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The International Quranic Reporting Center, affiliated to Imam Hussein Holy Shrine, announced on Tuesday the completion of the longest handwritten version of the Holy Quran. The Center said in a statement received by Shia Waves Agency that “the Quran was…

Japanese bento box lunches have recently been linked to a widespread outbreak of food poisoning affecting nearly 400 people across 26 prefectures. Reportedly, pathogenic bacteria found in rice and snacks from these traditional meals have led to the outbreak. The…

At least eight people were killed, including children and women, and four others were injured on Wednesday when a live mortar shell exploded in the southeastern Sindh province of Pakistan. The incident occurred in the Katcha area of Kandhkot district,…

Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds of others wounded in a fuel depot explosion and fire in Nagorno-Karabakh amid an exodus of ethnic Armenians from the region following a military offensive by Azerbaijan. The death toll from the blast rose to 68…

Security forces have rescued 14 of at least 20 students abducted from a university in northwestern Nigeria and are searching for the remaining captives, school authorities say. Gunmen attacked the school in Zamfara state’s Bungudu district last week and fled…

At least 113 people have been killed and more than 150 injured in a fire that engulfed a wedding celebration in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province, local officials and emergency services said. Fireworks, candles, and other materials used during the event…

UN experts expressed serious concern today, Wednesday, over allegations of a massive expansion of the Chinese state-run boarding school system in Xinjiang, which does not provide education in the native language of the Uyghurs to children and forcibly separates Uyghur…

The Radio New Zealand Pacific (RNZ Pacific) has recently released a report describing the Holy Arba’een of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, as a great journey of faith full of loyalty, generosity and defiance. The RNZ Pacific said in…

Hujjat-ul-Islam wa-al-Muslimeen Sayyed Hussein al-Husseini al-Shirazi, the son of Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, has urged the followers of Ahlulbayt in Lebanon to assume full responsibility for the prosperity to their country and people. According to the office website…

The daily scholarly meeting of Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadegh al-Hosseini al-Shirazi was held on Tuesday, the 10th of Rabi al-Awwal. In this session, like the previous meetings, the Marja answered the questions of the attendees about various jurisprudential issues. Grand…