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The US handed down more sanctions on the Taliban as punishment for its treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan. The announcement was made on the UN’s International Day of the Girl Child on Tuesday, October 11th. According to The Straits Times, a new visa restriction policy for current or former…

The First International Academic Conference on Sustainable Development, held by the United Nations during the past few days at the Utah Valley University in the United States, recorded the active attendance of a number of Shia clerics, and aims to…

The ‘Detroit Free Press’ newspaper reported that hundreds of protesters packed a Dearborn Public Schools board meeting on Monday October 11th and shut it down with cries of anger over certain LGBTQ books they said are too sexually explicit for…

The Swedish magazine Skogseko’s front cover of its new number sparked widespread criticism on social networking sites within Sweden. The magazine put on its cover the image of the researcher, “Mastarin Ara”, a veiled Muslim woman from Bangladesh, who was…

The city of Majunga, Madagascar, is witnessing joyful celebrations, in commemoration of Farhat al-Zahra, peace be upon her, and the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his progeny. In a statement received by Shia Waves News…

The International Sayyed al-Shuhada Committee, peace be upon him, provided aid to the needy and orphans in Iran on the occasion of Farhat al-Zahra, peace be upon her. A statement published on the Shirazi Religious Authority website stated that “on…

The United Nations has warned that Syria will witness one of the harshest winters this year, due to the lack of fuel and energy and the deteriorating social and economic situation. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said nearly six million people…

At the invitation of the Rawaq Baghdad Center for Public Policy and the Swedish IDEA organization, and funding by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Najaf Center for Strategic Studies (NCSS), which is affiliated with the religious authority office…

World Bank President David Malpass and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned on Monday, October 10th, of a growing risk of global recession and said inflation remained a continuing problem after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “There’s a risk…

At least three young men are at risk of imminent execution in Saudi Arabia after an appeal court confirmed their sentences between June and October this year, Amnesty International said yesterday, Monday. Following the grossly unfair trials, the organization called…