Indian and Canadian officials have been in contact “at various levels” following a confrontation over Canadian accusations that India may have been involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in suburban Vancouver, an official in New Delhi said Thursday. The spokesperson for India’s External Affairs Ministry, Arindam Bachi, …

Dolly Parton is always ready for her closeup. The country legend joked this week that the only way she would be seen without makeup is if she were dead. “You’d just have to see me laid out on a stretcher,”she kidded with People magazine, before adding, “No, if my husband …

A secretive Hamas group known as the “Shadow Unit” is likely overseeing the holding of any Israeli or American hostages, putting those held by the group in danger and complicating any attempts at a rescue. The Shadow Unit, whose existence was only disclosed by Hamas in 2016, is likely in …

Calls from Capitol Hill lawmakers to freeze the $6 billion in Iranian funds reached through controversial negotiations increased this week. Nearly 20 GOP senators are calling on the Biden administration to freeze the funds that were released to a Qatar account in exchange for five American prisoners last month. Sen. …

A group of Republican senators led by Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., are introducing legislation Thursday to redirect funds bound for Gaza to instead help replenish Israeli’s defensive “Iron Dome” system. The bill, which has 10 Republican co-sponsors as of Thursday morning, would require President Biden to transfer “all unexpended balances …

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., is concerned President Joe Biden’s supplemental request to Congress, which includes humanitarian aid for Gaza, will further fund terrorism in the region. “Even last week, we got a report that Hamas was intersecting aid that was going and whether it is money, food, fuel even first …

High schoolers in Oregon won’t need to demonstrate basic competency in reading, writing or math in order to graduate for at least five more years because, according to education officials, such requirements are unnecessary and disproportionately harm students of color. “At some point … our diploma is going to end …

Week 8 of the college football season saw a handful of near losses for top-10 teams before North Carolina came crashing back down to Earth. Both Texas and Oklahoma were in conference battles before finding a way to walk out of the stadium with a victory while the Washington survived …

A Michigan GOP lawmaker’s sign in support of Israel hanging outside his office in Washington, D.C., was vandalized with bloody handprints, his office said Thursday. Rep. Tim Walberg’s office revealed his “I stand with Israel” sign was defaced, with the congressman declaring, “anti-semitism has run rampant across the country.” “This …

Students sat at midfield linking arms in protest before the start of Saturday’s University of California, Berkeley game against USC. Fifteen people protested, police confirmed, delaying the game several minutes. Fourteen adults were transported to Alameda County Jail for booking, while one juvenile was sent to UCPD for processing, police …