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Yemen’s growing cholera epidemic may accelerate looming famine, as limited resources are shifted away from malnutrition and other programs to try to contain the disease, the top U.N. aid official in the country said on Tuesday.     Yemen’s growing…

Amnesty: Saudi Arabia silence Shia dissent with execution     Saudi Arabia is using the death penalty as a means to silence Shia dissent, says Amnesty International. “These brutal executions are the latest act in the Saudi Arabian authorities’ ongoing…

A UK-based monitoring group has announced that at least 744 civilians have been killed in US airstrikes in Iraq and Syria last month.     A UK-based monitoring group has announced that at least 744 civilians have been killed in…

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) upheld Belgium’s ban on the Islamic full-face veil on Tuesday (July 11), rejecting a legal challenge by two Muslim women wearing the niqab.    The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) upheld Belgium’s…

The Guardian has issued an editorial opinion saying that the high court judgment that continuing British arms sales to Saudi Arabia are legal may not be surprising but it is nonetheless profoundly shocking.   The Guardian has issued an editorial…

Thousands of Indians gathered recently in several cities to protest recent violent attacks across the country targeting minority Muslims, according to media reports.   Thousands of Indians gathered recently in several cities to protest recent violent attacks across the country…

Saudi Arabia has executed four people in the kingdom’s oil-rich Eastern Province over allegations of conducting terrorist activities, the Saudi Interior Ministry says.   Saudi Arabia has executed four people in the kingdom’s oil-rich Eastern Province over allegations of conducting…

After its collapse in Mosul, Daesh has announced that the Takfiri terror group’s leader Ibrahim al-Samarrai, aka Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, “has been killed,” a local source in Iraq’s Nineveh province says.   After its collapse in Mosul, Daesh has announced…

A recent 18-page report titled “Statistics and Analysis of Information on Organized Violence, Terrorism and Intimidation Against Shias in Pakistan,” was published by Shia Rights Watch International Organization.   A recent 18-page report titled “Statistics and Analysis of Information on…

A delegation from Imam Hussein TV Group has visited the Holy Najaf Provincial Council and met with the council president, Khudhair al-Jubouri, council deputy Majeed Zaini, and the head of council’s security committee, Khalid al-Jash’ami.   A delegation from Imam…