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Haniyeh, who is a political leader of Hamas met newly elected Iranian President Raisi to update him about the situation in the Gaza strip. The region is ruled predominantly by militants of Hamas. -ruled Gaza Strip and described the ramifications of May's hostilities with Israel, the militant organization said in a statement. He talked about the hostilities with the Israeli government in May and presented him with the developments in the Palestinian arena, including the controversial case of East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and the expansion of Israel settlements in the West Bank. The official statement read that, the Hamas leader stressed that the Palestinian people will continue to battle against the Israeli occupation.  Raisi, on his part, promised that Iran would keep supporting Hamas. President Raisi, himself is under the lens of international organizations. Earlier he had been accused of human rights abuses when he was a judge. Though he promised to take steps t...

  United States Presidential Elections have rendered the highly controversial president Donald Trump out of the White House. The current votes count show nearly 80 million American people to have voted for Joe Biden, making him the 46 th President of the United States of America. This voting has been unprecedented as no candidate has ever received such high count of votes.   But what more this voting highlighted was that Trump managed to receive 11 million more votes than he received in 2016. This is a cause of concern as it showcases Trump’s increased support in various communities going under stress. These communities are the ones struggling with poverty and unemployment, with inadequate healthcare and childcare. This wasn’t predicted by-election pandits and that should be enough to scare the Democrats for 2024.   Though Trump widely caused chaos in the country with his policies regarding immigration, his unapologetic stand for causes like Black Lives Matter, atroc...