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Pakistan calls on UN to provide protection for Muslim sites in India

Pakistan calls on UN to provide protection for Muslim sites in India

Following religious clashes sparked by the opening this week of a controversial Hindu temple in India, Pakistan has urged the United Nations to take action for the protection of Islamic sites in the country. Pakistan’s UN envoy Munir Akram shared…
Pakistan points to Indian agents for killing 2 nationals on its soil, says it has ‘credible evidence’

Pakistan points to Indian agents for killing 2 nationals on its soil, says it has ‘credible evidence’

Islamabad on Thursday accused longtime rival India of being involved in the killing of two Pakistanis in Pakistan last year, a charge New Delhi immediately rejected. Addressing a news conference in the capital Islamabad, Foreign Secretary Syrus Sajjad Qazi claimed…
Religious figures, researchers from various religious backgrounds emphasize greatness of Imam Ali

Religious figures, researchers from various religious backgrounds emphasize greatness of Imam Ali

Religious leaders and researchers from different sects and religions in Iraq have emphasized the greatness of the noble character of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, peace be upon him, as an example of a just ruler. The prominent figures’ statements…
Inhabitants of disputed Kashmir harassed by Indian forces on security pretext

Inhabitants of disputed Kashmir harassed by Indian forces on security pretext

Indian forces are intensifying restrictions in disputed Kashmir ahead of India’s Republic Day on January 26, a local media outlet reported. According to Kashmir Media Service, since the day is observed as black day by the Kashmiris living across the…
Shia Endowment Board meets to discuss establishment of “World Quran Day”

Shia Endowment Board meets to discuss establishment of “World Quran Day”

The Shia Endowment Board, a religious authority in Iraq, held its sixth meeting to discuss the establishment of a World Quran Day. The meeting was attended by representatives of the holy shrines in Iraq, the Grand Mosque of Kufa, and…
Pakistan security forces kill 7 terrorists in Zhob

Pakistan security forces kill 7 terrorists in Zhob

Seven terrorists were killed on Monday during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Sambaza sector of Balochistan’s Zhob district, near the Pak-Afghan border, local media reported. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), army troops “effectively surrounded and engaged fleeing…
Afghan nationals worldwide mount protests against genocide of Hazaras, gender apartheid

Afghan nationals worldwide mount protests against genocide of Hazaras, gender apartheid

Yesterday, Afghan citizens mounted protests in more than 30 cities and three continents of the world and demanded recognition of the “genocide of the Hazaras” and “gender apartheid” in Afghanistan by the United Nations and the international community. Report: Protests…
Russian flight carrying six goes missing over Afghanistan, crash reported

Russian flight carrying six goes missing over Afghanistan, crash reported

A Russian-registered charter plane with six people on board disappeared from radar screens over Afghanistan a day earlier, Russian aviation authorities said on Sunday, after Afghan police said they had received reports of a crash. The plane was a charter…
Taliban detains two journalists in Kabul in another infringement of press freedom

Taliban detains two journalists in Kabul in another infringement of press freedom

The Afghanistan Journalists Center has reported the detention of two journalists in Kabul, stating that they were summoned and subsequently detained by the intelligence agency of the Taliban. According to the center’s news release, on Thursday, Ahmed Jawad Rasouli and…
Blast in Northeastern Afghanistan kills 3, injures 6

Blast in Northeastern Afghanistan kills 3, injures 6

Local authorities in Kunar province report that an explosion in the province has claimed three lives and left six individuals injured. The security commander in Kunar province mentioned that this incident took place on Saturday, January 20th, in the “Trink”…
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