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Saudi Arabia plans to expand an initiative to green up mosques across the Kingdom as part of its ambitious climate and environmental initiatives, said a senior government official.  “For this initiative, we plan to have 100 mosques in five steps,” Hamoud Alotaibi,…

Four wrestling champions from Karbala achieved an important victory for Iraq after representing their country in the Arab Championship in Freestyle and Roman Wrestling, which took place in Alexandria, Egypt. Karar Abbas Maksar, Sajjad Ali Maksar, Ali Abbas, and Hassan…

The member states of the Human Rights Council called on Bahrain to respect the religious freedoms of the Shias, and to release political detainees in the country. According to information received by Shia Waves Agency, Ireland has called for protecting…

Saudi Arabia will now allow people with single-entry visit visas to remain in the kingdom for up to three months, compared to a month in the past. The Council of Ministers announced on Tuesday that it had also approved the…

Afghan women were stopped from entering amusement parks in Kabul on Wednesday after the Taliban’s morality ministry said there would be restrictions on women being able to access public parks. Since taking over Afghanistan last year, Taliban have said women…

The Pakistani television channel, Baaghi TV, published, on its official website, an editorial in which it emphasized the immortal role of the Karbala incident and the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein bin Ali, peace be upon him, in the course…

International human rights organizations have called for intensifying efforts to pressure the Saudi authorities to release prisoners of conscience who are detained over demanding their fundamental freedoms.  The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention published on its website on…

Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi continues his scholarly meetings at the residence in the holy city of Qom . In the scholarly meeting on Tuesday, the 13th of Rabi’ul-Thani, a number of questions were asked to Ayatollah such as:…

The Syrian artist, Riad Nawaf Al-Radi, said that he returned again to work on his project, which aims to prepare the largest Noble Quran in the world in a distinctive way, after a hiatus of about four years. Al-Radi confirmed…

A tourist delegation from the Republic of Hungary visited the Imam Hussain Holy Shrine and toured its museum. The visit was part of their tour inside Iraq to see the holy, historical and archaeological sites in the country. The museum’s…