Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird will be the main speaker at a Washington, D.C., event celebrating religious freedom, but the event sponsor's hardline stance on same-sex marriage and homosexuality is at odds with Baird's support for gay rights around the world.

Canada will be monitoring Burma's elections closely amid allegations of voting "irregularities," Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Thursday, on a historic visit to the isolationist country.

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird will travel to the Middle East today to meet his Saudi Arabian and Qatari counterparts for talks about ongoing tensions in the region.

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird suggests the government may lift sanctions against Burma following reforms being made in the country.

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is appealing to the Iranian government to grant clemency to Hamid Ghassemi-Shall, a Canadian who faces the death penalty in Tehran.