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OCHA: 23 million people in Afghanistan in need of humanitarian assistance
March 11, 2024
OCHA: 23 million people in Afghanistan in need of humanitarian assistance
23 million people in Afghanistan need humanitarian assistance this year, with women representing 52 percent of this figure, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced recently. In 2023 alone, 8 million girls and 9.2 million…
Pakistan: Motorcycle blast kills at least 2, injures 1 in Peshawar city
March 11, 2024
Pakistan: Motorcycle blast kills at least 2, injures 1 in Peshawar city
At least two people lost their lives in a motorcycle blast in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar, Al Jazeera reported. The blast near the Board Bazaar area of the city also wounded one person who has been admitted to Lady…
Rare Quranic manuscript dating back to 20 years after Holy Prophet’s martyrdom to be displayed at European exhibition
March 10, 2024
Rare Quranic manuscript dating back to 20 years after Holy Prophet’s martyrdom to be displayed at European exhibition
The European Fine Arts Exhibition in the Netherlands intends to sell a rare Quranic manuscript for one million euros. The manuscript is a page from the Holy Quran in Hijazi script dating back to the first Islamic century. The manuscript…
Imam Ali Holy Shrine conducts training workshop on how to manage million-person gatherings
March 10, 2024
Imam Ali Holy Shrine conducts training workshop on how to manage million-person gatherings
The Imam Ali Holy Shrine organized a training workshop on the project of managing and engineering million-person gatherings based on the most important findings of modern studies and systems, with the aim of organizing the crowds of visitors and the…
UNAMA calls on Taliban to end restrictions on women’s rights
March 10, 2024
UNAMA calls on Taliban to end restrictions on women’s rights
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA, has called on the Taliban to end the restrictions imposed on women. In a statement released on its website on International Women’s Day, the mission urged the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to…
American ‘Pew Research Center’ publishes detailed report on religion-based violence worldwide
March 10, 2024
American ‘Pew Research Center’ publishes detailed report on religion-based violence worldwide
“Pew Research Center” has published a detailed report on what it described as “religion-based violence” across the five continents. The report highlighted the Middle East and North Africa region as having the highest local violence index, with an increase from…
Ahlulbayt Cultural Foundation launches its 19th Preachers, Shia Missionaries Conference
March 10, 2024
Ahlulbayt Cultural Foundation launches its 19th Preachers, Shia Missionaries Conference
The Iraqi Governorate of Basra hosted the 19th annual conference for preachers and religious missionaries in celebration of the upcoming holy month of Ramadan. The conference was organized by Ahlulbayt Cultural and Charitable Foundation under the title “Preaching is the…
Scientists discover 1-million-year-old stone tools in Ukraine as evidence of human presence in Europe
March 10, 2024
Scientists discover 1-million-year-old stone tools in Ukraine as evidence of human presence in Europe
Ancient stone tools found in western Ukraine may be the oldest known evidence of early human presence in Europe, according to research published recently in the journal Nature. The chipped stones, deliberately fashioned from volcanic rock, were excavated from a…
Asif Ali Zardari elected as president of Pakistan for second term
March 10, 2024
Asif Ali Zardari elected as president of Pakistan for second term
Pakistani legislators on Saturday elected Asif Ali Zardari, the co-chairman of center-left Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), as the country’s 14th president, Anadolu Agency reported. Zardari, 68, the widower of the two-time Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the candidate of the…
Thailand introduces halal food options to attract more Muslim tourists
March 10, 2024
Thailand introduces halal food options to attract more Muslim tourists
Since re-establishing diplomatic ties with Saudi Arabia in 2022, Thailand is focusing on creating halal versions of popular dishes to attract more tourists from the Muslim world, Arab News reported. According to the news agency, last month, the Thai government…