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Shia Residents of Daikundi Donate Over 1 Million Afghanis to Earthquake Victims in Eastern Afghanistan Local officials in Afghanistan’s Daikundi province announced that residents of the predominantly Shia region have raised over one million Afghanis to assist victims of the…

Major Internet Outage: Hundreds of Global Websites and Services Disrupted ———————————- A large-scale internet outage disrupted access to hundreds of major websites and apps worldwide on Monday, following a technical failure in Amazon Web Services (AWS), one of the world’s…

UK Hosts Global Hazara Solidarity Day in Canterbury ———————————— The Hazara Association in Britain marked Global Hazara Solidarity Day with a large gathering in the city of Canterbury, attended by members of the Hazara community as well as several cultural…

French Scholar: “The West Sees Islam not as a Different Culture but as an Existential Threat” —————————————- French scholar and specialist in Eastern studies, Olivier Roy, in an analytical interview observed that the Western view of Islam has shifted from…

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Atlas, Targets Google Chrome Market Share …………….. OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Atlas, an AI-powered web browser integrated with its popular chatbot, in a move challenging Google Chrome’s dominance, Reuters reported. The browser allows users to access a…

UK Removes Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham from Terror List …………….. The British government has removed Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the former al-Qaeda affiliate that led the Syrian rebel alliance which helped oust President Bashar al-Assad, from its list of banned terrorist…

Study Links Amino Acid Proline to Depression Through Gut Microbiome Pathways …………. Researchers at the Girona Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBGI) and Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) in Barcelona have uncovered a potential link between the amino acid proline and depression in…

World Bank Estimates Syria’s Reconstruction Costs at $216 Billion …………… The World Bank has estimated the cost of rebuilding Syria after more than 13 years of war at $216 billion, highlighting the scale of the challenge facing the country’s new…

Philippines Launches “Muslim-Friendly Travelogue” to Attract More Visitors from Muslim Nations …………… The Philippines has launched its official “Muslim-Friendly Travelogue” to attract more visitors from Muslim-majority countries, Arab News reported. The initiative, introduced by Tourism Secretary Cristina Frasco in Makati…

Study Links Ultra-Processed Food Consumption to Changes in Brain Structure ………….. An international team of researchers has discovered significant links between frequent consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and structural differences in the brain, ScienceDaily reported. The findings, based on brain…