11 years in a maximum-security prison. So when recruiters from …