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Grand Ayatollah Shirazi remarks on rulings of missed fasting days

Grand Ayatollah Shirazi remarks on rulings of missed fasting days

The daily scholarly meeting of Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadegh al-Hosseini al-Shirazi was held on Sunday, the 16th of Rajab. In this session, like the previous meetings, the Marja answered the questions of the attendees about various jurisprudential issues. Grand Ayatollah…
Amid freezing temperatures, UN report shows majority of Afghan families have no electricity

Amid freezing temperatures, UN report shows majority of Afghan families have no electricity

The United Nations Development Program announced in its new report that Afghanistan is facing a major electricity crisis, adding that only 40% of the country’s population has access to electricity. The report emphasized that the lack of electricity has negative…
Climate change is major driver of extreme Amazon drought, new study shows

Climate change is major driver of extreme Amazon drought, new study shows

Scientists at the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group found in a new study, published on Wednesday, that climate change caused by humanity’s planet-heating carbon pollution was the main driver of the extreme Amazon drought. They said in ther study that it had…
Recent study recommends enactment of “special law” to protect Holy Husseini Rituals

Recent study recommends enactment of “special law” to protect Holy Husseini Rituals

A recent study has recommended the importance of calling on Iraq’s lawmakers to enact a special law to protect the holy Husseini rituals, in order to honor these religious ceremonies that are commemorated by millions Shia followers of Ahlulbayt, peace…
Pakistan: Large numbers of Shia citizens call on election candidates to support marginalized groups

Pakistan: Large numbers of Shia citizens call on election candidates to support marginalized groups

Large numbers of Shias in Pakistan have called on the candidates for the upcoming elections in the country from the Shia community to work in three important areas to serve marginalized groups, namely education, employment, and health, and to make…
Large crowds of Shia mourners walk towards Holy Kadhimiya to commemorate martyrdom of Imam Musa Al-Kadhim

Large crowds of Shia mourners walk towards Holy Kadhimiya to commemorate martyrdom of Imam Musa Al-Kadhim

Large numbers of Iraqi mourners continue their walk towards the capital, Baghdad, to commemorate the painful anniversary of the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Musa Al-Kadhim, peace be upon him, in the holy city of Kadhimiya. The Imam’s martyrdom anniversary is…
Christians continue to migrate from Southern Iraq in search of better life conditions

Christians continue to migrate from Southern Iraq in search of better life conditions

Based on the statistics announced by the Council of Churches in Basra, the number of Christian families living in southern Iraq has shrunk from more than 7 thousand to less than 350 families, Arabic media sources proclaimed, quoting the Iraq…
3 US service members killed, dozens injured, in attack on Al-Tanf military base; Biden says US ‘shall respond’

3 US service members killed, dozens injured, in attack on Al-Tanf military base; Biden says US ‘shall respond’

Three US service members were killed and 28 injured this weekend in an attack on the Al-Tanf US military base near the Jordanian-Syrian border, American and Jordanian officials said Sunday. In a statement from the White House, US President Joe…
Syria: Assailants attack buses carrying pilgrims of Sayyida Zainab’s Shrine

Syria: Assailants attack buses carrying pilgrims of Sayyida Zainab’s Shrine

The buses carrying some pilgrims returning from their visitation of the holy shrine of Sayyida Zainab, peace be upon her, were attacked by unidentified assailants. The incident happened in al-Hari village in al-Bukamal region of Syria, where assailants attacked the…
Gunmen kill 52 in clashes in disputed African region of Abyei

Gunmen kill 52 in clashes in disputed African region of Abyei

Gunmen attacked villagers in the oil-rich region of Abyei claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan, leaving at least 52 people dead, including a U.N. peacekeeper, and 64 wounded, a regional official said Sunday. The motive for the attack Saturday…
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