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Tanzania has taken a significant step forward in its transportation infrastructure with the launch of its first electric train, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. The state-of-the-art electric and signaling system, built by Turkish company Yapi Merkezi, transported 1,400 passengers on the…

Hujjat-ul-Islam Sheikh Sami Al-Masoudi, Head of the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization of Iraq, visited the mission of Grand Ayatollah Seyed Sadiq al-Hosseini al-Shirazi in Makkah and met with the officials of this delegation. In this meeting, the members of the…

Residents in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal districts face rising insecurity due to militant activity and military operations, VOA reported in an article yesterday. Locals say they are caught between threats from militants like the TTP and harassment by security forces, the…

This summer marks ten years since the ISIS launched a brutal campaign of violence in Iraq, including the genocide against the Yazidi minority. While the group has been territorially defeated, only nine members have been convicted for international crimes in…

Two terrorists, including one in police custody, were killed in a shootout with the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in Peshawar, the capital city of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Xinhua reported yesterday. According to a CTD statement, the incident occurred when police…

As Afghans prepare to celebrate the joyous occasion of Eid al-Adha, the World Food Programme (WFP) has sounded the alarm on the grim reality facing millions in the country, Khaama Press reported yesterday. On the eve of the Eid holiday,…

The Taliban has continued its harsh crackdown on alleged criminal behavior in Afghanistan, carrying out public floggings of nearly 150 people across various provinces over the past 44 days, Amu TV reported yesterday. According to data collected from statements by…

Two lawyers were shot dead in Attock, Pakistan on Saturday by an ASI officer from the elite forces who held a grudge against one of the lawyers from a family court case, Dawn Newspaper reported yesterday. The deceased advocates were…

Shia Muslims around the world commemorated World Shia Day on Thursday, June 12, as a continuous effort to earnestly combat the injustice and persecution the followers of Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, face around the world. This observance comes at…

The Muslim Women’s Department of the Islamic Council in Prizren, a city in southern Kosovo, organized the annual charity “bazaar”, which aims at supporting poor families and children in the city. The charity bazaar in Prizren, known as the “City…