A Toronto-based filmmaker with Canadian residency has been arrested in Iran, his family said Monday.

Mostafa Azizi, 53, returned to his birth country in February to care for his ailing father, and was considering moving back when he was arrested on February 1, his son Arash told Agence France-Presse.

Australian airlines must ensure that two crew are on the flight deck at all times, Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said Monday in response to the Germanwings disaster.

Investigators believe co-pilot Andreas Lubitz locked his captain out of the cockpit of Flight 4U 9525 and deliberately steered the Airbus A320 into a French mountainside last week, killing all 150 onboard.

An Air Canada jet came off the runway after landing at the Halifax airport in Nova Scotia on Sunday, sending at least 23 people to hospital, officials said.

The airline said earlier on Twitter that flight AC624 from Toronto "exited runway upon landing at Halifax."

A planned protest by the new Canadian branch of anti-Islam group PEGIDA failed to materialize here Saturday as around 500 opponents gathered to rally against the demonstration.

A large police cordon surrounded the anti-PEGIDA protesters in Montreal's Little Maghreb neighborhood, which is home to a large North African Muslim community.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit France, Germany and Canada next month, the foreign ministry said Wednesday, on a tour expected to focus on attracting investment to the country.

Modi won a landslide election victory last May on a pledge to revive India's economic fortunes, and has embarked on an ambitious drive to attract more foreign investment to the country of 1.2 billion people.

Canadian airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq will be extended one year to March 2016 and may see sorties into Syria, the government said Tuesday.

But no ground combat troops would be deployed under the plan, which is to be debated in parliament Thursday.

A Canadian teen aiming to join the ranks of the Islamic State group in Syria has been arrested, Canadian authorities said Friday.

The 17-year-old's attempt to embed with the extremist group is "proof that the threat of terrorism is real," a spokesman for Public Security Minister Steven Blaney told Agence France Presse.

Canada's prime minister said Wednesday he will ask parliament next week to extend and broaden a six-month mission fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq due to wrap up next month.

With a Conservative majority in the House, the government's motion is assured to pass.

Canada denied asylum Monday to the brother-in-law of deposed Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, saying he had likely used his position to commit "serious" crimes.

The Immigration and Refugee Board said in hearing documents that it believes Belhassen Trabelsi has "committed serious non-political crimes," which would make him ineligible for refugee protection.

Canada's government Tuesday fended off sharp criticism of a new anti-terror law that would grant Canada's spy agency sweeping powers in the aftermath of two deadly attacks last October, and pressed for quick passage.

"Canada is not immune from terrorism," Public Safety Minister Stephen Blaney told a parliamentary committee reviewing the bill after second reading in the House.