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Afghan president: Kabul truck-bomb toll rises to more than 150 killed
June 7, 2017
Afghan president: Kabul truck-bomb toll rises to more than 150 killed
The death toll from a truck-bomb explosion in Kabul last week has reached more than 150 people, President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday, making it the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital since the ouster of the Taliban in 2001.…
Iraqi Hashd al-Sha’abi forces retake nine villages west of Mosul from Daesh
June 7, 2017
Iraqi Hashd al-Sha’abi forces retake nine villages west of Mosul from Daesh
Iraqi fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units have managed to regain control over nine villages west of Mosul as they engage in joint military operations with army troops to purge Takfiri Daesh terrorists out of their last urban bastion in…
Shia Hazara siblings gunned down in Quetta
June 6, 2017
Shia Hazara siblings gunned down in Quetta
A man and his young sister belonging to the Shia Hazara community were gunned down in the Spiny Road area on Sunday, police said. A man and his young sister belonging to the Shia Hazara community were gunned down…
Bahrain quietly heading towards a ‘total suppression of human rights’
June 6, 2017
Bahrain quietly heading towards a ‘total suppression of human rights’
Overshadowed by the influence of its wealthier Gulf neighbours and the drama of the massive conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Yemen, the tiny island kingdom of Bahrain has nonetheless been plagued by unrest since the Arab Spring protests of 2011.…
SRW denounces hostile practices against Shias in Egypt
June 6, 2017
SRW denounces hostile practices against Shias in Egypt
After a video clip of a film depicting a group of Egyptian soldiers brutally torturing Shia citizens, the International Shia Watch Organization of the Imam al-Shirazi International Foundation in Washington D.C. issued a statement denouncing the numerous and ongoing pressure…
Families of “Dirazraid” detainees concerned over their sons’ fate after no news reported about them
June 5, 2017
Families of “Dirazraid” detainees concerned over their sons’ fate after no news reported about them
A number of families of “Dirazraid” detainees said that they do not know anything about their sons since over a week, as they only received one call from them on Thursday (May 26, 2017) after they were arrested during the…
UN: Nearly 600 people killed by Cholera in Yemen since late April
June 4, 2017
UN: Nearly 600 people killed by Cholera in Yemen since late April
The United Nations says the cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen has claimed the lives of nearly 600 people in about a month amid a deadly Saudi military campaign against the impoverished Arab country. The United Nations says the cholera…
UN rights chief urges Bahrain to investigate Diraz violence
June 4, 2017
UN rights chief urges Bahrain to investigate Diraz violence
A UN human rights chief has called on Bahrain to probe a raid by security forces on the house of Sheikh Isa Qassim which left five people dead last month. A UN human rights chief has called on Bahrain…
Car bomb hits predominantly Shia city in Saudi Arabia
June 4, 2017
Car bomb hits predominantly Shia city in Saudi Arabia
A car bomb has exploded in the predominantly Shia city of Qatif in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, with initial reports of casualties. A car bomb has exploded in the predominantly Shia city of Qatif in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province,…
United Nations: Violence claimed 354 Iraqi civilian lives in May
June 4, 2017
United Nations: Violence claimed 354 Iraqi civilian lives in May
Latest figures released by the UN show that acts of terrorism and violence killed more than 350 civilians in May, as government forces, backed by volunteer fighters, are engaged in joint operations to expel Daesh terrorists out of their last…