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Twelve killed in explosion at Kabul mosque during Friday prayers

The blast came less than a week after an explosion at a school killed 80 people, most of them school girls from the ethnic Hazara Shiite Muslim minority

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Debris covers the ground at a mosque after a bomb explosion in Shakar Dara district of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday, May 14, 2021

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Raw materials shortage, demand driving up prices of supplies: China

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Indian envoy had raised concerns over soaring prices of critical medical provisions

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Oli sworn in as Nepal Prime Minister again; retains previous Cabinet

Mr. Oli will now have to take a vote of confidence at the House within 30 days

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K.P. Sharma Oli sworn in as Nepal Prime Minister again.

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China says U.S. ignoring Palestinians' plight by blocking UN meet

U.S. had single handedly obstructed the Security Council from speaking out on the crisis, says Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying. File Photo.

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Debris covers the ground at a mosque after a bomb explosion in Shakar Dara district of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday, May 14, 2021

Twelve killed in explosion at Kabul mosque during Friday prayers

Raw materials shortage, demand driving up prices of supplies: China

K.P. Sharma Oli sworn in as Nepal Prime Minister again.

Oli sworn in as Nepal Prime Minister again; retains previous Cabinet

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying. File Photo.

China says U.S. ignoring Palestinians' plight by blocking UN meet

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Irish health service hit by ransomware attack

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Rockets launched towards Israel from the northern Gaza Strip and response from the Israeli missile defense system known as the Iron Dome leave streaks through the sky on May 13, 2021 in Gaza City, Gaza.

Israel pounds Gaza as conflict intensifies, stops short of ground operation

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Australians arriving home from India face old mining-camp quarantine Reuters

The flight will be the first after the lifting of a two-week ban on anyone coming from India.

Covid-19 | U.S. allows fully vaccinated people to forgo masks indoors

U.S. governor unrolls $1 million lottery prizes to encourage COVID-19 vaccination

Taiwan tightens restrictions after COVID-19 cases rise

American India Foundation raises $25 million for COVID-19 assistance to India

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Oli sworn in as Nepal Prime Minister again; retains previous Cabinet
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U.S. pulls out of major Kandahar base in southern Afghanistan: Afghan army
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Twelve killed in explosion at Kabul mosque during Friday prayers
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Oli reappointed as Nepal PM as Opposition fails to prove majority to form government
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U.S. pulls out of major Kandahar base in southern Afghanistan: Afghan army
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China says U.S. ignoring Palestinians' plight by blocking UN meet
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Raw materials shortage, demand driving up prices of supplies: China
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Oli sworn in as Nepal Prime Minister again; retains previous Cabinet

Raw materials shortage, demand driving up prices of supplies: China

U.S. pulls out of major Kandahar base in southern Afghanistan: Afghan army

China says U.S. ignoring Palestinians' plight by blocking UN meet

Twelve killed in explosion at Kabul mosque during Friday prayers

Chip shortage to cost automakers $110 bln in revenues in 2021

Irish health service hit by ransomware attack

Reid said the attack was largely affecting information stored on central servers and not hospital equipment.

Explained: Israel’s Iron Dome rocket defence system

It is an all-weather system and can engage multiple targets simultaneously and can be deployed over land and sea

Ethereum co-founder donates over $1 billion in cryptocurrency towards India’s COVID-19 relief

Buterin also donated $0.6 million to the fund in the form of ether and maker tokens earlier in April, according to a Forbes report.

Australians arriving home from India face old mining-camp quarantine

The flight will be the first after the lifting of a two-week ban on anyone coming from India.

U.S. judge dismisses advertisers' antitrust claims against Google

The plaintiffs also need to better explain why Google's refusal to support rival systems that the advertisers rely upon is anticompetitive, because antitrust law does not require monopolists to help competitors survive.

Apple holds edge in app store trial despite nagging issues

Apple has collected a 15% to 30% commission on those in-app purchases for the past 13 years, fueling a moneymaking machine that has helped the company increase its market value from about $150 billion in 2008 to more than $2 trillion today

Amazon seeks renewable power for Japan data centres

A Japanese trading house is considering supplying electricity to Amazon from an off-shore wind farm to be built in Japan if it wins in the government auction that began last year.

Watch: Officials release 2 Indians detained in Scotland after neighbours swarm the street in protest

Hundreds of residents surrounded the Border Agency van in Glasgow to try to prevent immigration officers from removing the men.

Israel pounds Gaza as conflict intensifies, stops short of ground operation

Israeli security forces have also been scrambled to contain deadly riots between Jews and Arabs, and projectiles have been fired on Israel from Lebanon.

'It was like living in a zoo': Prince Harry speaks about life as a royal, departure from U.K.

Harry said it was a heavy burden and he struggled to deal with being a member of the royal family.

9 wounded, 3 critically, in shooting in Providence, Rhode Island, says police

Witnesses at the scene said multiple shots were fired outside a home.

Fully vaccinated Americans not required to wear masks: CDC

We are seeing the results. Cases are down in 49 of 50 states, says U.S. President Joe Biden

Not entered Gaza Strip: Israeli army contradicts earlier statement

"Israeli planes and troops on the ground are carrying out an attack in the Gaza Strip," the army said in a brief message.

Riyadh frees Bin Laden patriarch

He was held in a 2017 purge of the kingdom’s elite at Ritz-Carlton hotel

Buddhist monks in Myanmar split on anti-junta movement

Myanmar's Buddhist monkhood led an earlier struggle against military rule but is split on the coup that ended the country's nascent democracy, with

Covid-19 | U.S. allows fully vaccinated people to forgo masks indoors

The CDC guidance still calls for wearing masks in crowded indoor settings like buses, planes, hospitals, prisons and homeless shelters.

Three rockets fired from southern Lebanon toward Israel

The hostilities escalated despite intense mediation efforts by Egyptian negotiators who held in-person talks with both sides.

Oli reappointed as Nepal PM as Opposition fails to prove majority to form government

However, as per rules, Mr. Oli is required to win the vote of confidence within 30 days from the date of the appointment.

Tamils’ war memorial in Sri Lanka’s Mullaitivu found vandalised

‘Height of indecency’, says TNA in a statement

Biden hopes ‘violence will end sooner than later’

My expectation and hope is that this will be closing down sooner than later, but Israel has a right to defend itself when you have thousands of rockets flying into your territory, says Mr. Biden

Israel-Palestinian fighting escalates

Riots flare up between far-right Jews and Arabs; flight diverted after rockets target airport near Tel Aviv

Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed flown to Germany for treatment

Spotlight on religious extremism, impunity in the Indian Ocean archipelago

Italy fines Google $123 million for abuse of dominant position

The regulator said Google did not allow JuicePass, an EV services app from Enel X, to operate on Android Auto - which allows apps to be used while driving - unfairly limiting its use while favouring Google Maps.

Samsung boosts non-memory chip investment to $151 billion as S.Korea offers bigger tax breaks

Some 153 chip companies including global No.1 and 2 memory chip makers Samsung and SK Hynix already have plans to invest a combined 510 trillion won or more between this year and 2030.

Tesla suspends vehicle purchases using Bitcoin

Tesla began accepting the world’s most-traded digital currency as payment in February this year

Biden cybersecurity order mandates new rules for govt software

The executive order's initiatives include the creation of a organization that would investigate major hacks along the lines of National Transportation Safety Board inquiries that are launched after plane crashes.

US hits China and others for repressing religious freedom

The condemnation was similar to that lodged by the Trump administration, which had been criticised for prioritising religious freedom over other rights

E.U. countries urged to halt non-essential travel from India

Countries should apply an "emergency brake" on non-essential travel from India, it said in a statement.

U.S. governor unrolls $1 million lottery prizes to encourage COVID-19 vaccination

Beginning May 26, adults who have received at least one vaccine dose may enter a lottery that will provide a $1 million prize each Wednesday for five weeks.

Taiwan tightens restrictions after COVID-19 cases rise

Early and effective prevention steps succeeded in shielding the country from the worst of the pandemic, with just 1,231 infections reported so far.

American India Foundation raises $25 million for COVID-19 assistance to India

AIF was founded in the aftermath of the Gujarat earthquake at the initiative of the then U.S. President Bill Clinton and the then Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Antonio Guterres appoints Martin Griffiths as UN humanitarian chief

The UN chief said said Mr. Griffiths will continue to serve as the UN's top envoy for Yemen “until a transition has been announced

Blinken calls Netanyahu, backs Israel's defense

Both Israelis and Palestinians have the right to live in safety and security, the U.S. Secretary of State said.

Myanmar military court gives reporter 3-year prison term

He is the first victim of a recently revised provision in the Penal Code that critics charge criminalises free speech.

Biden says spoke to Netanyahu, hopes Israel violence ending 'sooner than later'

The Secretary of State had earlier announced that Hady Amr, the State Department official in charge of Israeli and Palestinian affairs, was leaving on Wednesday to the region to urge "de-escalation of violence."

Taliban seizes district on outskirts of Kabul

The Taliban has seized a district from the Afghan government forces on the outskirts of Kabul, ahead of a three-day ceasefire agreed between the

New Hamas rocket barrage after Israel levels another Gaza tower

The volley of 130 rockets, which killed a six-year-old boy in southern Israel and set off air raid warnings up to Tel Aviv, was a response to the destruction of Gaza City's Al-Farouk tower.

Hong Kong legislature approves China loyalty laws

Forty legislators approved the new law with just one dissenting vote in a chamber cleared of Opposition members late last year ahead of the current political overhaul

Israel-Palestinian clashes trigger fears of ‘full-scale war’

At least 53 die in Gaza, 6 in Israel

Republicans oust Trump critic from leadership

Liz Cheney refused to embrace false claim that Democrats stole 2020 poll

Bangladesh receives 5,00,000 doses of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine as gift

Foreign Minister Abdul Momen said that Bangladesh seeks to procure 40 to 50 million doses of the Chinese vaccine on a commercial basis.

Coronavirus | World could have prevented COVID catastrophe: expert panel

The IPPPR said a series of bad decisions meant COVID-19 went on to kill at least 3.3 million people so far and devastate the global economy

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