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The Second Terrorism Circuit of the State Security Criminal Court in Egypt sentenced a defendant to 10 years in prison with hard labour on Saturday for his involvement in the murder of the Shia cleric Hassan Shehata, in a retrial…

Despite the Taliban’s assurances of tight security, a watchdog group reports a surge in violence across Afghanistan. The Afghanistan Security Watch documented at least 33 security incidents in June, resulting in 63 deaths and 52 injuries, Amu TV reported today.…

Pakistan is set to expel over 800,000 undocumented Afghan refugees in the second phase of a controversial repatriation plan, Al Jazeera reported yesterday. The move comes amid a surge in armed attacks in Pakistan, with the government blaming groups based…

Eighteen inmates, some sentenced to death, escaped a prison in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Sunday, Arab News reported. Officials say they overpowered a guard with a stolen pistol, the source mentioned. A search is underway for the escapees. Prison officials, including…

On Friday, unknown gunmen kidnapped 13 laborers in Tank, a district in northwestern Pakistan. Nine of the abductees were released on Saturday, according to police, as militancy surges in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and the rest of the country, Arab News…

The holy city of Karbala is preparing for the mourning of Imam al-Hussain (peace be upon him) ahead of the month of Muharram, and in the first step, a mourning tent was set up in the Shrine of the Honourable…

Muharram-mourning Mawakib are being prepared this year in the holy city of Karbala, as in previous years, with dozens to be set up near the Holy Shrines. Karbala Governorate has also taken measures to increase its security forces during these…

Despite losing their last stronghold in Syria in 2019, ISIS fighters have killed nearly 4,100 people in the country, Arab News reported yesterday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attacks, concentrated in the Badia desert, targeted government forces,…

The Pakistani newspaper “Express Tribune” highlighted in a special report some aspects of the security and service plan set to be implemented in the country with the advent of the month of Muharram this year. The newspaper, as viewed by…

The Women’s Quranic Institute, one of the centres affiliated to Al-Abbas Holy Shrine, has launched the national “Fidda” Quranic competition for memorizing the Holy Quran in Holy Najaf. The competition aims to promote the culture of Holy Quran memorization among…