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In the ongoing sectarian violence in northwest Pakistan, 13 more lives were lost, bringing the total death toll to 124, predominantly affecting the Shiite community, Arab News reported yesterday. The latest clashes erupted after two Shiite Muslim convoys, under police…

The death toll from devastating landslides in eastern Uganda’s Bulambuli district rose to 20 on Friday after more bodies were recovered and one injured victim died in the hospital, news outlets said. Heavy rains on Wednesday night triggered landslides that…

Muslims worldwide, particularly Shia followers of Ahlulbayt (peace be upon them), recall today, 27th of Jumada al-Awwal, the catastrophe of the demolition of al-Askariyain Holy Shrine, that painful incident that hurt the hearts of Ahlulbayt followers due to terrorism’s attack…

Three people, including two girls aged 13 and 17 and a 50-year-old woman, were crushed to death Friday as a crowd surged at a bakery in Gaza’s Deir Al-Balah, desperate for bread amid a worsening food crisis, news reports said.…

The Rohingya crisis, one of the world’s gravest humanitarian tragedies, demands immediate global attention. Nobel laureate Mohammed Yunus has called for an international conference to address the plight of over 1 million Rohingya refugees stranded in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh.…

At least 27 people died, and over 100 others, mostly women, are missing after a boat capsized on the River Niger in northern Nigeria on Friday, local officials confirmed. The vessel, carrying about 200 passengers, was traveling from Kogi state…

Negotiators at the final round of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) talks in South Korea are racing to finalize a treaty to combat plastic pollution by the Dec. 1 deadline. Delegates from 175 countries have struggled to make progress…

Malaysia is grappling with severe flooding, displacing over 94,000 people across nine states, with Kelantan and Terengganu hardest hit. The National Disaster Command Centre reported yesterday three fatalities and mass evacuations to 527 shelters. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has frozen…

Five major Canadian news outlets—Postmedia, the Globe and Mail, Torstar, the Canadian Press, and CBC/Radio-Canada—filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing it of breaching copyright laws by using their content to train its AI models, news outlets said yesterday. The lawsuit,…

Destitute Afghan women arrested under the Taliban’s harsh anti-begging laws have reported suffering rape, torture, and forced labor in detention, The Guardian said yesterday. Many were detained while begging for food to support their children, as they have no access…