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Large crowds of devotees of Ahlul-Bayt, peace be upon them, convened at the Holy Shrine of Aba Abdillah al-Hussein last night to begin their new year with the blessings of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him. Thousands of Individuals from…

The Holy Alavi Shrine is organizing a ceremony in Holy Najaf ahead of the auspicious birthday of Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra, peace be upon her, the blessed daughter of the Prophet of God, peace be upon him and his pure family.…

Three terrorists attempting to infiltrate the Pakistan-Afghanistan border were killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district, the military’s media affairs wing said on Sunday. Earlier in the day, the Inter-Services Public Relations said five terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation…

Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, Jammu and Kashmir (TeH), an alleged separatist group, has been declared an ‘Unlawful Association’ under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), Muslim Mirror reported. According to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the Modi government has a zero-tolerance policy against…

Six people including a senior local administrator were killed in an ambush by armed men in the Abyei region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan, Reuters reported today. The oil-rich region experiences frequent bouts of violence, where rival factions…

According to Japan’s national broadcaster NHK, a “major tsunami warning” was issued Monday after a powerful earthquake struck north of the country’s main island. The Japan Meterological Agency reported a quake hitting Ishikawa and nearby prefectures, one of them measuring…

A magnitude-6.3 earthquake occurred in Indonesia’s Papua Province at around 02:16 Dec. 31, Crisis24 reported today. According to the alert website, the epicenter was about 147 km west-southwest of Abepura, Indonesia, with the tremor occurring at a depth of about…

Flash floods killed at least twenty-one people in the small town of Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal province, South African officials said Saturday. The floods hit the town on Christmas Day, destroying about 1,400 homes, with the death toll expected to rise…

Pakistan’s military said Saturday its forces had raided a “terrorist” hideout in a volatile region bordering Afghanistan and killed five militants in the ensuing shootout. The “intelligence-based” overnight raid in the militancy-hit North Waziristan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province also…

The Secretariat-General of Imam Hussein Holy Shrine announced the completion of all preparations to launch the 3rd Kawthar Al-Isma Cultural Festival, in conjunction with the birth of Sayyeda Fatima al-Zahra, peace be upon her, which is scheduled to be held…