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The government of Pakistan has decided to deport about one million Afghan refugees who do not have legal residency documents. Pakistani media have reported that the caretaker cabinet of this country approved this decision on Tuesday, September 26. According to…

The Grand Ayatollah, Sheikh Bashir Al-Najafi, said on Wednesday that the great responsibility in defending the holy places, homeland, religion and identity is a sublime task that believers have assumed in their fight against terrorist groups. His Eminence said, during…

The daily scholarly meeting of Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadiq al-Hosseini al-Shirazi was held on Wednesday, the 11th of Rabi al-Awwal. In this session, like the previous meetings, the Marja answered the questions of the attendees about various jurisprudence issues. Grand…

Almayadeen reports that a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has provided further evidence that the planet is currently experiencing its sixth mass extinction event, and according to the article, this event is…

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…