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The World Health Organization (WHO) has emphasized the urgent need to dismantle barriers to suicide prevention, coinciding with World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10, Salam Watandar English reported. Annually, over 700,000 people worldwide take their own lives, making suicide…

Over 230,000 students in Sindh province face disrupted education due to severe monsoon floods, with more than 1,300 schools damaged, including 228 completely destroyed, UNICEF revealed in a report yesterday. The floods have left over 450 schools non-operational due to…

France has successfully repatriated 364 children of suspected ISIS members from northeast Syria, according to Olivier Christen, Rudaw reported yesterday citing the head of the national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office. The children, now under close monitoring, are part of France’s ongoing…

The UK-based ‘Who is Hussain?’ charity has carried out a humanitarian campaign in Paris, aiming at distributing food and hygiene kits to those in need. The charity said in a post on its official Facebook account that 26 volunteers from…

The 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) officially opened on September 10,  at the UN headquarters in New York, led by its new president, Philemon Yang, Xinhua news agency reported today. In his inaugural address, Yang highlighted…

Pakistan has been ranked among the countries with the highest exposure to both conflict and natural disasters, according to the World Risk Index 2024 report, published by Germany’s Ruhr University Bochum — Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed…

The Secretariat-General of the Holy Askari Shrine in the city of Samarra has raised the red flag of mourning in commemoration of the martyrdom of Imam al-Hasan al-Askari, peace be upon him. The shrine, through its official website, announced the…

A public exhibition in Kashmir has showcased the world’s largest handwritten Quranic manuscript, revealed to the public as a unique creation by the renowned religious scholar and calligrapher, Haider Shah Noorani Mujaddidi. This extraordinary manuscript measures 41 feet in length…

Dar Al-Misbah Al-Shaairi, one of the centres affiliated with Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development, announced the resumption of its educational and training activities in the field of Hussaini oratory after providing services during the Arbaeen Pilgrimage. Muhammad Al-Sailawi,…

A recent study from University College London (UCL) has identified smoking as a significant factor accelerating cognitive decline among older adults. Analyzing survey data from 32,000 participants aged 50 and over across 14 European countries over a decade, researchers found…