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The extremist Sunni group ISIS has claimed responsibility for a bombing that killed two police officers in southwestern Pakistan over the weekend, abc News reported today. The attack occurred in Kuchlak, near Quetta, where an explosive device targeted a police…

Pakistan is on track for its deadliest year for journalists, with 11 confirmed killings in 2024, raising serious concerns about press freedom, VOA revealed in an article published on Sunday. The recent murders of Nisar Lehri, a press club secretary…

Shia Rights Watch (SRW), a pro-Shia rights organization, has condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a group of Shia pilgrims returning from the holy city of Karbala after performing the Holy Arbaeen Pilgrimage and visiting the holy shrine of Imam…

The UK-based Imam Hussein Charity (IHC) has distributed sacrificial meat to a number of orphaned and needy families in Afghanistan. This humanitarian effort, based on the recommendations of the Supreme Religious Authority Grand Ayatollah Shirazi, aims at assisting these families…

Iraqi and US forces have killed a senior Daesh commander, Abu Ali Al-Tunisi, and several other militants in a joint operation in Anbar province, Arab News reported yesterday. The operation, which began in late August, also involved Iraq’s National Intelligence…

The Sindh Assembly announced an anti-child beggary drive, led by the Sindh Child Protection Authority in collaboration with provincial police, to rescue children from forced begging, a multi-million-rupee business, Dawn revealed in an article on Saturday. Social Welfare Minister Tariq…

Human Rights Watch has urged immediate protection for the Hazara community in Afghanistan, citing escalating violence since the Taliban’s takeover in August 2021, Khaama Press reported yesterday. HRW pointed out ISIS has claimed responsibility for at least 17 attacks, resulting…

The Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) conducted a successful operation in Dera Ghazi Khan, resulting in the deaths of two terrorists on Thursday night, Dawn online newspaper reported. Acting on intelligence regarding their presence, the CTD engaged in a gunfight where…

The martyrdom of fourteen Hazara Shiites in the border regions of Daykundi and Ghor provinces in Afghanistan has elicited widespread domestic and international reactions. Several human rights organizations, political parties, and civil activists have described this attack as part of…

Sheikh Othman Al-Khamis, a Kuwaiti Sunni cleric, has sparked a wave of reactions on social media with his fatwa declaring it forbidden for men to wear the color red. The fatwa by Sheikh Othman Al-Khamis, a Kuwaiti Sunni cleric, regarding…