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Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged gunfire along the Kashmir frontier on Friday, marking the latest flare-up between the nuclear-armed rivals amid escalating tensions, Al Jazeera reported. The skirmish followed a deadly attack on tourists near Pahalgam earlier this week, where…

The German government has launched a voluntary repatriation program offering Syrian refugees up to €4,000 ($4,555) per family to encourage their return to Syria, Anadolu Agency reported. According to official figures released Thursday, 464 Syrians have already taken advantage of…

On the occasion of the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him), Shi’a Muslims, religious activists, and human rights organizations worldwide have renewed their calls for the reconstruction of the graves of the revered Imams buried in…

Large crowds of religious seminary students in the holy city of Karbala on Wednesday participated in the annual unified mourning procession marking the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him), known as the Master of Scholars and…

A sudden move to remove religious banners from the Shrine of Sayyida Zainab (peace be upon her) in Damascus has triggered widespread public and religious outrage. The banners, including the iconic “Ya Zainab” flag raised just a day earlier, were…

Cornell University researchers have developed RHyME, an AI system that allows robots to learn multi-step tasks by watching just one human demonstration—even if human and robot movements differ, Earth.com reported. Traditional methods required thousands of controlled demonstrations, but RHyME uses…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved Brazil-based meatpacking giant JBS for a listing on the New York Stock Exchange, sparking criticism from environmental groups, The Guardian said. JBS, the world’s largest meat processor, has long faced allegations…

The Pahalgam terror attack on April 20, which resulted in the deaths of 27 Hindu tourists and a local Muslim youth, triggered markedly different reactions from Muslim and Hindu communities in India, based on articles from The Tribune and Genocide…

Amnesty International has denounced Algeria’s “alarming” suppression of peaceful dissent following the arrest of 23 activists and journalists tied to the online protest movement Manich Radi (“I do not agree”), Arab News reported. The campaign, launched in December 2024, criticized…

Hujjat al-Islam Ghulam Hasnain Wijdani, a renowned Shia scholar and Friday prayer leader from Quetta, is among Pakistan’s prominent Shia clerics. He was arrested on April 20, 2025, at Taif Airport in Saudi Arabia for unspecified reasons, Urdu Hawzahnews reported.…