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41 workers trapped in Himalayan tunnel rescued after 17 days
November 29, 2023
41 workers trapped in Himalayan tunnel rescued after 17 days
Forty-one construction workers trapped in a North India road tunnel in the Himalayan mountains for 17 days were evacuated Tuesday after a mammoth rescue operation. The breakthrough, after a series of failed attempts, was achieved by a team of “rat…
Human skulls unearthed in Türkiye reveal traces of “brain surgery” 3,200 years ago
November 29, 2023
Human skulls unearthed in Türkiye reveal traces of “brain surgery” 3,200 years ago
Human skulls unearthed in eastern Türkiye, which are estimated to date back 3,200 years ago, showed evidence of surgery, Anadolu Agency reported on Tuesday. Out of the around 400 human skeletons found in the tombs in the necropolis area of…
Iraqi Ministry of Transport continues work on ‘Ya Hussein’ railway project
November 29, 2023
Iraqi Ministry of Transport continues work on ‘Ya Hussein’ railway project
The Iraqi Ministry of Transport is working to complete the (Ya Hussein) railway project, which starts from the International Station towards the Holy City of Karbala, passing through the provinces of Babylon and Holy Najaf. The director of the Ministry’s…
Birmingham Mosque wins Beacon Best Future Design Award 2023
November 29, 2023
Birmingham Mosque wins Beacon Best Future Design Award 2023
Hundreds of Muslims gathered at the 6th Annual British Beacon Mosque Awards 2023 on Saturday, November 25, to celebrate successful mosques, madrasahs, imams, scholars and volunteers. Beacon Mosque wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, “Over 500 Mosque leaders, imams, alimahs, volunteers and…
Uganda launches first-ever diagnostic manufacturing plant for HIV, malaria test kits
November 29, 2023
Uganda launches first-ever diagnostic manufacturing plant for HIV, malaria test kits
Uganda has commissioned a diagnostic test-kits manufacturing plant for HIV and malaria, the first of its kind in East Africa, TRT AFRiKA reported. The plant, situated in Nakawa Division of the capital Kampala, will support the regional health sectors by…
27 million children faced hunger in 2022 due to climate crisis, extreme weather
November 29, 2023
27 million children faced hunger in 2022 due to climate crisis, extreme weather
Extreme weather events in countries vulnerable to climate change drove more than 27 million children into hunger last year, Save the Children said on Tuesday. This figure is 135% higher than in 2021, according to a data analysis published by…
CAIR taking action to protect Muslim, Arab, Palestinian Americans amid violence
November 29, 2023
CAIR taking action to protect Muslim, Arab, Palestinian Americans amid violence
The Maryland Council on American-Islamic Relations is taking action to help protect Muslim, Arab and Palestinian Americans. The action comes following a surge in reports of violence and hate crimes since the war on Gaza began, including the recent shooting in Burlington, Vermont,…
SRW reiterates its commitment to protect and assist Shia communities worldwide
November 29, 2023
SRW reiterates its commitment to protect and assist Shia communities worldwide
Shia Rights Watch (SRW), a global Shia organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., has confirmed that it will not abandon support and assistance to Shia communities in order to protect their rights and condemn the violations they face around the world.…
Grand Ayatollah Shirazi emphasizes importance of glorifying status, rituals of Sayyeda Fatima al-Zahra
November 29, 2023
Grand Ayatollah Shirazi emphasizes importance of glorifying status, rituals of Sayyeda Fatima al-Zahra
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi has extended his condolences to Imam al-Mahdi, may Allah Almighty bring forward his honorable reappearance, on the occasion of the sorrowful anniversary of the martyrdom of his grandmother, Sayyeda Fatima al-Zahra, peace be upon…
US, Britain, other countries ink agreement to make AI ‘secure by design’
November 28, 2023
US, Britain, other countries ink agreement to make AI ‘secure by design’
The United States, Britain and more than a dozen other countries on Sunday unveiled what a senior U.S. official described as the first detailed international agreement on how to keep artificial intelligence safe from rogue actors, pushing for companies to…