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Danish PM ‘hit’ by man in Copenhagen

Shawdesh Desk: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was on Friday ‘hit’ by a man on a Copenhagen square, her office said, with EU chiefs quickly condemning the attack. The Danish prime

Israel pounds Gaza refugee camp

Shawdesh Desk: Israeli forces bombarded a Gaza refugee camp on Friday after a deadly strike on a UN-run school there, as the war sparked by Hamas’s unprecedented attack on Israel

Israel’s strike on UN school in Gaza kills 27

Shawdesh desk: The Israeli military said Thursday it had carried out a deadly strike on a UN school in Gaza that it said housed a Hamas compound, with the militant

Separatists. screen stars among other notable winners in India vote

Shawdesh Desk: A jailed Sikh separatist, a Bollywood actress and an international cricket star have all been elected to serve in India’s next parliament, according to official results published Tuesday.

71 more Palestinians killed in Gaza, death toll climbs to 36,550

Shawdesh Desk: At least 71 Palestinians were killed over the past 24 hours, said Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza on Tuesday. With the casualties, the death toll in the territory

Modi: Tea seller’s son who became India’s populist hero

Shawdesh Desk: Once shunned and now eagerly courted by the West, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has steered India away from its secular traditions and towards the Hindu-first politics he has championed for decades.Modi’s political

NDA close to 300, INDIA defies predictions

Shawdesh Desk: The counting of votes for the Lok Sabha polls, which will decide if Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes a comeback or a resurgent Opposition steals the show, has begun.

Modi eyes victory as India begins vote counting

Shawdesh desk: Vote counting began in India’s election on Tuesday, with prime minister Narendra Modi all but assured a triumph for his Hindu nationalist drive that has thrown the opposition