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Lawmakers in Boston, Massachusetts, are set to propose legislation banning all tobacco products, joining California’s efforts to prevent tobacco sales to anyone born after 2007. Brookline, a Massachusetts town, already prohibits tobacco sales to individuals born after January 1, 2000.…

Muslim charities providing aid to Palestinians are facing significant challenges due to discriminatory banking practices, Al Jazeera revealed in an article yesterday. Many financial institutions have cut off essential services to these organizations, particularly those focused on Gaza, citing a…

New research has identified significant links between increased exposure to toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” and living near “superfund” sites or in areas with limited access to fresh food, The Guardian reported yesterday. The study, conducted in southern California, found that…

In the ongoing sectarian violence in northwest Pakistan, 13 more lives were lost, bringing the total death toll to 124, predominantly affecting the Shiite community, Arab News reported yesterday. The latest clashes erupted after two Shiite Muslim convoys, under police…

The death toll from devastating landslides in eastern Uganda’s Bulambuli district rose to 20 on Friday after more bodies were recovered and one injured victim died in the hospital, news outlets said. Heavy rains on Wednesday night triggered landslides that…

Muslims worldwide, particularly Shia followers of Ahlulbayt (peace be upon them), recall today, 27th of Jumada al-Awwal, the catastrophe of the demolition of al-Askariyain Holy Shrine, that painful incident that hurt the hearts of Ahlulbayt followers due to terrorism’s attack…

Three people, including two girls aged 13 and 17 and a 50-year-old woman, were crushed to death Friday as a crowd surged at a bakery in Gaza’s Deir Al-Balah, desperate for bread amid a worsening food crisis, news reports said.…

The Rohingya crisis, one of the world’s gravest humanitarian tragedies, demands immediate global attention. Nobel laureate Mohammed Yunus has called for an international conference to address the plight of over 1 million Rohingya refugees stranded in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh.…

At least 27 people died, and over 100 others, mostly women, are missing after a boat capsized on the River Niger in northern Nigeria on Friday, local officials confirmed. The vessel, carrying about 200 passengers, was traveling from Kogi state…

Negotiators at the final round of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) talks in South Korea are racing to finalize a treaty to combat plastic pollution by the Dec. 1 deadline. Delegates from 175 countries have struggled to make progress…