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The holy city of Karbala is preparing to host the third international “Kawthar Al-Ismah” festival, which is being held in honor of Sayyeda Fatima Al-Zahra, peace be upon her. Ali Kazem Sultan, head of the Festivals and Celebrations Department at…

In light of the growing influence of Iraqi writers and authors in the global community, an Iraqi writer has successfully published an article in English in the British electronic newspapers, the Arba’een Global Network’. The article, written by Iraqi writer…

The American traveler and blogger Joelle Bohringer documented her most important moments and the sites she visited in Iraq, specifically the holy cities of Karbala and Najaf, describing the million-person visits as devotion that adorns the two holy cities. Traveler…

An intensification of fighting between ethnic Arakan Army fighters and junta troops in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state has caused tens of thousands of villagers to flee four major townships in anticipation of additional clashes, RFA reported Friday. The fighting follows…

A powerful earthquake that shook the southern Philippines has killed at least one person, as thousands were ordered to evacuate, including in Japan, after tsunami warnings that were later lifted. The powerful magnitude 7.6 quake struck off the coast of…

The death toll from flood-related incidences has risen to 136 in Kenay as ensuing waters have wiped towns off the map, Africa News reported. According to the National El Nino Emergency and Disaster Response Command Centre, the number of households…

At least nine people were killed, and 25 others injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on a passenger bus in Pakistani city of Chilas located in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). The armed assailants on motorcycles fired indiscriminately at the bus, which was…

Philippine troops, backed by airstrikes and artillery fire, killed 11 suspected members of Sunni Extremist militias near a hinterland village in the country’s south in one of the military’s bloodiest anti-insurgency offensives this year, the Associated Press reported. The military…

According to local media outlets,Muslims in Japan have celebrated the renovation of the historicmosque known as (Sapporo) in the city of Hokkaido. The organizers were quoted by the media as saying: “With the help of our great Lord, the historic…

“Night Flight”, a short film displaying the massacre of Shiites and Hazaras in Pakistan won the best short film award at an international festival in Ankara, Turkey. The film narrates the hardships of the family of a Hazara victim in…