Author: Blazingcatfur

Before it was the clerics: now the generals rule in Iran

Before it was the clerics: now the generals rule in Iran

Hours before a two-week ceasefire with Iran was set to end this week, President Trump announced its extension, claiming a power struggle in Tehran was impeding its ability to negotiate.

Pakistan had requested the extension, he claimed on Truth Social, “based on the fact that the government of Iran is seriously fractured”. An anonymous American official put it more bluntly to an Israeli journalist for Axios. Trump was giving the Iranians a few more days “to get their shit together”, the official said.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"US Israel Iran War"

Carson Jerema: Erin O’Toole’s plan for permanent Liberal government

Carson Jerema: Erin O’Toole’s plan for permanent Liberal government

Prime Minister Mark Carney has baffled Conservatives. This can be seen in the party’s failure to update a strategy that was targeted towards Justin Trudeau’s obnoxiously progressive tenure in office. Whether they like it or not, Carney is not Trudeau. All this approach has accomplished has been to permit the current prime minister to remain high in the polls by simply being a different person than Trudeau, who had become so broadly unpopular that anyone displaying a modicum of competence would have succeeded with voters.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inConservative Party

Syrians and Afghans in Germany eight times as likely to be suspects of violent crime as locals

Syrians and Afghans in Germany eight times as likely to be suspects of violent crime as locals

Some groups of foreigners in Germany are much more likely to commit violent crimes as Germans themselves, new numbers from the German police show.

According to the Police Criminal Statistics (PKS) for 2025 – which were made public on April 20 – 273 out of 100,000 German men became suspects of a violent crime in the past year.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, Germany

Court defers deportation of mass murderer truck driver who caused Humboldt Broncos bus crash

Court defers deportation of mass murderer truck driver who caused Humboldt Broncos bus crash

Days from being deported, an 11th-hour decision by a Federal Court justice on Friday means that Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, who was found responsible for the fatal Humboldt Broncos bus crash in 2018, can stay in Canada for a little while longer.

Sidhu was behind the wheel of the semi-truck that blew through an oversized stop sign with a flashing yellow light, right into the path of the Saskatchewan junior hockey team’s bus, on April 6, 2018. The collision killed 16 players and staff and injured 13 others.

He was scheduled to be deported and board a plane for India early Monday morning.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Immigration from incompatible cultures"

Christian pastor is arrested for ‘criticising Islam’ while preaching in Watford town centre

Christian pastor is arrested for ‘criticising Islam’ while preaching in Watford town centre

A Christian pastor was arrested for allegedly criticising Islam while preaching on a high street – before a police officer told him: ‘In the name of Jesus, get in the car.’

Steve Maile, 66, had been speaking to the public in Watford about his thoughts on violence within Islam when discussing whether the faith was a religion of peace.

The Oasis City Church pastor, who is a married father-of-four and grandfather, was also singing Christian hymns and songs in the busy shopping area on Saturday.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Assad loyalist behind notorious war crime arrested

Assad loyalist behind notorious war crime arrested

The new authorities in Syria say they have arrested an Assad regime loyalist who was filmed shooting dozens of prisoners in one of the most notorious massacres of the country’s long civil war.

Photographs showed Amjed Youssef, a former intelligence officer in one of Syria’s most brutal military units, being driven in a police car away from a hiding place in a rural area near the city of Hama.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inSyria

Canada called on to fill ‘vacuum’ in LGBTQ+ advocacy worldwide in face of Trump cuts

Canada called on to fill ‘vacuum’ in LGBTQ+ advocacy worldwide in face of Trump cuts

OTTAWA – The former U.S. diplomat for LGBTQ+ rights is urging Canada to boost its support for gender and sexual minorities abroad — and South Africa says Ottawa can help hold the line against the Trump administration’s efforts to erode human rights globally.

American cuts to foreign aid and Washington’s co-ordination with dictators loomed large at this week’s Ottawa Civic Space Summit. The a conference of development and human rights workers was hosted by Resilient Societies and Co-operation Canada, a coalition of dozens of Canadian non-profits working in international assistance.

NO.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Trump says he speaks ‘for the UK more than Prince Harry’

Trump says he speaks ‘for the UK more than Prince Harry’

Donald Trump has said the Duke of Sussex was “not speaking for the UK” when he called for the US to show “leadership” on Ukraine – comments which came days before King Charles was due to meet the president.

Speaking on a visit to Kyiv, and without mentioning Trump, Prince Harry said the US should “show that it can honour its international treaty obligations – not out of charity but out of its enduring role in global security and strategic stability”.

Asked about the remarks, Trump said: “Prince Harry? How’s he doing? How’s his wife? Please give her my regards.

“I know one thing, Prince Harry is not speaking for the UK, that’s for sure. I think I am speaking for the UK more than Prince Harry.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Woke Royals", President Trump

Canada’s top general tries to reassure Ukraine as NATO tensions flare … and Ukraine deals with 2 million draft evaders

Canada’s top general tries to reassure Ukraine as NATO tensions flare … and Ukraine deals with 2 million draft evaders

Canada’s top military commander attempted to deliver a message of reassurance to Ukrainians on Thursday that NATO remains a stable, vital force despite turmoil and criticism — most of it from the Trump administration.

Gen. Jennie Carignan spoke on a panel at the Kyiv Security Forum and she told CBC News, in an exclusive interview afterwards from the Ukrainian capital, that disagreements among allies are part of the democratic process and they have happened before.

Exactly who needs reassuring?

While President Zelensky celebrates automated ‘victories’ on the battlefield, his Ministry of Defense is grappling with the reality that two million men are actively evading the draft.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", "Ukraine - Russia", Canada

With high gas prices and a trade war, get ready for a long stretch of low cross-border travel

With high gas prices and a trade war, get ready for a long stretch of low cross-border travel

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Drivers are tiring of sticker shock at the pump.

Before U.S. President Donald Trump began waging war with Iran in late February, Canadians were paying roughly $1.32 a litre, while Americans were paying around US$2.98 per gallon. Today’s prices, on average, are about $1.75 per litre and US$4.03 per gallon, respectively.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"