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Holy Karbala relocates factories to reduce detrimental impacts of pollution
April 23, 2024
Holy Karbala relocates factories to reduce detrimental impacts of pollution
In an attempt to reduce pollution and its detrimental consequences, the local government in Holy Karbala has begun to relocate factories outside residential areas. The director of the Environment Department in Karbala, Engineer Hamed Ubaid Al-Yasari, said in a statement…
UN warns nearly 16M Afghans to experience sharp food insecurity in 2024
April 23, 2024
UN warns nearly 16M Afghans to experience sharp food insecurity in 2024
An estimated 15.8 million people in war-ravaged Afghanistan will experience crisis and emergency levels of food insecurity in 2024, said a United Nations (UN) report released Thursday. According to the 2023 UN Afghanistan Annual Results Report, the majority of Afghanistan’s…
Majority of workers worldwide exposed to health risks due to climate change, new report warns
April 23, 2024
Majority of workers worldwide exposed to health risks due to climate change, new report warns
A new report has warned that more than 70 percent of workers around the world, over 2.4 billion workers out of a global workforce of 3.4 billion, are exposed to excessive heat and other climate-change-related health hazards. The report, released…
Series of earthquakes shake Taiwan, centred on east coast
April 23, 2024
Series of earthquakes shake Taiwan, centred on east coast
Over 80 earthquakes, the strongest of 6.3 magnitude, rattled Taiwan’s east coast starting Monday night and into the early hours of Tuesday and some caused shaking of buildings in the capital Taipei, Reuters reported citing the island’s weather administration. The…
Office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi inaugurates new Hussainiya in Majunga, Madagascar
April 22, 2024
Office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi inaugurates new Hussainiya in Majunga, Madagascar
Shia followers of the Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, in the city of Majunga, Madagascar, celebrated the opening of Sultan al-Mu’allifeen Hussainiya. This Husseiniya was constructed by efforts from the Shirazi Religious Authority, affirming the role of Hussainiyas in spreading…
Restoration of blessed dome of shrine of Alama Al-Hilli completed
April 22, 2024
Restoration of blessed dome of shrine of Alama Al-Hilli completed
The Secretariat-General of the Shia Shrines in Iraq announced today, Monday, that it had completed rehabilitating dome of the shrine of Alama Muhammad Bin Nama Al-Hilli (may his soul be sanctified) in the province of Babylon, as part of efforts…
UN warns of recurrent atrocities against Rohingya Muslims
April 22, 2024
UN warns of recurrent atrocities against Rohingya Muslims
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has warned of grave threats to the lives of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar due to the fighting in Rakhine State between the armed forces and the Arakan Army, stating that “alarm bells”…
Grand Ayatollah Shirazi highlights significant role of religious missionaries in spreading knowledge of Ahlulbayt
April 22, 2024
Grand Ayatollah Shirazi highlights significant role of religious missionaries in spreading knowledge of Ahlulbayt
The Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, has emphasized during a religious session the role of religious missionaries in spreading the knowledge and ethics of the Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, which humanity greatly needs in this…
Europeans experienced unprecedented number of ‘extreme heat stress’ days in 2023
April 22, 2024
Europeans experienced unprecedented number of ‘extreme heat stress’ days in 2023
Europe faced a record number of extreme heat stress days in 2023, according to the European Union’s Copernicus climate monitoring service and the World Meteorological Organization. The continent experienced a July heatwave that affected 41 percent of southern Europe, along…
1 killed, 3 injured in bomb blast claimed by ISIS in Afghanistan’s capital
April 22, 2024
1 killed, 3 injured in bomb blast claimed by ISIS in Afghanistan’s capital
One person was killed and three others were injured in a blast in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Saturday evening, local authorities reported. According to reports, the blast from a ‘sticky bomb’ planted on a minibus occurred in the Kot-e-Sangi neighbourhood,…