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Indian Government persists in restricting basic rights in disputed Kashmir in 2023, HRW says

Indian Government persists in restricting basic rights in disputed Kashmir in 2023, HRW says

New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that the Indian authorities continued to restrict free expression, peaceful assembly, and other rights in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir in 2023. According to Kashmir Media Service, the HRW in its…
Security forces kill 2 terrorists in Pakistan’s North Waziristan

Security forces kill 2 terrorists in Pakistan’s North Waziristan

Security forces on Friday killed two terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district, the military said in a statement. It said that the killed militants remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities in the area including…
Taliban continues to detain, lash young girls for allegedly violating hijab rules

Taliban continues to detain, lash young girls for allegedly violating hijab rules

Girls as young as 16 have been arrested across the Afghan capital, Kabul, in the past week for violating the Taliban’s hijab rules, The Guardian reported. The girls – who were detained in shopping centres, classes and street markets –…
Iraq: Analysis of aerial images may lead to new mass grave sites

Iraq: Analysis of aerial images may lead to new mass grave sites

With nine years into the Speicher Massacre committed by Daesh terrorists in 2014, the Mass Grave Department—an affiliate of the Martyrs Foundation—still expects to find new mass grave sites. In a statement followed by Shia Waves Agency, the head of…
Egypt: Two defendants sentenced to five years in murder of Shia preacher Hassan Shehata

Egypt: Two defendants sentenced to five years in murder of Shia preacher Hassan Shehata

The Second Terrorism Circuit of the Cairo Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced two defendants to five years in prison in a retrial in the case of the murder of the Shia preacher, the martyr Sheikh Hassan Shehata, Egyptian media outlets…
Terrorist attacks claim more lives in Pakistan ahead of election; 36 children die of pneumonia in 10 days

Terrorist attacks claim more lives in Pakistan ahead of election; 36 children die of pneumonia in 10 days

Five police officers and a civilian were killed on January 10 in separate attacks in Pakistan’s restive northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province bordering Afghanistan, local media reported. Two police officers were killed in an attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban in…
Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes northeastern Afghanistan, jolts parts of Pakistan, India

Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes northeastern Afghanistan, jolts parts of Pakistan, India

A powerful earthquake hit northeastern Afghanistan on Thursday, shaking buildings from the capital Kabul all the way to Islamabad and Delhi. The epicenter of the 6.4-magnitude earthquake was in Jurm district in the Afghan province of Badakhshan in the mountainous…
Azerbaijan added to US list of religious freedom offenders

Azerbaijan added to US list of religious freedom offenders

The US-based “Christian Today” newspaper revealed in a new report that Azerbaijan has been added on the US list of persecutors of religious freedom, including the persecution of members of the Shia and Armenian followers in the country and depriving…
Islamic State attack on military bus in Syria kills 14 soldiers

Islamic State attack on military bus in Syria kills 14 soldiers

As many as 14 soldiers were killed and 19 others wounded on Tuesday when a military bus came under Islamic State (IS) attack in Syria’s Homs Province, a war monitor reported. The incident happened when the IS militants attacked a…
Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah: A record increase in the number of pilgrims in 2023

Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah: A record increase in the number of pilgrims in 2023

The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced that the number of pilgrims during 2023 Umrah reached a record high of 13.55 million pilgrims. The ministry: “The largest number of Umrah pilgrims from outside the Kingdom wasestimated at 8.55 million…
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