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The Congo River has risen to its highest level in more than 60 years, causing flooding throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Congo Republic that has killed more than 300 people, and affected 300,000 households over the past…

India’s most populous state has stopped paying some 21,000 teachers of subjects including mathematics and science in Muslim religious schools, or madrasas, an official said on Thursday, and they could lose their jobs altogether. The teachers work at madrasas in…

Turkish police detained 70 suspects with ties to the militant Islamic State group in raids this week across the country, abcNews reported yesterday. According to a social-media post by Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, large amounts of money, digital material and…

In response to weeks of disruptive attacks on Red Sea shipping by Yemeni Houthi forces, the United States and the United Kingdom jointly launched on Friday, January 12, military strikes against the forces’ sites in Yemen. According to the Houthi-owned…

The international non-governmental organization, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has condemned the wave of arrests that have targeted a large number of Bahraini citizens and opponents; because of their human rights activism and demands for freedom of expression. The rights organization…

The Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq Al-Husseini Al-Shirazi has announced that tomorrow, Saturday (January 13, 2024) is the first of the blessed month of Rajab for the year 1445 AH.

Taipei City was recently lauded as the “Most Promising Muslim-friendly City Destination of the Year” by the Halal In Travel Global Summit 2023. Department of Information and Tourism of Taipei City Government announced during a recent press conference that it…

Fighters of the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab group attacked a United Nations helicopter that made an emergency landing Wednesday in territory controlled by the Sunni extremists in Somalia, killing one passenger and abducting five others, officials said. According to officials, the helicopter…

Girls as young as 16 have been arrested across the Afghan capital, Kabul, in the past week for violating the Taliban’s hijab rules, The Guardian reported. The girls – who were detained in shopping centres, classes and street markets –…

With nine years into the Speicher Massacre committed by Daesh terrorists in 2014, the Mass Grave Department—an affiliate of the Martyrs Foundation—still expects to find new mass grave sites. In a statement followed by Shia Waves Agency, the head of…