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Fauzia Janjua, a Pakistani-American, has made history by becoming the first Muslim and South Asian woman to serve as the mayor of Mount Laurel in New Jersey, USA. At her swearing-in ceremony at the Township Hall last week, Ms Janjua,…

Archaeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that were home to at least 10,000 farmers about 2,000 years ago. Recent mapping by laser-sensor technology revealed those sites to be part of a dense network of…

Türkiye’s state-run aid agency TIKA has renovated primary and secondary schools in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi. TIKA carried out the renovation work in two schools, whose capacities are now increased to nearly 500 students through the construction of additional…

The Indonesian writer and thinker Hendry Subrota has said that the dark and tragic events that took place in the Karbala in the Tuff Battle, represent a memory that will not be forgotten in the history of Islam, and will…

Pakistan’s military said Saturday its forces had raided a “terrorist” hideout in a volatile region bordering Afghanistan and killed five militants in the ensuing shootout. The “intelligence-based” overnight raid in the militancy-hit North Waziristan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province also…

The global humanitarian organization “Who is Hussein?”, through its team in Pakistan, implemented a charity initiative to distribute gifts to orphans in the city of Karachi. The initiative came in conjunction with the celebrations of the believers on the occasion…

Iraqi security official announced on Sunday that 192 Iraqi families, comprising 776 people, were heading back to their country after leaving al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria, which houses relatives of members of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. The Syrian…

In the presence of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, General Comment no. 26 was formally launched in Southeast Asia today at an event hosted by the UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office in Bangkok. The…

Nearly 32,000 migrants have reached Spain’s Canary Islands on fragile boats from west Africa this year, passing a previous record posted in 2006, regional authorities said on Sunday. Since Friday, 739 people have been rescued in the Atlantic Ocean off…

Hundreds of thousands of Afghans have left Pakistan in recent weeks as authorities pursue foreigners they say are in the country illegally, going door-to-door to check migrants’ documentation. Pakistan set Oct. 31 as a deadline to leave the country or…