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A huge fire in Bangladesh that raged through a six-storey building housing restaurants has killed at least 46 people and injured dozens, Reuters reported on Friday. According to fire authorities, a gas leak or a stove could have caused Thursday’s…

Global obesity rates have surged, with over 1 billion people worldwide affected in 2022, up from nearly 800 million in 2016, researchers reported on February 29 in the Lancet. The prevalence has doubled in women, tripled in men, and quadrupled…

U.N. Secretary-General expressed concern about combatants in places like Congo, Gaza, Myanmar, Ukraine, and Sudan ignoring international law and called for greater respect for human rights and peace worldwide, the Associated Press reported. Addressing the U.N.’s top human rights body,…

Consultant of Shiite legal organizations and representative of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Shirazi, has taken measures in a new movement to seek a halt on sending weapons to Israel. In a phone call with civil society and human…

Five people have died and eight others were injured after a migrant boat capsized during a rescue operation by armed forces off Malta in the Mediterranean, Al Jazeera reported. The incident occurred south of Malta when an eight-meter boat carrying…

The month of Sha’ban is the period of joy and happiness for the Holy Prophet’s family, peace be upon them, with the 11th day of Sha’ban marking the birthday of the Hashemi Flower, the Young Man of Karbala, the Honorable…

Qatar’s capital Doha saw on Sunday the initiation of a two-day United Nations-led conference ‘on the way forward’ in Afghanistan, without the Taliban, the de facto rulers, in attendance. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres organized the meeting of special envoys for…

UN special envoy for Libya warned that if feuding political actors do not form a unified government and move toward elections, the country will slide into “disintegration.” Abdoulaye Bathily urged all political leaders to put aside their self-interests and negotiate…

Half of the world’s countries are facing a decline in democracy, with issues such as flawed elections and restricted rights, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) highlighted in a recent report. The deterioration of democratic institutions like elections,…

The Honorable Ali ibn Hussain, the son of Imam Hussain and the fourth leader of the Muslims, with the Kunyas of Abul-Hasan and Abu Muhammad, was born on the fifth of Sha’ban in the year 38 AH in Medina. Some…