OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada needs to hire more diplomats, cut senior management in half and make sure executives, including the top bureaucrat, have “in-depth knowledge of and experience in international affairs” to stay relevant in the 21st century, according to a new report. 

Former Supreme Court Bar Association president and senior advocate Dushyant Dave on Wednesday penned an open letter to Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud highlighting that cases, including sensitive ones, were being “taken away” from Supreme Court Benches hearing them and listed before other Benches in clear disregard of the Supreme Court Rules. As master of the roster you alone have the prerogative to constitute a Bench and allocate cases to the Benches so constituted,” Mr. Dave wrote to the CJI. The senior lawyer said he had taken recourse to writing the open letter “as efforts by some of us to meet you personally have not yielded any result despite an appointment being sought months ago by a senior and respected colleague for and on behalf of many of us”.

The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says there's no safe haven in Gaza for civilians — not even U.N. shelters and “safe zones” designated by Israel.

On Tuesday's broadcast of CNN's "The Lead," Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) stated that the number of people crossing the | Clips