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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…

The year 2023 ends tonight, while in many African and Asian countries, especially in the Middle East, Near East and Eastern Europe, even Christians are not in the mood to celebrate. Wars, bombings, droughts, floods, earthquakes, and storms, followed by…

The head of Public Relations Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Hussaini al-Shirazi, in the holy city of Karbala, Sayyed Arif Nasrallah, called for importance of enacting a law to preserve the sanctity and…

The daily scholarly meeting of Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadegh al-Hosseini al-Shirazi was held on Saturday, the 16th of Jumadi al-Thani. In this session, just like the previous meetings, the Marja answered the questions of the attendees about various jurisprudence issues.…

Shia followers of the Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, commemorated on Saturday the martyrdom of one of the icons of the Shia Renaissance, His Eminence Ayatollah Hassan al-Shirazi (may Allah shower him with mercy, who was assassinated by the treacherous…