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The first modern art gallery in the Arab world reopened its doors three years after the explosion which damaged 57 artworks but, they have now been restored by a team of Lebanese and foreign artists. All the pieces in the…

The Iraqi Council of Ministers has issued a decision to restore a motorway linking Baghdad to Holy Karbala before the coming Arbaeen Pilgrimage. In a statement received by Shia Waves Agency, the Council said that, “New decisions made to restore…

Karbala-based Fatima al-Zahra Cultural-Charitable Institute, a center affiliated to the Office of Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadiq Shirazi (may Allah prolong his life), provided dozens of young couples with household appliances in continuation of its charitable activities. This action was carried…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has said the human rights conditions in Afghanistan and Syria are still dangerous and that repatriation of citizens should not be carried out without their consent. Turk’s statement came during…

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the foreign minister of Pakistan, who is on a trip to Iraq, had his picture released after visiting the Holy Shrine of Imam Kazim and Imam Jawad (peace be upon them). He expressed his satisfaction with his…

The conservative party MP, Bob Stewart, has been charged with public order offences – one of them racially motivated – over a clash with Bahraini activists, the BBC reported. The former British Army officer was investigated after an incident outside…

Jordan’s intelligence agency has thwarted a terrorist plan by ISIS-affiliated elements against the Shiites, the Jordanian Al-Rai newspaper said in a report. According to this report, the terrorist act was supposed to be carried out within the framework of supporting…

According to a study by the French Nation Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies, 10% of the total population identified themselves as Muslims. The institute said that the study involved over 27,000 people, between (18-59) years old. The study revealed…

The educational program of the Zainabiyah School, which was launched in 1981 by a group of Shia followers of AhlulBayt, peace be upon them, reached out to more than 25,000 students around the world, especially in rural and impoverished areas…

Climate analysts in Bangladesh have expressed concern about massive refugee camps– some of the largest in the world – being located in an extreme-weather hot zone. Cox’s Bazar, where an estimated one million Rohingya refugees live, is a coastal region…