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Iran: Flash Floods Hit Mashhad, Killing 5
May 15, 2024
Iran: Flash Floods Hit Mashhad, Killing 5
Severe flash floods struck the holy city of Mashhad in the Northeast of Iran today, killing at least 5, while 12 others are reported missing in Khorasan Razavi Province, IRNA and Mehr News Agency reported. Within one hour of rainfall…
Saudi authorities execute young man based on trumped-up charges
May 15, 2024
Saudi authorities execute young man based on trumped-up charges
Saudi authorities carried out the death sentence against the young man Hassan Ahmed Al-Nasser from the Eastern Province on Monday. Al-Nasser was charged with funding terrorism and having connections with terrorist members, charges that rights sources have labeled as fabricated…
IMF warns of impact of Artificial intelligence on job markets worldwide
May 15, 2024
IMF warns of impact of Artificial intelligence on job markets worldwide
Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has issued a stark warning regarding the rapid impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on global job markets. Speaking at the Swiss Institute of International Studies, Georgieva described AI’s effect on…
Freemuslim Association releases important message on Intl Day of Living Together in Peace
May 15, 2024
Freemuslim Association releases important message on Intl Day of Living Together in Peace
On the International Day of Living Together in Peace, the Freemuslim Association—an international anti-violence organization—has called for urgent action to stop the fighting in conflict zones around the world. The organization urged for an inclusive international conference to extinguish the…
Cameroon military rescues 300 Boko Haram captives along northern border
May 15, 2024
Cameroon military rescues 300 Boko Haram captives along northern border
The Cameroon military has transported more than 300 civilians, mostly women and children, who were rescued from Boko Haram terrorist captivity along the border with Nigeria and Chad to a military post in northern Cameroon this week, VOA reported yesterday.…
Devastating Floods Ravage Afghanistan’s Baghlan Province, Leaving 40,000 Children Homeless
May 15, 2024
Devastating Floods Ravage Afghanistan’s Baghlan Province, Leaving 40,000 Children Homeless
In the wake of a catastrophic flooding event in Afghanistan’s Baghlan province, the humanitarian organization Save the Children has expressed grave concern over the devastating impact on the local population, particularly the estimated 40,000 children who have been left without…
Voters in Indian Kashmir Record Second-highest Turnout in Decades
May 15, 2024
Voters in Indian Kashmir Record Second-highest Turnout in Decades
Voter turnout in India-controlled Kashmir reached record highs Monday as residents swarmed polling stations across Srinagar in the first national election since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2019 nullification of the Himalayan region’s semi-autonomous status, VOA reported yesterday. Marking the second-highest…
Army Officer Killed, Terrorists Neutralized in Balochistan Operation
May 15, 2024
Army Officer Killed, Terrorists Neutralized in Balochistan Operation
In an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan’s Zhob district, security forces engaged and eliminated three terrorists, Dawn newspaper reported yesterday. However, the operation came at a tragic cost, as army officer Major Bahar Khan was killed during the intense exchange of…
Governor of Holy Karbala meets with Pakistan’s Ambassador to Iraq
May 14, 2024
Governor of Holy Karbala meets with Pakistan’s Ambassador to Iraq
The Governor of Holy Karbala, Engineer Nassif Jassem Al-Khattabi, met with the Pakistani Ambassador to Iraq, Muhammad Zeeshan Ahmed, during his visit to the holy city, the governor’s office said in a statement received by Shia Waves Agency. The two…
Child refugees resort to smugglers for family reunion in UK, new report says
May 14, 2024
Child refugees resort to smugglers for family reunion in UK, new report says
Child refugees are using people smugglers to cross the Channel in small boats to reunite with parents and other close relatives because delays in government family reunion processes are leaving them stranded in danger, The Guardian said citing a new…