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Highlights Governor Arif Mohammed Khan administered the oath of office to 76-year-old Vijayan NEW DELHI: Pinarayi Vijayan was on Thursday sworn as Keralas Chief Minister for the second time in the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic in the state. The oath ceremony took place with Covid protocols in place at the Central Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. The CPI(M) veteran had led the Left Democratic Front (LDF) to an unprecedented consecutive victory in the April 6 assembly polls. Governor Arif Mohamme...

More COVID-19 cases and deaths were reported in Asia-Pacific on Wednesday, as India recorded 267,334 new infections, taking the total...

How much worse can the situation in Gaza still get? Israel is the most powerful state in the Middle East. Its military forces may not match the likes of Egypt or Turkey in numbers, but the might of its training, equipment, technologies and nuclear weapons make it unassailable. Given its long-developed capabilities in public order control, such a position should also apply to its control of radical dissent within its own borders, as well as in the Palestinian occupied territories. Gaza may not b...

Hamas targets IDF bus with anti-tank missile, Israeli soldier injured ANI | Updated: May 20, 2021 20:15 IST Tel Aviv [Israel], May 20 (ANI): Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday informed that an Israeli soldier has sustained injuries after Hamas targeted an IDF bus carrying soldiers north of the Gaza Strip with anti-tank missile fired. "An anti-tank missile was recently fired from the northern Gaza Strip toward an empty bus. As a result of the shelling, ...

Antonio Guterres calls Gaza 'hell on earth' for children, says civilian infrastructure severely damaged and thousands left homeless in the Palestinian enclave

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  Share Source: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Republican lawmakers are fighting back against the lefts appeasement and support of Iranian terrorist organization Hamas, which continues its attacks on Israeli civilians.  During a press conference on Capitol Hill Thursday, Texas Republican Congressman Chip Roy inserted some reality into the situation by explaining where priorities should be focused.  "Israel not only has a right to defend itself, but it has an obligation, a duty to defend ...

'The assault on Palestinians in Jerusalem, in Sheikh Jarrah and at the Al-Aqsa Mosque' and 'the assault on the Arab public in general and in mixed cities in particular,' prompted the strike, the Arab Higher Monitoring Committee said

Pakistani, Belgian national win $1m each at Dubai Duty Free raffle Staff Report/Dubai Filed on May 19, 2021 It was an early birthday gift for Gert, who has been participating in the raffle since 2017. A Pakistani and a Belgian national became the latest dollar millionaires at the Dubai Duty Free raffle conduced at the Dubai International Airport on Wednesday. Waseem Ramzan, a Pakistani national based in Saudi Arabia, won $1 million in Series 358 with ticket number 4848, which he purchas...

The consecutive second term for the LDF government in Kerala provides a rare opportunity for continuity in policy and a chance to complete the agenda for transforming the economic base of the state. There is a growing realisation that the redistributive strategy of development had reached a dead end and could be further pursued only by rapidly modernising the base into a high productivity knowledge-skill-service based economy that will generate quality jobs for educated unemployed youth. The re...