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The Iraqi Border Crossings Authority announced that 3,445,627 visitors entered Iraq through its border crossings over a period of twenty days to participate in the Holy Arbaeen Pilgrimage. The official spokesperson for the authority, Alaa al-Din al-Qaisi, said on Monday…

The Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, praised the Iraqi people for their generous services and hospitality provided to the pilgrims of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, during the Holy Arbaeen Pilgrimage. In a series of…

At least 73 people have been killed in a series of coordinated attacks by separatist militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, marking one of the most widespread assaults in years, Reuters reported yesterday. The violence, which occurred on August 26, targeted…

A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims crashed into a truck in southern Iran late Sunday, resulting in the martyrdom of at least three individuals and injuring 48 others, Arab News reported yesterday. The accident occurred on the main road between Neyriz…

Greece is on high alert as a wildfire on Mount Pangaion rages for the fifth consecutive day, prompting the issuance of a very high risk of fire (category 4) across several regions, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. The fire has already…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed serious concern regarding the recent surge in exchanges of fire across the Blue Line, the border between Lebanon and Israel, Xinhua reported yesterday. His spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, highlighted that this significant increase in hostilities…

Germany has announced the donation of 100,000 mpox vaccine doses from its military stockpile to combat an outbreak in Africa, Reuters reported yesterday. This initiative aims to provide immediate assistance to affected nations, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo,…

Researchers at the University of Utah have identified a promising diabetes treatment derived from the venom of the geography cone snail, SciTech Daily reported yesterday. A study in Nature Communications reveals that consomatin, a toxin mimicking the hormone somatostatin, could…

Hundreds of migrants took advantage of thick mist to swim to Spain’s Ceuta enclave from Morocco over the weekend, with local police reporting around 1,500 attempts on Sunday night alone, Arab News reported yesterday. Since Thursday, an average of 700…

The World Food Programme (WFP) has revealed that over one million mothers and children in Afghanistan are no longer receiving essential food assistance due to critical funding shortages, Afghanistan International reported yesterday. In a statement released on Sunday, the WFP…