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In a significant seismic event, a magnitude-5.6 earthquake rattled the region near Sola, in the Torba province of Vanuatu, an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers, a relatively shallow…

A polio programme official was killed and a policeman sustained injuries on Friday after unidentified assailants opened fire on a vehicle in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district. According to the police statement, unknown gunmen opened fire on Dr. Abdul Rehman’s…

A boat carrying a school group capsized in a lake in western India on Thursday, drowning 15 students and one teacher, local media reported. Eleven students were rescued when the boat capsized in Harani Lake in the city of Vadodara,…

As part of its continuous humanitarian and charitable activities, the Shirazi-affiliated Fayedul-Batul Foundation in Iraq’s Thi Qar governorate has distributed food baskets and winter clothing to need families. According to the foundation’s officials, the charitable activity included about 110 needy…

Tens of Shia missionaries and officials of cultural and religious centers and foundations in Iraq’s Basra governorate, accompanied by membets of the Shirazi-affiliated Ahlulbayt Cultural Foundation, visited the the son of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi, Hujjat-ul-Islam wa-al-Muslimeen Sayyid Ahmed al-Shirazi. The…

87 irregular migrants were rescued by Turkish coastguard in the Aegean Sea after Greek authorities allegedly pushed them back into Turkish territorial waters, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. According to the article, coast guard units rescued 38 irregular migrants from two…

Nearly half of the 44 journalists imprisoned in China in 2023 were Uyghurs, according to a report released Thursday. Data from the Committee to Protect Journalists, or CPJ — which offered a global snapshot of journalists jailed for their work…

The office of Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadiq al-Shirazi in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, distributed 75 tons of coal among needy families, orphans and scholars of Mazar-e-Sharif. According to a statement by Sheikh Mohammad Rahmani followed by Shia Waves Agency on Friday, the…

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) stated in a report released Thursday that Afghanistan’s economic recovery depends on international support for boosting productivity and reinstating women’s rights. The report, “Two Years in Review: Changes in Afghan Economy, Households and Cross Cutting…

In its letter sent to the World Economic Forum, the International Non-Violence Organization (Freemuslim) has said that the 54th edition of Davos Forum is an ideal opportunity for dialogue, discussion, and for bringing different viewpoints closer, calling de-escalating geopolitical conflicts.…