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The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) is set to hold its first public session since the African Union (AU) adopted the Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (CEVAWG) and passed a landmark resolution on eliminating…

The Australian Islamic College (AIC), with six schools and 5,500 students across Western and South Australia, has partnered with IXL to simplify and unify its educational technology, PR Newswire reported. Previously using multiple edtech tools, AIC now benefits from IXL’s…

A recent study led by Takuya Okabe of Shizuoka University, published in PLOS One, challenges the widely accepted replacement fertility rate of 2.1 children per woman, suggesting it is too low to ensure long-term human survival, Earth.com reported. The research…

Senior military leaders from India and Pakistan engaged in direct talks via hotline to address escalating violence along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, Khaama Press reported. This rare communication followed a deadly attack in Pahalgam, Indian-administered Kashmir, which…

A recent UNAMA report reveals that at least 50 Ismaili men in Badakhshan province were forced to convert to Sunni Islam by local Taliban authorities between January and February 2025, Amu TV reported. Those who resisted faced beatings, death threats,…

Between January and March 2025, at least 34 civilians were killed and 74 injured in Afghanistan, Amu TV reported cited the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Armed groups such as Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) and the Afghanistan…

A powerful exhibition titled, “Rojda – In Light of Memory,” is currently on display in Berlin, documenting the 2014 ISIS attack on the Yazidi heartland of Shingal (Sinjar), Rudaw reported. Running through May 5, it features photos, personal belongings, and…

A 40-year study of over 2,000 Arctic plant communities across 45 sites—from Canada to Scandinavia—has uncovered unpredictable ecosystem changes driven by rapid warming, The Guardian reported. Published in Nature, the research found Arctic temperatures rising four times faster than the…

Five leading French medical societies have called for a complete ban on screens (TVs, tablets, smartphones) for children under six, warning of permanent damage to brain development, The Guardian reported. In an open letter to the government, they stated screens…

The UN’s special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, has condemned recent sectarian violence in Damascus and Israeli strikes on the capital as “unacceptable,” Arab News reported. The violence erupted in the Druze-majority towns of Ashrafiyat Sahnaya and Jaramana, where clashes…