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Shia researchers participated in the Seventh International Conference on the Environment, which was held by the Orthodox Academy in Crete, in the Greek capital, Athens. Shia Waves News Agency followed the activity of four Shia researchers during their participation in…

The member states of the Human Rights Council called on Bahrain to respect the religious freedoms of the Shias, and to release political detainees in the country. According to information received by Shia Waves Agency, Ireland has called for protecting…

Saudi Arabia will now allow people with single-entry visit visas to remain in the kingdom for up to three months, compared to a month in the past. The Council of Ministers announced on Tuesday that it had also approved the…

Ethiopian authorities have indicated an interest in accessing the IMF’s food shock window, the fund said.  More than 20 million Ethiopians, including people who fled their homes because of conflict in the country’s northern Tigray region, don’t have enough to…

Floods have destroyed harvest for this season, while nearly 1 million hectares of farmland across the region remain under water, with soil nutrients being washed away and setting the scene for an even worse crop production next season. Prolonged drought…

Afghan women were stopped from entering amusement parks in Kabul on Wednesday after the Taliban’s morality ministry said there would be restrictions on women being able to access public parks. Since taking over Afghanistan last year, Taliban have said women…

The Pakistani television channel, Baaghi TV, published, on its official website, an editorial in which it emphasized the immortal role of the Karbala incident and the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein bin Ali, peace be upon him, in the course…

International human rights organizations have called for intensifying efforts to pressure the Saudi authorities to release prisoners of conscience who are detained over demanding their fundamental freedoms.  The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention published on its website on…

Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi continues his scholarly meetings at the residence in the holy city of Qom . In the scholarly meeting on Tuesday, the 13th of Rabi’ul-Thani, a number of questions were asked to Ayatollah such as:…

In Central Florida, some mobile clinics and federally qualified health centers are serving low-income and uninsured patients in the area. One such healthcare outfit, called American Muslim Community Clinics (AMCC), demonstrates the capacity of grassroots organizations to reach poor and…