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Like other camps for the displaced and Syrian refugees, the Rukban camp, on the Jordanian-Iraqi border, lacks the basic necessities of life. Due to the state of war and poor living conditions, children in this camp have been deprived of…

The Holy Shrine of Imam Ali (peace be upon him) recently published the book “Guide to the Holy Shrines in Iraq” in Urdu, to serve pilgrims who speak the language. Hassanein Imad Shabaa, an official at the Translation Center of…

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday launched a new climate financing initiative designed to help countries address current and growing impacts of the climate crisis, and better cope with disasters. The Today and Tomorrow initiative, for the first time,…

Without urgent investment in climate mitigation and adaptation, countries in the Sahel risk decades of armed conflict and displacement exacerbated by rising temperatures, resource scarcity and food insecurity, the UN Refugee Agency, warned on Wednesday. Communities across the Sahel rely…

Several Taiwanese NGOs recently extended support to Uyghurs’ struggle to build a sovereign nation and called others to take a stand against China’s oppression of the minority group, according to media outlets. “As human rights workers in Taiwan, the least…

The Swedish government continues to close down Islamic academic institutions in a bid to push “anti-Islamic rhetoric” and “stop privatization” in education. This is despite the fact that many of them are among the best-performing schools in the country. Earlier…

Lawmakers in the Philippines approved a bill on Tuesday, declaring February 1 every year as the National Hijab Day to raise awareness of the Muslim practice. With 274 votes in favor, House members approved House Bill (HB) 5693 or the…

The Supreme Religious Authority held the daily scientific session in his honorable house in the holy city of Qom, in presence of scholars, students and general Ahlulbayt followers. An attendee asked, “What is the ruling on selling and transiting blood?…

The University of Pennsylvania museum mission operating in the archaeological city of Nimrud near Mosul discovered the doorstep of the Assyrian king Adad-nirari III, with a well-preserved cuneiform inscription. These excavations came in the process of expanding the area excavated…

More than 100 Rohingya Muslims traveling in a boat for more than a month were found along the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province on Tuesday, the latest group of refugees believed to be making hazardous sea voyages from Myanmar, ABC…