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At least 20 people were killed and 30 wounded by a suicide car bomb just outside a restaurant near the port in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu late on Friday, an emergency services official said.The blast sent plumes of smoke into the…

British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace received today, Saturday, a letter from the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for War Crimes, Fatou Bensouda, in which she warned that British soldiers who served in Iraq could be prosecuted for war crimes…

The Islamic religious authority, His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani, discussed with the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State, Pope Francis, the role of faith in God and His messages and commitment…

A number of detainees in the Bahraini Dry Dock Prison announced the start of an open hunger strike, after the outbreak of the new Coronavirus among prisoners and detainees, and to protest against ill-treatment.Sources indicated that the detainees in “ward…

A virtual conference held by the United Nations and co-hosted by Sweden and Switzerland fell far short of its aid goal for Yemen — with experts concerned about preventing large-scale famine from “engulfing” the war-torn country.More than 100 governments and…

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has requested Delta Airlines and the US Department of Transportation to investigate an incident related to the religious profiling of a Muslim passenger, due to his middle name Muhammad.CAIR said that the harassment that…

The First Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives, Hassan al-Kaabi, confirmed, Tuesday, that Parliament is going to legislate a law for the formation of a court specialized in ISIS crimes.Al-Kaabi’s office said that the First Deputy Speaker received Karim…

The Inspectorate of Antiquities of Dhi Qar Province announced the readiness of its service teams for the success of the upcoming visit of the Pope to the city of Ur.Inspectorate Director Taher Quinn said in a statement that all service…

A two-day scientific symposium was held under the title “How do we understand the Holy Quran?” to introduce Quranic concepts at Aligarh Islamic University in India.The former president of the College of Islamic Studies at Aligarh Islamic University, Zafar Islam…

The Afghan Ministry of Defense announced the killing of at least 30 terrorist Taliban, in an operation by Afghan forces in Kapisa province, in the center of the country.The ministry stated, in a statement, that the operation took place in…