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Iraqi security forces arrested a significant ISIS member in the Sulaimani province of Kurdistan Region on Tuesday after a ten-month manhunt. The suspect was involved in attacking security forces and civilians in several Iraqi provinces, according to the Security Media…

Pakistani officials have said that at least three people were killed and several others wounded in a massive landslide in northwestern Pakistan. The incident occurred yesterday Tuesday before dawn, near Torkham, a border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Khyber…

The Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Shirazi (may Allah prolong his life) in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, north of Afghanistan, distributed financial aids to the orphan families of this city as part of its monthly charity plan.…

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reported that the number of Afghans living in poverty has nearly doubled to 34 million after the fall of the US-backed government and the Taliban’s takeover. This means an approximate 85% of the population…

The General Secretariat of Imam Ali Holy Shrine has revealed new progress in its expansion project of the holy courtyard, to add more space to serve pilgrims during massive pilgrimages to Holy Najaf. Dr. Abdul Hadi Al-Ibrahimi, a member of…

As Muslims worldwide are preparing to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, a number of Bahrain clerics have called on the Bahraini government to release the political prisoners and opponents, urging them to seize this opportunity to review their decisions. Bahraini media outlets…

The Saudi judiciary issued a 20-year prison sentence against the Shia preacher and orator, Sheikh Fathi al-Janoubi, who was arrested in early October, 2021, without knowing anything about his fate until the verdict issued. Armed men, with their faces masked,…

Muhammad Baqir, son of Muhammad Taqi Majlisi, known as Allamah Majlisi or Majlisi II, was one of the most prominent Shia scholars and jurists, who lived in the 17th century and passed away on the 27th of Ramadan at the…

The Taliban-controlled government in Afghanistan has suspended all educational activities in Kandahar and Helmand provinces, where an expert committee has been formed to investigate all educational initiatives and operations. The Afghan education ministry requested the “suspension of all educational activities”…

Representatives of Afghan refugees in Pakistan complain that, despite having legal documents, they are still detained and tortured by Pakistani officials, and only released upon paying a bribe. Moniza Kakar, a Karachi-based human rights lawyer, confirmed in a conversation with…