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An Austrian publishing house showcased to the visitors of the 40th Sharjah International Book Fair, ancient and rare historical documents and manuscripts, some of which are translated into Arabic. Yousef Al-Tamimi, director of the house’s office in Sharjah, said in…

More than two dozen people were injured, including the head of Iraq’s civil defense directorate, when a commercial building in the capital caught fire and then collapsed yesterday Sunday, authorities and the state news agency reported. Brig. Gen. Qusai Younis,…

The General Assembly, in 2001, proclaimed 6 November of each year as the International Day for the Prevention of the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Military Conflict. Although people always count the losses of wars with the number…

A new United Nations report concluded that the past eight years have been the hottest on record, indicating that the world is now deepening into a climate crisis.  According to the Guardian newspaper, the report issued by the United Nations…

A cultural symposium was held in the German city of Stuttgart on Imam Al-Mahdi (may God Almighty hasten his honorable reappearance), the Askariyain Imams and the two honorable ladies, Sayyeda Hakima and Sayyeda Narges, peace be upon them. The symposium…

At a time when the Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, expressed his great sadness on the anniversary of the martyrdom of Sayyeda Fatima al-Zahra (peace be upon her), he called on young people and…

Sweden must step up efforts to fight systemic racism and focus on strategies to restore trust between police and minority groups, the UN said on Friday. Members of a UN Human Rights Council-appointed group of independent experts on advancing racial…

Relatives of Bahraini political prisoners have called on Pope Francis to put pressure on the Manama regime to end human rights abuses across the kingdom, calling on the pontiff to highlight the plight of the inmates by visiting their families…

Shia followers of the Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, and Shirazi-affiliated centers in the city of Majunga, Madagascar, held mourning ceremonies commemorating the great Fatimid days, according to the first narration on the martyrdom anniversary of Lady Fatima al-Zahra, peace…

The Shia Islamic Foundation in Chicago, which includes a mosque and a scientific academy, has recorded a remarkable Shia presence during its 15 years of establishment, which was influential even on American citizens. In a statement published on the occasion…