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At least 11 women and children were killed in a deadly stampede at a Ramadan food distribution center in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Friday, police and rescue officials said. The stampede happened when hundreds of women and…

At least four policemen, including a senior officer, were killed in a terrorist attack in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the country’s interior minister confirmed on Thursday. Last night, a group of terrorists attacked a police station with heavy fire…

Bahrain’s Judiciary has sentenced three individuals to one year in prison for discussing Islamic theology on online platforms. The defendants are members of a local cultural society called Tajdeed, which aims to challenge traditional Islamic scholarship and jurisprudence without criticizing…

Employees at Imam Ali Holy Shrine are advancing in the expansion project of the southern part of the holy courtyard, which involves an area of over 6,000 square meters. The head of the Engineering Affairs Department, Mustafa Mahbouba, said in…

A new gate was installed at the holy shrine of Sayyeda Ruqayya, peace be upon her, located in Damasucs Syria. Thanks to the generous efforts and donations of the devoted Shias of AhlulBayt from cities of Basra and Diyala in…

Rights groups said that the detained Saudi women activist, Salma al-Shihaab, along with 7 other female activists went on a hunger strike. The “Al-Qast” rights group said that al-Shihaab, who had received a 34-year prison sentence, went on a hunger…

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) confirmed in a report released yesterday, Wednesday that the Pakistani authorities had systematically deprived prisoners of adequate health care, leaving thousands at risk of disease and death. The Organization added that outdated and discriminatory bail…

Top UN officials called for creating a new institution to help locate tens of thousands of missing Syrians and bring peace to their families, as the General Assembly debated on Tuesday the human rights situation in the country. UN Secretary-General…

At least 20 people were killed when a packed bus hit a bridge, overturned and burst into flames in southwestern Saudi Arabia on Monday, Saudi state media reported. Al-Ekhbariya TV said 29 other people were injured in the crash and…

A suicide attack not far from Afghanistan’s foreign ministry has killed at least six civilians and wounded several others, the interior ministry has said. The attacker was targeted by Afghan forces but the explosives he carried detonated and “killed six…