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The Pakistani army killed 24 militants during an anti-terror operation in the southwestern Balochistan province, an official statement said on Friday. Four soldiers and two civilians were also killed in the last three days of the military operation against terrorists,…

The Coast Guard of Italy rescued 49 migrants who were trying to cross from North Africa to Europe after their boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea near Lampedusa Island on Thursday. According to Italy’s ANSA news agency, a Coast Guard…

The ruling junta in Myanmar has warned that it will do “whatever it takes” to crush opposition to its rule. Myanmar entered on Thursday its third year since the coup against the government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February…

A recent report from the World Economic Forum, a non-governmental organization that promotes public-private partnership on global issues, and Oliver Wyman, a consulting firm, projects that rising temperatures will “place immense strain on global healthcare systems” in the coming years.  Climate change…

The number of migrants from West Africa who embarked on perilous journeys to reach Spain’s Canary Islands jumped more than 1,000% in January from a year ago, data released by the country’s interior ministry on Thursday showed. A total of…

Amnesty International has called on the Indian authorities to stop the discriminatory policy of demolishing Muslim properties and mosques arbitrarily and punitively. Aakar Patel, the chair of the board of Amnesty International India, said in a press statement: “The unlawful…

A vehicle loaded with gas exploded and set off an inferno that burned homes and warehouses in Kenya’s capital early on Friday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 270, with the death toll expected to rise. Many…

The Holy Kazimiyyah Shrine announced its readiness to welcome millions of pilgrims for the commemoration ceremony of the martyrdom of Imam al-Kazim (peace be upon him). The Deputy Secretary General of the Kazimiyyah Shrine and Chairman of the Holy Shrine…

Saeed Rashid Zamizm, an Iraqi writer and researcher, has published a book on the Holy Husseini Shrine entitled “Shrine of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, from reconstruction to destruction during 1400 years”, news and local sources announced in the…

The UN rights chief on Thursday said he was “appalled” by alleged summary executions of 25 people by Mali’s army and “foreign military personnel” last week in a region plagued by violence from armed groups. Volker Turk also expressed alarm…