OTTAWA, July 24 (UPI) -- Refugee claimants from five countries will no longer be welcome in Canada if entering from the United States, the Canadian government announced.

OTTAWA, July 16 (UPI) -- Canadian officials imposed visa requirements on visitors from the Czech Republic and Mexico following a sharp increase in refugee claims from travelers from those countries.

OTTAWA, July 14 (UPI) -- Canada raised diplomatic ire Tuesday by demanding travelers from the Czech Republic and Mexico have visas in a bid to cut down refugee claims.

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, July 2 (UPI) -- A top Czech official, in a bid to avert Canada's threat to re-impose travel visas, has tried to curb rising number of Czech asylum seekers, officials said.

FORT STEWART, Ga., April 29 (UPI) -- U.S. Army enlisted man Cliff Cornell was sentenced to one year in prison Tuesday evening in Georgia after a court-martial found him guilty of desertion.

OTTAWA, April 28 (UPI) -- The Canadian government issued a warning to citizens against non-essential travel to Mexico, where the death toll from a swine flu outbreak surpassed 150.

OTTAWA, April 22 (UPI) -- The first known female U.S. soldier allegedly to desert duty in Iraq and flee to Canada has won a three-month stay until her deportation appeal can be heard.

ISTANBUL, Turkey, April 22 (UPI) -- Turkey recalled its ambassador to Canada in protest of a federal minister who attended a ceremony commemorating the deaths of 1.5 million Armenians.

OTTAWA, March 31 (UPI) -- A British member of Parliament, barred from Canada for his Middle East peace efforts, taunted the Canadian immigration minister electronically from New York.