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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,…

Denmark’s parliament started on Tuesday to debate the government’s bill to ban Quran burnings, after a string of desecrations of Islam’s holy book sparked anger in Muslim countries during the summer. The government has maintained that it backs the bill…

The UN Security Council on Wednesday called for “extended humanitarian pauses” in the Gaza Strip, the first time it has broken its silence since the start of the bloody conflict in Gaza. The resolution, prepared by Malta and adopted with 12 votes in favor, “calls…

The first of Jumadi al-Awal marks the anniversary of the historic tobacco-banning fatwa issued by late Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Hassan al-Hosseini al-Shirazi, known as Mirza Shirazi, one of the taqlid authorities who lived in Samarra at the time. The…

The “New York Times” newspaper published an editorial in which it recounted the journey of the British writer and journalist “Atesh Tasir” to a number of countries that witness major religious events, including Iraq. The newspaper said in its article,…