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Taliban says it cannot yet announce a “certain date” for reopening girls’ schools
January 31, 2023
Taliban says it cannot yet announce a “certain date” for reopening girls’ schools
Taliban, through its spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, said that it cannot yet announce a “certain date” for reopening schools for girls above sixth grade. Nearly 500 days have passed since secondary schools in Afghanistan were closed, preventing thousands of girls from…
Shirazi Public Relations official reaches Damascus in preparation for AhlulBayet occasions
January 31, 2023
Shirazi Public Relations official reaches Damascus in preparation for AhlulBayet occasions
The Public Relations director of the Karbala Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, Sayyid Aref Nasrallah, arrived in the Syrian capital, Damascus, to begin preparations for the birth anniversary Imam Ali and…
Blast at mosque in Pakistan’s Peshawar leaves over 35 martyrs
January 30, 2023
Blast at mosque in Pakistan’s Peshawar leaves over 35 martyrs
More than two dozen people have been martyred and about 150 others wounded in an explosion at a mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, according to officials. Muhammed Asim, Lady Reading Hospital spokesperson in Peshawar, told media outlets…
Turkey deports 139 Afghan migrants without official documents
January 29, 2023
Turkey deports 139 Afghan migrants without official documents
A total of 139 Afghan migrants, who entered Turkiye illegally, were deported on Saturday, said the head of Turkiye’s Migration Management Directorate, reports Anadolu Agency. As part of the work carried out according to the Irregular Migration Strategy Document and…
UN Food Agency: Afghan Malnutrition Rates at Record High
January 29, 2023
UN Food Agency: Afghan Malnutrition Rates at Record High
Malnutrition rates in Afghanistan are at record highs with half the country enduring severe hunger throughout the year, a spokesman for the World Food Program said Thursday. The Taliban takeover in August 2021 drove millions into poverty and hunger after…
Bus crash in southern Pakistan kills at least 41
January 29, 2023
Bus crash in southern Pakistan kills at least 41
More than 40 people were killed after a bus fell into a ravine and caught fire in the southern Pakistani province of Balochistan on Sunday, officials said, Reuters reported. Forty-one bodies had been recovered from the wreckage, some burned beyond…
Human Rights Watch urges Morocco not to extradite Saudi Shia man
January 29, 2023
Human Rights Watch urges Morocco not to extradite Saudi Shia man
A human rights watchdog called on Morocco on Friday not to extradite a Shi’ite Muslim to his homeland of Saudi Arabia, citing fears he could face torture and an unfair trial there. Hassan Al Rabea, who has been in Morocco…
Pakistan: Shia Hazara community continues sit-in against target killing of its members
January 27, 2023
Pakistan: Shia Hazara community continues sit-in against target killing of its members
The Shia Hazara community continued its sit-in against the target killing of its members on second day in DI Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on Thursday, the Tribunal reported. The participants in the sit-in spent the night on road despite…
Iraq to hang 14 people for Daesh massacre of over a thousand cadets
January 27, 2023
Iraq to hang 14 people for Daesh massacre of over a thousand cadets
Iraq has sentenced 14 people to death by hanging for their alleged role in the Daesh massacre of hundreds of army cadets in 2014, according to judicial officials. The Al-Rusafa Criminal Court in the capital Baghdad “issued death sentences against…
Security Council: 12 years of war, leaves 70 per cent of Syrians needing aid
January 27, 2023
Security Council: 12 years of war, leaves 70 per cent of Syrians needing aid
Almost twelve years into Syria’s devastating civil war, the country remains tattered and deeply divided, facing massive economic hardships, limited political progress and the world’s largest displacement crisis, with 70 per cent of the population now in need of humanitarian…