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The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that 292 civilians were killed in Afghanistan in the first half of 2023 due to landmines and unexploded ordnance, with a staggering 89% of these casualties being children,…

The Holy Husseini Arbaeen Walk started on Saturday from Ra’s Al-Bisheh region, fifteen days earlier this year compared to previous years. On the third commemorative day of the martyrdom of Imam al-Hussain, the Arbaeen pilgrims started their journey to the…

Iraqi security forces, in collaboration with Kurdish Asayish units, arrested 21 suspected members of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Sulaimani province, Rudaw news agency reported yesterday. The arrests were made following judicial approvals, targeting individuals accused of terrorism. Among those…

Afghan female teachers’ career was abruptly halted when the Taliban banned girls’ education nearly three years ago, forcing them out of their classrooms. When secondary schools for girls were suspended in September 2021, about a month after the Taliban took…

Iraq has resumed rice cultivation after a two-year hiatus due to water shortages and is testing a water-efficient strain of rice, as reported by Reuters. According to officials, the country has allocated 150 square kilometers (58 square miles) for rice…

According to Pakistani officials, unidentified gunmen blew up a government girls’ school in a tribal area of Pakistan’s troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, destroying seven rooms of the school, where 255 girls study, with no casualties recorded. Minister of…

Saudi Arabia has seen a sharp increase in the number of executions during the first half of 2024, sparking widespread criticism from human rights organizations. Despite the Saudi government’s pledges to improve human rights conditions, reports indicate a nearly 42%…

Iraqi security forces and specialized teams continue their efforts to recover the bodies of more than 100 individuals executed by ISIS, and were buried in a mass grave in the Saqlawiyah district near Fallujah in Anbar province. This mass grave…

Iraq will open three new international airports in the next year in the in the country’s southern and northern regions, announced the Iraqi Ministry of Transport today. The activities in the projects of Karbala, Nasiriyah and Mosul international airports continues…

Pakistan’s opposition party, led by imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan, reported on Saturday that its foreign media coordinator and several social media activists were allegedly “abducted” and have gone missing, VOA reported yesterday. Relatives and Khan’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf…