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4 policemen shot dead in Quetta
July 16, 2017
4 policemen shot dead in Quetta
At least four policemen were shot dead by unidentified assailants in Quetta’s Killi Deba area, police said. At least four policemen were shot dead by unidentified assailants in Quetta’s Killi Deba area, police said. The gunmen opened…
Reprieve: 14 Saudis face imminent execution for protesting
July 16, 2017
Reprieve: 14 Saudis face imminent execution for protesting
A leading rights group has called on the US and UK governments to stop Saudi Arabia from executing 14 people who face death based on evidence gathered under torture. A leading rights group has called on the…
Advanced stages of Karbala International Airport achieved
July 16, 2017
Advanced stages of Karbala International Airport achieved
The project management of Karbala International Airport stated that they achieved advanced stages of building the airport by working day and night. The project management of Karbala International Airport stated that they achieved advanced stages of building…
Two shia scholars taken into illegal custody in Punjab, Pakistan
July 16, 2017
Two shia scholars taken into illegal custody in Punjab, Pakistan
Two Shia brothers studying in Iran and Iraq, respectively, were taken into illegal custody from their house in a locality in Kabirwala where they had returned to get medical treatment and marriage. Two Shia brothers studying in Iran and…
U.N. calls on Bahrain to release Shia rights activist
July 16, 2017
U.N. calls on Bahrain to release Shia rights activist
The U.N. human rights office called on Bahrain on Friday to “unconditionally and immediately” release a rights campaigner, who was sentenced to two years in jail this week. The U.N. human rights office called on Bahrain on Friday to…
Saudi forces kill Three Shia Muslims in Qatif
July 16, 2017
Saudi forces kill Three Shia Muslims in Qatif
Saudi security forces have reportedly killed three people during a raid on a Shia-populated region in the country’s east. Saudi security forces have reportedly killed three people during a raid on a Shia-populated region in the country’s east. The…
Fu’aa and Kafriya hold sit-in due to constant siege
July 16, 2017
Fu’aa and Kafriya hold sit-in due to constant siege
The people from the towns of Kafriya and Fu’aa, which are inhabited by Shiite people in the north-eastern countryside of Idlib, held a sit-in and raised slogans, calling for “lifting the siege of the two towns”, and denounced the “inaction…
WHO: Cholera outbreak in Yemen poses risk to Hajj pilgrims
July 16, 2017
WHO: Cholera outbreak in Yemen poses risk to Hajj pilgrims
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the cholera outbreak in Yemen could spread during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia in September. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the cholera outbreak in Yemen could…
FAJ: Over 100 Iraqi journalists killed, injured covering Mosul battle
July 16, 2017
FAJ: Over 100 Iraqi journalists killed, injured covering Mosul battle
The Federation of Arab Journalists (FAJ) has announced that more than 100 Iraqi journalists have lost their lives and sustained injuries while covering fierce battles between Iraqi government forces and Takfiri Daesh terrorists in the run-up to the liberation of…
Iraqi Martyrs’ families celebrate victory over ISIS
July 16, 2017
Iraqi Martyrs’ families celebrate victory over ISIS
Al-Hewra Zaineb Center of the Imam Hussein Holy Shrine has set a program for the martyrs’ families to make a pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Imam Hussein,peace be upon him. Al-Hewra Zaineb Center of the Imam Hussein Holy…