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Iraq has sentenced 14 people to death by hanging for their alleged role in the Daesh massacre of hundreds of army cadets in 2014, according to judicial officials. The Al-Rusafa Criminal Court in the capital Baghdad “issued death sentences against…

Almost twelve years into Syria’s devastating civil war, the country remains tattered and deeply divided, facing massive economic hardships, limited political progress and the world’s largest displacement crisis, with 70 per cent of the population now in need of humanitarian…

The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General says she opposes cutting aid to Afghanistan as a response to the Taliban’s policies towards women and girls. Amina Mohammed, the UN deputy chief, and Sima Bahous the head of UN Women, briefed senior EU…

Today, Friday, the Samarra Operations Command confirmed that the number of pilgrims to Imam Al-Hadi, Peace be upon him, has reached more than one million. Pilgrims from all over the Iraqi provinces and from foreign and neighboring countries have arrived…

Pakistan has for the past several decades been battling sectarianism. While targeted killings and sectarian acts of terrorism may currently be down, in the past the nation has witnessed grotesque massacres of innocent people carried out by sectarian death squads,…

After a peaceful and armed struggle that lasted for decades, in which more than 100,000 Filipino Muslims were killed, in 2019 Moro Muslims obtained expanded autonomy in the Muslim-majority Bangsamoro region of the Philippines. Last Saturday, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region…

The United Nations on Wednesday (Jan 24) inscribed an ancient city and its dam in war-torn Yemen and a futurist park in cash-strapped Lebanon on its world heritage list. The UN cultural agency listed both as world heritage sites in…

The Indian and Egyptian authorities must address the ongoing human rights and impunity crises in the two countries, Amnesty International said today, as India hosts Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi as the chief guest at its Republic Day celebrations. In…

The Najaf Al-Ashraf Center for Strategic Studies (NCSS), affiliated to the Grand Religious Authority in the holy city of Najaf, held the scientific symposium titled (New World System Technologies, and Their Impact on the Individual and Society) by the lecturer,…

Imam Ali, peace be upon him, Conference is an annual virtual event founded by Seyyed Mohamad Jawad Qazwini, a Shia scholar and preacher. The Conference brings together top religious speakers and Shia organizations around the world. The third Imam Ali…