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PM Sheikh Hasina re-elected for fifth term in Bangladesh amid concerns of fading legitimate opposition
January 8, 2024
PM Sheikh Hasina re-elected for fifth term in Bangladesh amid concerns of fading legitimate opposition
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won a fifth term in power with her party taking three-quarters of seats in parliament, election officials said on Monday, Jan. 8. The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which has seen its ranks diminished…
UN decries deadly terrorist attack on Afghan Hazara community
January 8, 2024
UN decries deadly terrorist attack on Afghan Hazara community
The United Nations has urged Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban to bring to justice the perpetrators of an overnight deadly minibus bombing in Kabul that targeted members of the minority Hazara-Shiite community. Saturday’s attack in the western Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood of the Afghan…
Grand Ayatollah Shirazi remarks on settling financial disputes, role of Jurist
January 8, 2024
Grand Ayatollah Shirazi remarks on settling financial disputes, role of Jurist
The daily scholarly meeting of Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadegh al-Hosseini al-Shirazi was held on Sunday, the 24th of Jumadi al-Thani. In this session, just like the previous meetings, the Marja answered the questions of the attendees about various jurisprudence issues.…
Non-Violence Organization expresses concern over ongoing targeting of journalists in Tunisia
January 7, 2024
Non-Violence Organization expresses concern over ongoing targeting of journalists in Tunisia
The World Non-Violence Organization, Freemuslim, has expressed its growing concern about the Tunisian authorities’ measures to restrict the media and press and the ongoing attempts to silence voices, following the arrest of a journalist on Wednesday January 3rd, 2024, calling…
Holy Karbala hosts special ceremony to honor 1,500 girls upon reaching Islamic age of Baloogh
January 7, 2024
Holy Karbala hosts special ceremony to honor 1,500 girls upon reaching Islamic age of Baloogh
In conjunction with the blessed birth anniversary of Sayyeda Fatima al-Zahra, peace be upon her, more than 1,500 girls have been honored with the hijab in special ceremony held in the holy shrine of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him.…
India’s first space mission to study sun reaches destination
January 7, 2024
India’s first space mission to study sun reaches destination
The Indian Space Research Organisation’s inaugural solar mission, Aditya-L1, has reached its destination within the anticipated four-month timeframe, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. Launched on Sept. 2, the spacecraft positioned itself at Lagrange Point 1, from where it…
Turkish aid agency renovates schools in Pakistan, undertakes historic mosque restoration in Ethiopia
January 7, 2024
Turkish aid agency renovates schools in Pakistan, undertakes historic mosque restoration in Ethiopia
Türkiye’s state-run aid agency TIKA has renovated primary and secondary schools in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi. TIKA carried out the renovation work in two schools, whose capacities are now increased to nearly 500 students through the construction of additional…
At least 2 civilians dead, 14 wounded in Kabul after minibus explosion
January 7, 2024
At least 2 civilians dead, 14 wounded in Kabul after minibus explosion
A bomb blast ripped through a minibus in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, Saturday evening, killing at least two civilians and wounding 14 others. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred in the city’s western Dasht-e-Barchi Shiite Muslim…
Turkish police arrest 24 Afghan immigrants near Iranian border
January 7, 2024
Turkish police arrest 24 Afghan immigrants near Iranian border
Turkish authorities detained 24 Afghan migrants near the Iranian border in Igdir, with two facing human trafficking charges, media reports say. According to reports, these individuals were detained by the Turkish police at the exact moment they were trying to…
4 killed, 3 injured in firing at passenger vehicles in Northwest Pakistan; prayer leader shot dead
January 7, 2024
4 killed, 3 injured in firing at passenger vehicles in Northwest Pakistan; prayer leader shot dead
Four people, including two security personnel, were killed and three others were wounded in firing on a passenger coach and a vehicle near Sadda Bazaar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district of Pakistan on Sunday, Dawn reported. The newspaper quoted District…