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The Security Media Cell in Iraq announced last Wednesday the killing of two terrorists, one of them wearing an explosive belt, in the southern area of Rutba. The cell said, as reported by Shia News Agency, that “the Intelligence and…

In a groundbreaking study, scientists have proposed a new theory on the origins of the sun’s magnetic field, a phenomenon that has puzzled astronomers since Galileo first observed sunspots in the early 1600s. Contrary to previous beliefs that the magnetic…

The engineering and technical teams affiliated with the Secretariat-General of the Holy Shia Shrines have installed the dome of the shrine of Sayyid Muhammad, known as “Abu Drabash,” in Iraq’s Babylon, as part of the project to rebuild the holy…

Followers of the Shia faith in Afghanistan have criticized Taliban’s ban on the entry of Jafari jurisprudence books into the country and the collection of such books from state and private university libraries. According to them, access to religious information…

Lebanon’s poverty rate has more than tripled over the past decade, with over 44% of the population now living below the poverty line, Al Jazeera published yesterday citing a recent World Bank report. The bank’s report, released on Thursday, was…

According to residents of Jaghori district in Ghazni province, the Taliban’s morality police have expelled at least 50 Hazara street vendors from the Sang-e-Masha bazaar and handed it over to Pashtuns from neighboring districts, Hast e Subh Daily reported yesterday.…

The South Sudanese government has introduced Arabic language and Islamic Religious Education into the country’s national education system, a local media reported yesterday. Speaking at the launch of new textbooks in Juba, Vice President Hussein Abdelbagi Akol described this as…

A severe heat wave has struck Pakistan, with temperatures soaring up to 49°C (120°F) in the city of Mohenjo Daro, the Associate Press reported yesterday. The high temperatures have led to hundreds of heatstroke victims being treated at hospitals across…

A severe drought exacerbated by the El Niño weather pattern has left millions food insecure in Southern Africa, warns World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Cindy McCain. During a recent visit to Zambia, the epicenter of the crisis, McCain described…

Electric and hybrid vehicles are more likely to hit pedestrians compared to petrol or diesel vehicles, especially in urban areas, according to a study conducted by researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the Guardian reported. Data…