‘Our parents were crossing the border an hour before the flood hit’

‘Our parents were crossing the border an hour before the flood hit’

Hundreds of foreign nationals are desperately waiting to hear from loved ones thought to be caught in the deadly flash flood and mudslide along the Nepal-Tibet border.

Sisters Shreya and Ashna Ahuja are among those anxiously waiting for some news of their parents, Deepak and Madhu Ahuja, who had travelled from Texas to Mount Kailash on a group pilgrimage.

“It’s only been one day, but it has felt like much longer,” the sisters tell the BBC. “We just love them a lot and want them to come home.” One of the siblings spoke to their parents just before the floods struck.


That house held and all survived.

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COHEN: Jewish groups are wrong to support Canada’s ‘hate speech’ bans

COHEN: Jewish groups are wrong to support Canada’s ‘hate speech’ bans

The history of Judaism can be said to be the history of the power of free speech.

Going back thousands of years, ancient Jewish scholars debated everything under the sun — from criminal and civil law and theology to astronomy, mathematics, geography, ethics, and science. No topic, regardless of how controversial or obscure, was off-limits to these great thinkers as they probed the depths of human, physical, and metaphysical nature. Their debates and arguments were codified in the Talmud, which Orthodox Jews still study intensely to this day.

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Anti-invading migrant horde speaker blocked from entering Canada in time for Hamilton event even as Iran’s IRGC members continue to reside here

Anti-invading migrant horde speaker blocked from entering Canada in time for Hamilton event even as Iran’s IRGC members continue to reside here

OTTAWA — Austrian anti-immigrant speaker Martin Sellner says he was not granted an electronic travel authorization in time for a trip to Hamilton to speak at a nationalist conference.

In a video posted on X, Sellner says Canada not granting him permission to enter the country is political persecution, and said Canada is engaging in “silent, ethnic replacement” of its population.

He was scheduled to speak this weekend at a conference in the Hamilton area held by the Dominion Society, an organization advocating for a policy called remigration.


We let IRGC members and other Iran regime officials reside in Canada.

Former Iranian official living in Toronto was ‘critical’ to terror finance, CBSA alleges

Sellner is not my cup of tea, we have far better proponents for immigration reform. Banning him is the wrong thing to do.

That said Canada is rotten with Islamist entryism. Our so called national broadcaster is a propaganda outlet for Muslim terrorists. And the LPC is as bad.

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Lutnick claims Canada pulled out of trade talks due to the Quebec election, Alberta refe

Lutnick claims Canada pulled out of trade talks due to the Quebec election, Alberta refe

OTTAWA — United States Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Canada walked away from a trade agreement with the U.S. due to “political purposes” that involved Quebec’s upcoming provincial election and Alberta’s referendum.

“It was manufactured,” said Lutnick, during a press conference in Washington on Thursday. “So there’s the sovereignty party trying to run, and they’re in the lead in Quebec and so this was Mark Carney manufacturing something that would try to keep them from winning, and then you have Alberta has an independence resolution.”

Lutnick’s and the US version of events seems far more credible than the Carney con.

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AfD on Course for Historic Breakthrough in Saxony-Anhalt

AfD on Course for Historic Breakthrough in Saxony-Anhalt

The German right-wing Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party is heading into the final days of the Saxony-Anhalt election campaign with a commanding lead, as its candidate for prime minister Ulrich Siegmund seeks to form the party’s first ever state government.

new poll puts the AfD at 42%, while the centre-right governing CDU of Prime Minister Sven Schulze is at 22%. The far-left Die Linke stands at 11%, the Social Democrats (SPD) at 8%, and the Greens at 6%. Other parties would currently fail to clear the 5% threshold.

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A visit with Occam’s Razor

A visit with Occam’s Razor

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Putin’s ‘little green men’ could attack Nato from within

Putin’s ‘little green men’ could attack Nato from within

How would a Russian attack on Nato unfold?

John Ratcliffe, the CIA director, flew to Moscow this week to warn Vladimir Putin against attacking any member of the alliance – something that increasingly appeals to the Russian president, according to recent intelligence reports.

Bogged down in Ukraine, Moscow has escalated its hybrid attacks on the West.

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LILLEY: If CBC can’t call 9/11 terrorism, why should anyone trust it?

LILLEY: If CBC can’t call 9/11 terrorism, why should anyone trust it?

When the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks takes place two weeks from now, CBC journalists will not be allowed to call them terrorist attacks. Those same CBC journalists can quote someone calling the attacks terrorism, but as a new memo to staff issued this week shows, journalists can’t use that description themselves.

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German Crime Statistics Reveal Shocking Rise in Foreign Suspects Since 2000

German Crime Statistics Reveal Shocking Rise in Foreign Suspects Since 2000

According to official German government data, the number of foreign suspects in violent crimes have skyrocketed in Germany, since the start of the century. The number of foreigners accused of homicide increased by 77.1% between 2000 and 2025, while the increase in suspected sexual offenses was even more pronounced, rising by 148.2% over the same period.

The 2025 figures show that the proportion of foreigners involved in violent crime has increased overall by 71.6% since 2000. The number of non-Germans suspected of negligent simple bodily harm also rose by 169.3%.

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Most Canadians support suspension of U.S. trade talks, poll suggests

Most Canadians support suspension of U.S. trade talks, poll suggests

OTTAWA — A majority of Canadians support Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to walk away from trade talks with the U.S., a new poll suggests.

Results of the Abacus Data poll also suggest a divide among Conservative voters, underscoring the challenges facing Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre amid the ongoing Canada-U.S. trade turmoil.

Released exclusively to the Star, the survey asked respondents whether they believe Canada made the right call in suspending the trade talks on Friday, or if it should have accepted the terms offered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration.

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The art of inflicting pain: How to select targets for Canada’s counter-tariffs

The art of inflicting pain: How to select targets for Canada’s counter-tariffs

Like a fox trying to bring down a moose, Canada’s retaliation against the latest U.S. tariffs is a classic case of asymmetrical warfare.

That’s because the U.S. economy is about 12 times larger than Canada’s, says economist Trevor Tombe.

“It’s incredibly hard for a small country to move the needle in aggregate in the United States. That’s why it’s important to zoom in on specific states where possible. But even in these heavily affected states, the effects are small,” he said.

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‘Prislam’ is radicalizing Britain’s inmates

‘Prislam’ is radicalizing Britain’s inmates

According to figures released by the Ministry of Justice, one in five Muslim prisoners in England and Wales are now white, compared with around 6% of Muslims as a whole. At first glance, that number may look relatively benign: men finding faith and perhaps a sense of purpose behind bars. But the truth is much darker.

During my 16 years in prison, I saw Islamist groups offer frightened and susceptible prisoners protection, status and belonging — sometimes backed by intimidation — in exchange for conversion. And as the number of Muslim people in British prisons grows, accounting for nearly a fifth of all prisoners, vulnerable people on hostile wings increasingly find themselves joining strong groups not as a theological decision but rather as a survival strategy.

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