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UNESCO to dedicate 2023 Int’l Day of Education to Afghan girls and women

UNESCO to dedicate 2023 Int’l Day of Education to Afghan girls and women

Marking the occasion of the International Day of Education, being held on January 24, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced the decision to dedicate the day to girls and women in Afghanistan who have been forcefully…
Baghdad-based AhlulBayet Islamic Thought Center holds intellectual symposium

Baghdad-based AhlulBayet Islamic Thought Center holds intellectual symposium

The AhlulBayet Islamic Thought Center, affiliated to the Shirazi Religious Authority, in Baghdad held a symposium titled, “The Role of the Religious Authority in the Time of Occultation”, with the participation of a delegation from the Shirazi Religious Authority in…
Pakistan to run out of medicines in coming weeks as pharma sector seeks ’emergency corrective measures’

Pakistan to run out of medicines in coming weeks as pharma sector seeks ’emergency corrective measures’

Pakistan, which has been reeling under severe economic crisis, is now heading towards acute shortage of life-saving medicines. The warning has been sounded by Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA), which has warned the situation to worsen if Letters of Credit…
US study criticizes marginalizing Muslims in media and cinema

US study criticizes marginalizing Muslims in media and cinema

The ‘Los Angeles Times’ published a detailed article on Muslims in the United States of America, in which it indicated that Muslim immigrants suffer from abuse in the media, in addition to their suffering from marginalization in the media and…
Turkey: Historical Vaniköy Mosque, destroyed in fire, restored

Turkey: Historical Vaniköy Mosque, destroyed in fire, restored

The 358-year old Vaniköy Mosque in Istanbul’s Üsküdar district, destroyed by the fire in 2020, has been restored. The historical Vaniköy Mosque, one of the 11 mosques adorning the Bosphorus, was reduced to ash on Nov. 15, 2020. The mosque…
Around 2 million facing food insecurity across Lebanon

Around 2 million facing food insecurity across Lebanon

Lebanon’s first ever Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Acute Food Insecurity Analysis predicts that the situation will deteriorate between January and April this year, with 2.26 million people – 1.46 million Lebanese residents and around 800,000 refugees – expected…
Four soldiers, as many terrorists killed in southwestern Pakistan

Four soldiers, as many terrorists killed in southwestern Pakistan

Four Pakistani soldiers and as many terrorists were killed in two different incidents in the southwestern Balochistan province, the Pakistan army said on Wednesday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan army, said…
Five ‘dangerous’ terrorists arrested in Babylon, Iraq

Five ‘dangerous’ terrorists arrested in Babylon, Iraq

The Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency in the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior announced the arrest of five dangerous terrorists in Babylon. The agency stated, in a statement received by Shia Waves News Agency, that “based on accurate intelligence information,…
More than 20 international organizations call for the release of a Bahraini academic serving a life sentence

More than 20 international organizations call for the release of a Bahraini academic serving a life sentence

More than 20 international human rights organizations sent a joint letter to the ruler of Bahrain, Hamad Isa Al-Khalifa, and his crown prince, Salman Hamad Al-Khalifa, calling on them to immediately and unconditionally release the detained academic, Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace.…
Balochistan is a black hole for human rights violations

Balochistan is a black hole for human rights violations

For the last seven and half decades, tens of thousands of Baloch have been killed, violating their right to live securely. The ongoing conflict between Baloch nationalists and government of Pakistan over the rule of Balochistan has resulted in the…
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