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The World Health Organization (WHO) chief on Monday warned that an estimated one million children a year die worldwide because of wasting. During his address at the UK Global Food Security Summit in London, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed that the…

Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Bashir al-Najafi reaffirmed the importance of granting the freedom of worship to the followers of all religions, emphasizing the need of religious tolerance and greater cooperation between Islamic countries. Grand Ayatollah al-Najafi’s statement came during meeting a…

Fierce fighting between Myanmar’s military and ethnic armies in northern Shan state in recent weeks has expanded to include parts of the northwest, southeast and Rakhine state, displacing more than 200,000 people, according to the United Nations. “As of 14…

The UK Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a controversial British government plan to send asylum-seekers who arrive in the country as stowaways or in boats to Rwanda is unlawful. Five justices unanimously found that Rwanda is not a safe…

The abundance of climate-heating gases in the atmosphere reached record highs in 2022, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has reported. The concentration of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, is now 50% higher than before the start of the…

A quarter of Somalia’s population, or 4.3 million people, is at risk of going hungry by the end of the year, the UN has warned, as the impoverished country in the Horn of Africa faces deadly floods. According to the…

Pakistani authorities have temporarily extended the period of stay for Uyghurs who face risk of deportation under a government order to expel all illegal migrants, RFA reported, adding that the period would be discussed in Pakistan’s parliament soon. Nearly 20…

Dozens of Shia families in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif received, Tuesday, their monthly financial assistance from the office of the Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Husaini al-Shirazi. The office said that the assistance is distributed…

The International Sayyid al-Shuhada Committee, one of the humanitarian organizations affiliated with the Supreme Religious Authority in Kuwait, has continued its philanthropic activities in Africa. Given the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Africa, the Committee has dug dozens of deep wells…

The holy shrines of Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, have adorned with banners of joy and happiness to celebrate the blessed birth anniversary of Sayyeda Zainab al-Kubra, peace be upon her, on the fifth of Jumada al-Awwal. In Holy Karbala,…