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Ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, Muslim pilgrims have been arriving in record numbers to Mecca, Saudi Arabia’s holy city, Arab news reported today. Saudi officials report that over 1.5 million foreign pilgrims had reached the country by Tuesday, with…

A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) has accused four major industries – tobacco, ultra-processed foods (UPFs), fossil fuels, and alcohol – of obstructing public policies that could save lives, leading to at least 7,000 preventable deaths per…

Iraqi security forces, in cooperation with the U.S.-led coalition, have killed a high-ranking Islamic State (IS) member in Syria, Reuters reported yesterday. The Iraqi National Security Service reported that Abu Zainab, an Iraqi national, was eliminated “during the past days”…

Malawi’s vice-president, Saulos Chilima, and nine other people have been killed in a plane crash, the country’s president, Lazarus Chakwera, said in a live televised address, media outlets reported. The wreckage of the military plane carrying Chilima to a funeral…

The United Nations Women’s Commission announced in a report released yesterday, Monday, that women in Afghanistan continue to face unprecedented level of repression under Taliban rule. The report, based on a comprehensive survey of women who have experienced gender-based discrimination…

According to new UNICEF estimates, nearly 400 million children under the age of 5—amounting to 6 in 10 children in that age group globally—regularly face psychological aggression or physical punishment at home. Out of these, approximately 330 million endure physical…

The Grand Mosque of Kufa is preparing to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein’s ambassador to Kufa, Muslim ibn Aqil (peace be upon them), during the first ten days of the holy month of Dhuʻl-Hijjah. Muslim ibn Aqil’s martyrdom anniversary…

Due to extreme heat and drought, thousands of dead fish floated on the surface of the Bustillos Lagoon, near the town of Anahuac in Chihuahua in northern Mexico over the weekend, Reuters reported. In addition to lack of rainfall, temperatures…

Umme Abiha Institution, one of the centers affiliated to Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadiq al-Hosseini al-Shirazi in the holy city of Karbala, implemented another charitable activity to help the orphan families under its protection. On the occasion of the happy and…

In the latest violence in Indian-administered Kashmir, a suspected militant was killed and seven security personnel were wounded in separate clashes, Arab News reported today. The first incident occurred late Tuesday night in a border village near Pakistan, where security…