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A sleep-promoting circuit located deep in the primitive brainstem has revealed how we fall into deep sleep. This is only the second ‘sleep node’ identified in the mammalian brain whose activity appears to be both necessary and sufficient to produce…

A series of educational programs on the Holy Quran and Hadith teachings are planned to be aired on Radio Mauritania.   According to Mauritanian News Agency, the scientific programs have been produced with the aim of developing Quran and Hadith…

The first calligraphy exhibition featuring the names of the Holy Prophet of Islam, peace be upon him and his progeny, was held in Tunisia.   More than one hundred calligraphy works by Tunisian artists were exhibited at the event. Addressing…

A Shia bank cashier was shot dead in a terrorist attack in the presence of his children in district central of Karachi.   Eye witnesses said that the martyr was on his way to drop his children at school when…

Tens of thousands of Bahrainis poured into the streets of Manama to protest a proposal put forward by Al Khalifa regime tied to legislative, security and judicial reforms.   Middle East Eye reported that the rally came a day after…

A series of bomb attacks have claimed lives of dozens of people and injured many others in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.   Iraqi officials say at least 17 people lost their lives in separate bombings in the capital Baghdad…

The Wahabi Saudi authorities have blocked the site of Imam Hussein TV.     Viewers of the channel from Saudi Arabia contacted Shia Waves saying the website is blocked in their region. Many youths in Saudi Arabia followed the right…

The dispatched delegation of the offices of the Eminent Grand Ayatollah Sayed Sadiq Hussein Shirazi, may Allah prolong his life, started its work at the holy city of Medina.    The dispatched delegation included a number of eminent scholars and…

A collaborative study has shown that experiencing regular bullying by a sibling as a child almost doubles the risk of depression when one is older.   The research, which was carried out by Oxford, Bristol, and Warwick universities, asked around…

Floods in India and Pakistan have killed as many as 400 people, with authorities in both countries warning of more flooding ahead.    The flash floods, which began on September 3, have put more than half a million people in…