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Large crowds of Ahlulbayt followers commemorated the martyrdom anniversary of Lady Zainab, peace be upon her, at her holy shrine in the Syrian capital, Damascus.Large crowds of pilgrims from various Syrian provinces, in addition to hundreds of Iraqis, arrived at…

Sri Lanka has reversed a controversial mandatory order to cremate the bodies of all those who died of Covid-19.Critics had said the order was intended to target minorities and did not respect religions. The cremation of bodies is forbidden in…

The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution prepared by Britain, urging the fair distribution of vaccines against the Coronavirus, according to diplomatic sources.The resolution, the second in a year to be adopted by the Security Council on the…

Nigerian authorities are searching for hundreds of schoolgirls who were kidnapped by gunmen in a raid early Friday morning, according to police in the northwestern state of Zamfara.Police Commissioner Abutu Yaro told reporters that 317 girls had been kidnapped from…

The Imam of a mosque was assassinated on Thursday by unidentified gunmen in Mudiyah city of Abyan province, southern Yemen.According to local sources in the city, gunmen shot the imam of the Sunnah Mosque, Hafedh Ba’azab, and killed him on…

The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, called on the United Nations to take its supposed role in resolving international conflicts and take serious action to stop the bloodshed in Yemen and Syria.The organization stated in a statement received by Shiawaves,…

The Indonesian ambassador to Iraq, Elmar Iwan Lubis, visited the al-Kafeel Museum of Treasures and Manuscripts at al-Abbas Holy Shrine, where a number of museum officials informed him of the latest developments in terms of displaying and preserving the artifacts.Mr.…

Gunmen killed 36 people in two attacks in northern Nigeria on Wednesday, a day after insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades amid worsening security facing Africa’s most populous nation, officials and residents said.The series of attacks by armed bandits occurred over the…

A notorious Iraqi preacher said to be ISIS’ de facto leader in Germany was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison by a German court on Wednesday.The 37-year-old Ahmad Abdulaziz Abdullah Abdullah, better known as Abu Walaa, was…

Mark Lowcock, a United Nations aid official, urged Gulf states to take action to prevent widespread “man-made” famine in Yemen, by raising $ 3.85 billion for humanitarian operations.He added, “If the United Nations does not get the funds it needs…