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The Karbala Charity Foundation (Guest House of Sayyida Umm al-Binin, peace be upon her), one of the centers affiliated with the Karbala Office of the Marja (Grand Ayatullah Shirazi), supplied provisions in two stages to the Hussaini Mawakib serving pilgrims…

Nigerian authorities have announced the death of 18 people in an armed attack that occurred on Sunday in Benue State. The Chairman of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area, Justin Chaku told reporters that the attack was carried out by unknown assailants…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that 292 civilians were killed in Afghanistan in the first half of 2023 due to landmines and unexploded ordnance, with a staggering 89% of these casualties being children,…

The Holy Husseini Arbaeen Walk started on Saturday from Ra’s Al-Bisheh region, fifteen days earlier this year compared to previous years. On the third commemorative day of the martyrdom of Imam al-Hussain, the Arbaeen pilgrims started their journey to the…

A recent study highlights the pressing need to protect Earth’s biodiversity as humanity faces an unprecedented mass extinction, Science Alert reported yesterday. The United Nations’ 2022 pledge to safeguard 30% of the planet by 2030 is still far from realization,…

Iraqi security forces, in collaboration with Kurdish Asayish units, arrested 21 suspected members of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Sulaimani province, Rudaw news agency reported yesterday. The arrests were made following judicial approvals, targeting individuals accused of terrorism. Among those…

Afghan female teachers’ career was abruptly halted when the Taliban banned girls’ education nearly three years ago, forcing them out of their classrooms. When secondary schools for girls were suspended in September 2021, about a month after the Taliban took…

Iraq has resumed rice cultivation after a two-year hiatus due to water shortages and is testing a water-efficient strain of rice, as reported by Reuters. According to officials, the country has allocated 150 square kilometers (58 square miles) for rice…

Scientists at the Dynamic Legged Systems unit at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa have developed a robot called “VERO” which can clean up cigarette butts from beaches and other environments. The VERO robot autonomously locates and collects cigarette…

According to Pakistani officials, unidentified gunmen blew up a government girls’ school in a tribal area of Pakistan’s troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, destroying seven rooms of the school, where 255 girls study, with no casualties recorded. Minister of…