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At least 26 long-finned pilot whales have perished, with a number rescued, following a mass stranding involving 160 of them in Western Australia, according to the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning in Geographe…

Burkina Faso’s military forces “summarily executed” 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in two villages in February, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in a new report. The mass killings took place on February 25 in the northern villages…

The English Anglican priest, Andrew Thompson, recounted his visit to Holy Karbala a few months ago, where he was astonished by the number of pilgrims and organization. Thompson described in his writings the experience of the Arbaeen Pilgrimage to Imam…

UN Women, one of the UN-affiliated pro-women entities, said in a statement released on Thursday that Afghanistan is a “graveyard of hopes” for girls deprived of schooling, Amu news platform reported. “While the world strives to put more girls in…

A new study has revealed that global immunization efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives – or the equivalent of 6 lives every minute of every year – over the past 50 years. The vast majority of lives saved…

The office of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, in the city of Majunga, Madagascar, has organized an educational and entertaining trip for a number of Shia young men. This activity was carried out as an…

The UK-based “Who is Hussein?” charity has carried out a food distribution campaign in Tanzania and Lebanon to provide hundreds of families with essential substances. The charity said on its official Facebook account: “The Dar es Salaam team distributed food…

More than six months of hostilities have caused deep suffering on refugees and local communities in South Lebanon, affecting all aspects of life across the border area amid worsening multiple crises facing Lebanon, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) warned recently.…

Iraqi authorities have carried out death penalty for at least 11 terrorism convicts this week, local sources reported, with rights group Amnesty International condemning an alarming lack of transparency. Under Iraqi law, terrorism and murder offences are punishable by death,…

Pakistani security forces killed three terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber district, Dawn reported on Thursday. According to a military statement, arms and ammunition were recovered from the slain militants who had remained “actively involved in…