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FAO seeks to restore life to the marshes of Iraq

FAO seeks to restore life to the marshes of Iraq

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held a meeting entitled “Our Marshes are Our Life”, to support the Chabayish marshes in Dhi Qar province.FAO and the European Union have drawn up plans to support the Chabayish…
20 foreign processions prepare to serve Arbaeen pilgrims on Iran-Iraq borders

20 foreign processions prepare to serve Arbaeen pilgrims on Iran-Iraq borders

The Participation and Accommodation Committee of the Arbaeen Pilgrimage said that 20 foreign processions declared their readiness to serve the Arbaeen pilgrims on the Shalamcheh borders. According to media reports, 10 processions from Afghanistan and 10 from Pakistan, Nigeria and…
Saudi Arabia: Criminal Court sentences Shia women’s rights activist to 34 years over tweets

Saudi Arabia: Criminal Court sentences Shia women’s rights activist to 34 years over tweets

A Leeds University PhD candidate focused on healthcare and mother of two has been sentenced to 34 years in Saudi Arabian prison, the longest sentence ever given to a women’s rights defender in the kingdom, researchers and activists say. Salma…
Iraq announces the completion of its preparations to host the Interfaith Dialogue Conference

Iraq announces the completion of its preparations to host the Interfaith Dialogue Conference

The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the completion of preparations for the Interfaith Dialogue Conference scheduled for October, in coordination with Shia, Sunni, Christian, Mandaean and Yazidi endowments, with the participation of the Pontifical Council in the Vatican State.…
Iraq’s first integrated building dedicated for the blind and visually impaired

Iraq’s first integrated building dedicated for the blind and visually impaired

The Engineering Projects Department at Imam Hussain Holy Shrine has begun construction work at the Noor Al-Imam Al-Hussein Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired, after allocating a plot of land by the shrine in Karbala. The institute’s official, Sami…
One year after Taliban seized power, devastation, killing, marginalization and terrorism hang over lives of Afghans

One year after Taliban seized power, devastation, killing, marginalization and terrorism hang over lives of Afghans

A report by Shia Waves News Agency shed light on the lives of the Afghan people, a year after the Taliban movement seized power and took over the reins of power in the country. The report mentioned, “The chaotic end…
Social experiment carried out among young children to abandon services to Imam Hussein, peace be upon him

Social experiment carried out among young children to abandon services to Imam Hussein, peace be upon him

Al-Hamza bin Abdul Muttalib (peace be upon him) mosque in the Saihat region of Qatif, Saudi Arabia, carried out a social experiment among a number of young children working to provide Husseiniyah services to mourners on the painful Ashura commemoration,…
Afghanistan: Flash floods kill 31, leave 100 missing 

Afghanistan: Flash floods kill 31, leave 100 missing 

Thirty-one people were killed in heavy rains that caused flash floods in northern Afghanistan, the state news agency said Monday. The Bakhtar news agency reported that the floods that occurred on Sunday in the northern Parwan province killed women and…
Taliban mark turbulent first year in power in Afghanistan with “national holiday”

Taliban mark turbulent first year in power in Afghanistan with “national holiday”

The Taliban marked the first anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan with a “national holiday” on Monday, following a turbulent year that saw women’s rights crushed and a humanitarian crisis worsen. Exactly a year ago, the hardline terrorists…
Director of Office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi delivers lecture to thousands of Husseini mourners in Bamiyan, Afghanistan

Director of Office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi delivers lecture to thousands of Husseini mourners in Bamiyan, Afghanistan

A mourning ceremony was held on the anniversary of the burial of the martyrs of Al-Taff battle, next to the shrine of Sayyed Hashem, peace be upon him, in the Afghan city of Bamiyan, while the Director of the Shirazi…
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