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Pakistani authorities intensified their clampdown on media, civil society groups, and opposition activists in 2022, while failing to protect the rights of minorities and other at-risk groups, Human Rights Watch said Thursday in its World Report 2023. Devastating floods that…

UN agencies said Thursday conflict, climate shocks, the Covid-19 pandemic and rising living costs were leaving an increasing number of children badly malnourished. “Currently, more than 30 million children in the 15 worst-affected countries suffer from wasting – or acute…

On the birth anniversary of the Holy Prophet’s daughter, Sayyeda Fatima al-Zahra, peace be upon them, the honorable house of the religious authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah, Sayyid Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, held ceremonies of joy and pleasure, this morning, corresponding…

The official Islamabad Post newspaper reported that a high-profile delegation arrived yesterday, Wednesday, January 11, 2023, to the holy shrines in the cities of Najaf and Karbala to strengthen the bonds of brotherhood with the clergy in Iraq. The newspaper…

The Spanish National Police Corps and the Moroccan Police dismantled a terrorist cell linked to ISIS terrorist group made up of three people who were prepared to commit attacks and who were also looking to join the terrorist group in…

A community leader and his nephew were reportedly killed by terrorists in the Unguwan Mai Awo village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The terrorists who attacked the village around 3.30 am on Wednesday, also abducted 4 women…

On 18 January 2023, the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) and UNESCO will host a webinar on the theme of Freedom of Expression in the Digital Environment. While the digital era has presented opportunities for enhancing freedom of expression,…

Pantagraph, the American Illustrated News Service, published four photographs on some of the prominent Shia events that took place in 2022, which were divided between the revival of Ashura ceremonies and the suffering, oppression and killing of Shia minorities. The…

The Al-Muhaqqiq Al-Karaki Seminary, affiliated with the Supreme Religious Authority in the holy city of Karbala, honored its outstanding students in the semester exams in a ceremony that included a speech by the director of the seminary, Sheikh Haydar Al-Mawla,…

The Public Relations Officer of the Office of Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq Al-Husseini Al-Shirazi praised the educational role of Muslim and Iraqi women in particular, calling on them to follow the example of Lady Fatima Al-Zahraa (peace be upon her).…