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One person was killed and three others were injured in a blast in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Saturday evening, local authorities reported. According to reports, the blast from a ‘sticky bomb’ planted on a minibus occurred in the Kot-e-Sangi neighbourhood,…

Southern China was hit by heavy rains on the weekend, causing flooding in homes, streets, and farmland, CNN reported today. Tens of millions of people are at risk as rescuers work to evacuate those trapped by rising waters after at…

The upcoming heavier normal Gu rains and floods in 22 districts of Somalia are expected to affect some 770,000 people, Xinhua reported on Sunday citing the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The Gu (April to June)…

Unknown gunmen shot dead two customs officers in western Pakistan, Reuters reported yesterday citing officials. It came following the killing of five other customs officials over the past week, yet no group has claimed responsibility for the two attacks, the…

The US House of Representatives voted 360 to 58 in favour of the revised divest-or-ban legislation on Tiktok on April 20. If passed by the US Senate and then signed by President Joe Biden, this bill marks a potential historical milestone as…

Activists and journalists predict a significant increase in the number of visitors to the holy city of Samarra in the coming few years. They expect that Samarra will receive millions of visitors throughout the year, similar to the cities of…

As India begins its parliamentary elections, some international media outlets have noted that Muslims are the primary absentees from these elections. Al Jazeera reports that despite Muslims constituting approximately 15% of India’s billion-strong population, their demands, interests, and grievances are…

The UK-based Tell MAMA organization reported a 335% increase in Islamophobic incidents in the United Kingdom, causing great concern in the country. The American newspaper NPR has published a report on this alarming increase in attacks and threats directed against…

The Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, called on intellectuals, writers, and researchers across the world to re-examine the true Islam represented by the Messenger of Allah, and his successor, Imam Ali, peace be upon them. In…

Yesterday, Friday, the holy city of Karbala embraced the 4th central graduation ceremony for the Iraqi universities, where more than 4500 students performed the rituals of visiting the shrine of Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas, peace be upon him. Shia Waves correspondent…