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A top U.N. official in Afghanistan said on Monday that millions of Afghans are on the brink of starvation as winter approaches and humanitarian funding is running low. “The situation can be best described as pure catastrophe,” U.N. deputy special…

Imam Hussain Holy Shrine revealed the percentage of completion of Al-Aqeela Zainab Courtyard project, which it is implementing as part of the expansion project of the Holy Shrine of Imam Hussain (peace be upon him). The Head of the Engineering…

Police have launched a manhunt for suspects after a shooting incident in Midrand on Tuesday afternoon where a 9-year-old boy was killed and his mother left in a critical condition. The 41-year-old mother and her son were taken to a…

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held a meeting entitled “Our Marshes are Our Life”, to support the Chabayish marshes in Dhi Qar province.FAO and the European Union have drawn up plans to support the Chabayish…

The Participation and Accommodation Committee of the Arbaeen Pilgrimage said that 20 foreign processions declared their readiness to serve the Arbaeen pilgrims on the Shalamcheh borders. According to media reports, 10 processions from Afghanistan and 10 from Pakistan, Nigeria and…

The Philadelphia and Pittsburgh chapters of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) joined Monday, 15 Aug., more than 40 Muslim community organizations and leaders on a statement of solidarity with Shia Muslims over Albuquerque, N.M., murders which may be linked to…

A Leeds University PhD candidate focused on healthcare and mother of two has been sentenced to 34 years in Saudi Arabian prison, the longest sentence ever given to a women’s rights defender in the kingdom, researchers and activists say. Salma…

The South Wales Argos daily newspaper, published in Newport, western Britain, reported that the oldest Husseini mourners in the city held the Ashura ceremony of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) in a remarkable and significant way. Newport is the…

The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the completion of preparations for the Interfaith Dialogue Conference scheduled for October, in coordination with Shia, Sunni, Christian, Mandaean and Yazidi endowments, with the participation of the Pontifical Council in the Vatican State.…

The Engineering Projects Department at Imam Hussain Holy Shrine has begun construction work at the Noor Al-Imam Al-Hussein Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired, after allocating a plot of land by the shrine in Karbala. The institute’s official, Sami…