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A total of 702 million 144 thousand 845 people have been infected in different countries, with the confirmed death toll standing at 6 million 972 thousand 344 patients, according to the latest update by Worldometer of the global statistics of…

At least seven people have been hospitalized after Cypriot police rescued 60 Syrian migrants found aboard a rickety wooden boat some 55 kilometers off the island nation’s southeastern tip, authorities said Wednesday. According to reports, they have been at sea…

Experts are warning that the level of pollution in the Mediterranean has reached alarming proportions, with an average of 229,465 tons of plastic waste added annually. Egypt contributes the largest amount, with 74,031 tons of plastic annually, of which 55,000…

Some 569 Rohingya people died or went missing at sea last year – the most since 2014 – as they embarked on dangerous boat journeys to Southeast Asia, according to the United Nations refugee agency. The UN High Commissioner for…

Countries risk missing a May deadline for agreeing a legally binding treaty on fighting pandemics, which would be a big blow for future generations, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. “In my view, a failure…

An estimated 320 journalists around the world were imprisoned because of their work toward the end of 2023, according to a report issued Thursday by the Committee to Protect Journalists. More than a third of the journalists in jail according…

A second day of unrest in the Indian Ocean island nation of Comoros on Thursday left one person dead and at least six others injured, a health official said. The protests came after incumbent President Azali Assoumani was declared the…

The daily scholarly meeting of Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadiq al-Hosseini al-Shirazi was held on Wednesday, the fifth day of Rajab. In this session, just like the previous meetings, the Marja answered the questions of the attendees about various jurisprudential issues.…

One Manipur Police commando was killed and three others injured when suspected armed militants attacked them in Manipur’s Moreh, along the Myanmar border, on Wednesday, Indian media reported. As the security personnel tried to transfer the three injured persons to…

The Kolkata High Court in India’s West Bengal state has agreed to grant a special membership to the Shias in the management of the religious endowments board. The court also overturned an order issued by the state’s minority affairs secretary,…