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An officer and four Iraqi soldiers were martyred and five others were injured on Monday in an attack by ISIS militants on an army site in eastern Iraq. The attack occurred in a rural area between Diyala and Salahuddin provinces,…

The successful tech innovator OpenAI announced on Monday that in a new version of ChatGPT, the AI tool can see and hear. According to OpenAI, with this update, ChatGPT can understand voice, text or video commands and interact with the…

Thousands of Malians gathered this past weekend to participate in the annual replastering of the world’s largest mud-brick building – the Great Mosque of Djenne, Africanews reported yesterday. This crucial ritual maintains the integrity of the historic structure, which has…

Afghanistan’s voting rights in the United Nations General Assembly have been suspended due to unpaid membership dues, Khaama Press reported citing the country’s acting UN representative, Nasir Faiq.  According to Faiq, countries that fail to pay their UN dues for…

In a sweeping effort to reduce foreign influence and strengthen the Chinese Communist Party’s control, the Chinese government has been aggressively pushing for the “sinicization” of Islam across the country. More details in the following report: China has been pursuing…

The Holy Karbala-based Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development, one of the humanitarian centres affiliated with the office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi, has announced the distribution of 200 food baskets to needy families in the holy city. The Public…

A recent report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that 60 percent of Iraq’s young population—under the age of 25—are increasingly at risk of climate change. Iraq, already grappling with a myriad of challenges, is now facing…

The city of El Fasher in North Darfur is on the brink of a humanitarian disaster as clashes escalate between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and groups aligned with the Sudanese army, The Guardian said in a new report. The…

On Sunday, a Nepali guide and a British climber achieved new milestones by reaching the summit of Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, for the 29th and 18th time respectively, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. Kami Rita Sherpa successfully…

Dozens of Uyghurs who escaped China a decade ago remain in indefinite detention in Thailand, facing an uncertain future as they receive conflicting explanations from the UN refugee agency and Thai authorities on the status of their cases, VOA reported…